Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1918 — Latest Millinery Offerings for Winter Wear [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Latest Millinery Offerings for Winter Wear

Dress .hats, more or less pretentious, make up the last offerings of milliners for this season, and already there appear among them demiseason hats and hats for Southern tourists that look as if spring were near Instead of far away. Beautiful hats for afternoon are made to serve for all purposes, where dressy headwear is required as the handsome afternoon gown dois duty for evening dress as well as dinner and afternoon wear. The matron of today is fearful of overdressed and prefers to be conservative rather than run the risk of securing indifference to the war. Three of the latest hats for afternoon or evening wear, shown in the group above, are representative of approved styles. Another group of all black afternoon hats, made of malines combined with-panne velvet, or of black satin with jet trimming, would be equally good style and give representation to the all-black hat—which holds an uncontested place ■in the realm of elegant millinery. , » The all-black hat and other simply trimmed hats, look to shape and materials for distinction. Two of the hats pictured here are of black satin ,brocaded with gold, draped closely to shapes with unusually spirited and fine lines. It would be like painting the lily and, adding an odor to the violet to place any sort of conspicuous trimming on then*, so a finishing touch is added by a dark fuf-pompon on each of these models. A single small os-

trich feather or small fancy feather might be used Instead of fur, on hats of this kind to be worn in the South. A brilliant dress hat is shown of gray velvet and silver tissue having a brim facing of cerise velvet. Silver soutache braid elaborates* the silver crown and two handsome gray and cerise shaded ostrich plumes, mounted at the back, carry out -the color scheme. There are many other new models that show a return to favor of bright colors. The sentiment with regard to the wearing of gay colorp depends upon the point of view of the individual. We cannot expect the younger women to dress too gravely and we need “the courage of color.” Youth should be accorded the privilege of high spirit, and nothing bat our thanks is due the yoUng woman who brightens a somber world pretty millinery.