Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1915 — Demi-Season Hats for Elderly Ladies [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Demi-Season Hats for Elderly Ladies

TWO beautifully made and comfortably fitting hats for the elderly woman are shown here, which possess all > the good points that are looked for in millinery of this character. They fit the head, to start with, and stay in place. They are light in weight, graceful in line, and their making displays' exquisite workmanship. Many elderly women prefer a black hat to all others. It is a mistake to indulge this preference unless black is becoming. But every womap wants at least one black bat, and every elderly woman should possess one. There is no good reason why white-haired women should not wear rich and lovely colors and brilliant millinery, but there are many occasions when the woman and the oeeasiop require black. A betweefi-seasons hat is really an all-tbe-year-round hat One of those shown here is made of faille silk and the other of hair braid. The hat of «nw is made on a toque frame having the coronet covered with folds of silk laid fa 4 neat pattern on the frameThe wing with which it is trimmed is also made of silk folds over Z foundation of net This is a wonderfully ele-

gant model which will appeal to the woman of quiet tastes. A less expensive hat is shown in which the brilliance of hair braid overcomes the somberness of black. This braid is very light and very soft and just about indestructible. The shape is smart and becoming to almost all faces. There are many pressed shapes suited to middle-aged and elderly women. But the softest and most elegant hats, those that please their wearers most, are "milliner made" —that is, covered with braid or silk or other fabric put on over a light frame. Hats of this kind are made Just to suit their wearers. And the elderly woman knows what she wants, is not captivated hv novelties but is an appreciative patron whose needs are somewhat neglected in the usual showings of millinery.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.