Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1915 — Distinctive Millinery for Matron [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Distinctive Millinery for Matron

THAT AIR of distinction which belongs to the matron who has become mistress of th& art of living is the most enviable of all the achievements of women. Here are two beautiful hats made for the woman of middle age. * They are calculated to enhance the brilliance of gray hair and set off the charm that belongs to the well-p<ftsed and gracious ladies who have lived long enough to he rich in experience. They are of fine materials and employ rich colors. They are among the really good designs—all too fewwhich are to be found fcmong hats designed for other than young women. The hat of black lace is made with a brim of fine Chantilly edged with a narrow binding of black velvet The crown Is of hemp and is low and round. The headslze is outlined with, a binding of velvet and a small blade velvet bow set close to tbe hair near the back makes a sparkling contrast A broad velvet ribbon in Nattier bine encircles the crown and falls in a long end from the back. Lovely, full-blown pink roses set with small bunches of dark-blue velvet forget-

me-nots are posed against the velvet sash about the crown. A hat of amethyst-colored milan braid in a graceful turban shape is shown at the right It is trimmed .with a collar of wide velvet ribbon in the same color and a wreath of leaves with an occasional hanging cluster of satin-covered cherries. At the back an aigrette of silk fiber makes a feathery looking ornament which blends the purplish red of the cherries and the amethyst of the straw by glimpsing both these and other tones of purple in its delicate threadlike sprays.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.