Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1917 — SOLID COLORS RULE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOLID COLORS RULE

Mew Mid-Season Hats Are Good Also for Early Fall. . ‘ 'yr . » War Has Had Effect of Developing Taste for Simple Millinery—Mill* tary Note Persists. If you are investing in a midseason hat select a white hat, an all-black hat or an all-navy hat. Colors—that is, high colors and a mixture of colors — have been relegated largely to hats that are specifically for sports wear or are definitely of the “picture” hat type. It may also be noted that tailored hats of satin or of taffeta are smart for midseason wear. In fact, in selecting a hat of this type its owner may assure herself that she is equipped for the early fall days, inasmuch as all-white tailored hats of satin and the clever

and almost uniformly 'becoming hats of white feathers will be popular this fall, says the Washington Star. The war has had the effect of developing a taste for rather sensible millinery, and, according to the smart millinery shops, the very elaborate, ultra-dressy items of headgear have had a lamentable tendency this year to go a-begging for purchasers. The military note in millinery persists, and one of the midsummer novelties is a motoring cap which is an exact counterpart in line and general coloring of the cap worn by General Joffre. A chin strap of black patent leather holds the vivid-hued headdress in place. A tailored hat of white satin is shown in the sketch. It has a flaring brim of stitched satin, with modified tarn crown, finished with a soft band of grosgrain ribbon and metal loops or slides. The hat may be all white or a touch of color may be given in the band. Plaid taffeta in gay colors is used sometimes to vivify hats of black satin, and polka-dotted trimmings appear on both black and white hats, but the caae-tone chapeau is making a hard fight for first place in popular favor.

Tailored Hat of White Satin.