Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1913 — BRIGHTER COLORS FOR HATS [ARTICLE]

BRIGHTER COLORS FOR HATS

Smaller Models Make Black Beem Too Insignificant, and Headgear Loses Its Chief Charm.

Weary of devising black headgear, the milliners are inducing their customers to take an interest In colors by bringing forward hats made of brocade, with exquisite colors splashed over a background of gold or silver. It is urged that the black hat came into fashion when ‘‘mammoth’* millinery was worn, because women felt they could support a great expanse of straw and feathers only if it was of ebon hue. But the small hat now in vogue looks Insignificant when wholly black, hence the prospect of the brocaded modelWith a velvet brim of one of the modish jewel colors, such as ruby, sapphire or turquoise, and tempered by a black plume placed at the back of the head or in front, according to the fancy of the designer. The brocade hat Is a descendant of the turban worn in the evening, and one of its characteristics Is Its fantastic plume. The most whimsical edition of the plume is called the "interrogation mark,’’ because It suggests the question: "What form will the feathers take next?**