Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1913 — Two Popular Midwinter Models in New Millinery [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Two Popular Midwinter Models in New Millinery

Two as pretty hats as have been developed this season aro pictured here. They are designed for midwinter, but from them one may draw some interesting conclusions for spring. They evidence very fine workmanship, they are hand-made and come under the meaning of that phrase “real millinery," which one hears so often nowadays. But what marks them most distinctly as belonging to a new order is the very notable simplicity of treatment in the matter of trimming. It is an artful simplicity, requiring milch art to produce with such success. Shapes are so beautiful in themselves that lines must not be lost by trimming. The shape is the thing. There is nothing to conceal about any good one, hence the simple management of trimmings. A hand-made velvet hat is shown In figure 1. It is of black velvet faced with one of the new crepes in white.

There is a shirred collar of lace about the crown. The brim allows itself an eccentricity at the back. It has an upturned cape Under which white ostrich plumes, tipped with gray shading into black, are placed. They seem to nestle there blending the hat into the figure of the wearer. An embossed velvet is employed in the pretty hat shown in Figure 2. Such a covering presupposes the simplest trimming, therefore nothing could be better than the soft pure white feather-spray which appears to be thrust through a slash in the velvet. It is fastened with stitches placed with great care so that they are hidden in the velvet leaf which is raised on the surface of the hat covering. This is commendable millinery. It requires fine needlework. The shapes are notably moderate In size. It is quite likely that size will dwindle and that the spring will find us affecting small close-fitting headwear. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.