Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1918 — Velvet Hats in Fall’s Millinery Pageant [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Velvet Hats in Fall’s Millinery Pageant

In the pageant of new millinery for fall, which will soon pass in review, there will be found so great a variety in shapes that every woman may .be sure of a becoming hat. Owing to the irregularity of brims, the soft crowns, and the general excellence of trimlmngs and shapes, it is to be a season to be remembered. Hats are more carefully made than ever, and hand-craft tells its fascinating story in their trimmings. There is the dawn of a tomorrow for ostrich plumes and beautiful feather pieces made of ostrich plumes.. Many small hand-made ornaments, along with embroideries and needlework, in chenille, floss, yarn, braids and tinsel threads, make trimmings as varied as the fancies and thoughts of designers. Out of the -world of shapes three types that differ entirely are shown in the group of hats pictured here. All of the shapes are velvet covered, and this Is the only thing they have in common. The shapes, to begin with, are carefully thought out to make their lines becoming, and trimmers are careful not to destroy or blur beautiful lines. Tn the hat at the top the brim is flexible and its lines flow about tbs

face in gentle curves. The crown 'is not covered smoothly—the velvet is wrinkled on—and a band of needlework in chenille covers the only smooth part of it. Two soft ostrich plumes take shelter on the’ under brim, at the back. One can imagine this rich hat in any of the season’s favored colors and the picture will be perfect Just below it to' the left a matronly turban reveals a boat-shaped frame draped with velvet. Set about the coronet are ornaments, made of ostrich flues, that suggest ragged chrysanthemums. They give the height required for dignity in hats for older women. This model will be" effective in any of the darker colors of the season. At- the right a pretty shape has Its tMind crown covered with corded velvet and a narrow droopy brim that Is plain. It is in a taupe shade and Is brightened by two clusters of velvet covered fruit—one on the brim and one set against the crown.

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