Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1913 — PRETTY CRAPE HATS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PRETTY CRAPE HATS

DESIGNERS HAVE DONE THEIR BEST wITH THIS MATERIAL. Really Lovely Effects Produced for Those Who Favor That Material as a Foundation for Their Millinery. ✓ A few seasons ago there began to be touches of white used in the body of hats made of black crape. The beauty of this fabric was thrown into prominence by this combination and it has been making a stefedy progress in the consideration of designs ever since.

During the last three seasons entire hats of white crape, or hats of white with some black crape introduced, have been featured in all displays of fine mourning headwear. Lovely effects have been wrought out in this fabric. Flowers and foliage made df it are exquisite. The finest examples pf mourning hats either in black or white are decorated with ornaments made of crape. These work-room made ornaments are the delight of the designers of mourning hats because effects are possible in crape which cannot be obtained with other fabrics. It has become a matter of choice as to color and we may expect to see white crepe replacing black for summer hats, while white will be employed in facings and trimmings on black crape for winter wear. The shapes now in vogue, rather small and along conservative lines, give a wide choice to the maker of crape hats. The models shown are fair samples of turbans which one may see developed in all-white crape, all black dr in black and white combined in varying proportions. Besides white, pale gray and bluelavender tones promise to add further variety to our mourning headwear. These colors are shown in the new English crapes and have been taken up by New York designers, to whom

must be conceded the distinction of making the most beautiful of mourning hat. Even Paris is second to them.