Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1913 — Especially Notable in Beautiful Millinery [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Especially Notable in Beautiful Millinery

E'TijRYONE who notices ’headwear i will look twice at these two models in beautiful millinery. They are American designs apparently—creditable enough to Net? York or San Francisco, or wherever they originated. They are out of the ordinary in shape and fabric, and also in development. The upper hat is of a gray Lyons velvet very rich in quality. It is the work of a trained milliner and is real millinery. That is, knowledge of the art is apparent in its workmanship. Like all the best models this season it is plain. The fancy band of feather trimming finished with two pompons at the back, is in the elusive blue-gray of the natural goura feather: The hat is simply a background for setting forth this band. The goura feather is one of the thousands in which nature us incomparable beauty in coloring—which art does not even aspire to copy because artists realize how impossible it is to approach the perfection of nature. In the second picture a high turban is shown covered with a rich brocade in brown and gold velvet. The same shape is just as, effective, covered with one of the various plushes that have become so popular that they are getting scarce. If you have plush prepare to use it now—and find yours eif admired and perhaps envied. Plush in coats and even in skirts, in millinery, in neckpieces and muffs, and above all in blouses, is the favorite of fashion. The plumes which adorn this bit of rich millinery are in shades of brown.

They are mounted with a big buckle of cut steel. This turban is handsome when developed in any of the season’s fashionable colorings. In blue or plum or the strange new Shades of green, and especially ,in the lighter shades of gray and in mole it can only be described as exquisite. The plumes are to be shaded in every case and to be in shades and tints of the same color as the body of the turban. A rhinestone buckle of fine workmanship, or (with some colors) a jet buckle may be effectively substituted for the cut steel. But in nearly every case the steel buckle will be found the best choice. Either of these turbans Will look well made up in black, but there is no very good reason for choosing a black hat for the dressiest wear. It is good policy to own an all-black hat because it affords a change and is often the best choice for some particular occasion or with some particular costume. A black hat should be rather large and of excellent materials. The Small black hat is pretty, too, but lacks the element of the picturesque in most cases. Although the small bonnet-like shapes with quaint strap under the chin reminds one of old-fashioned plates. Little garden flowers in velvet or silk made up into nosegays that nestle about on the brim give a quaint old-timey touch to these bonnets that is especially effective for young faces. - JULIA BOTTOMLEY.