Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1914 — Enchanting and Faultless Millinery [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Enchanting and Faultless Millinery

MILLINERY bo enchanting as that' portrayed in these two models for dressy, wear, does not come under the eye everyday. We are so accustomed to good lines in shapes which are fashionable that few people realize how much thought and effort are required to bring out a new variety In the accepted Btyles. Lines must balance and the effect of trimming be considered. And when the shape is finally made the trimmer must see its possibilities in conjunction with the trimming stuffs at her command. A happy combination of shape and trimming is evident in the soft fur hat trimmed with shaded ostrich, shown in the picture. The plain soft crown Is oblong and rather small. The biim has a divided and even roll, turning up from the face but fitting well down over the head. The covering of sealskin is a marvel of perfect fitting. This shape would be pretty op the head with the simplest of decorations ©r wJth nohe at all. But tire rich ostrich in natural colorings is exactly suited to it and makes it the most elegant of hats. One can hardly imagine a costume with which it would not look well, or a face that it' would not suit. Not the least of its attractions is the apparent lack of any striving for effect. It seems the simplest of ideas and is indeed only the carrying out of a perception of the fitness of a certain

trimming to a certain shape. An equally beautiful but entirely different model is shown in the second figure. In this the trimmer has thought out a novel and wonderfully pretty arrangement of several trimming materials in a plain velvet shape. It Is. unusual and worthy of study and the effect is altogether successful. The shape has a bonnet-like droop In the brim at the front. There Is a short upward lift at the side and toward the back. Fine maline finished with hemstitched edge and supported by the tiniest of wires, extends in airy tiers about -the front and one side of the crown. Very scant ruffles of it Tali over the brim, making a soft finish for the edge. A folded collar of moire ribbon extends about the crown in a shade of Nattier blue, finished at the back with loops and ends. One large rose in silk and velvet, with a spray of foliage, is posed on the left brim. Finishing the hat is a bridle made of the ribbon doubled and stitched into a narrow strip. The hair is dressed in the Colonial style with short uneven ringlets at the side, hut the coil instead of being placed high, is at the nape of the neck. This arrangement is demanded by the shape, which could not be worn without sufficient hair at the back to fill in nicely the space under the brim.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.