Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1919 — Hats Agree to Disagree [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hats Agree to Disagree

■An almost endless number of styles, with none of them dominant us yet, characterize the display of millinery and gowns this MShOD. The powers that be in the production of Jherit must have agreed to disagree, for every designer appears to have operated, independently of the others —in a measure. In fabrics they are of one mind, but In costumes we have widely varying silhouettes —the straight and slim from one source, the draped figure from another, wide hip and crinoline effects from several. Skirts and sleeves from some authoritative houses persist in being very short—both are lengthened by other?, and bodices reveal a disparity more striking—than any other, going from very low necks to collars so high that they reach the ears. There Is a lack of coherence In the modes, but in the wide variety offered certainly every type of face and figure can be suited. Among the styles that have been received with enthusiasm by discriminating judges of good millinery there are many,medium-sized hats. A group of four, shown above, presents widely different types, 6ach of them having scored a success. Whatever may be the difference of opinion about shapes, designers are agreed upon the use of rich materials, and the four hats that constitute this group are tine examples of the mode. , « - „ The hat at the top has a moderatety wide brim, and represents the widebrimmed class that includes many picturesque models that are very wide. This hat is of panne velvet faced tyith

plain velvet, and is trimmed with a wreath of ostrich plumes ending in a short, droopy plume. Ostridi, curled and uncurled, is with us again in plumes big and- little, long and short. It returns from a banishment that lasted several—sedfeons. Velvet and long napped beaver make the pretty hat with big, soft crown, at the left of the group. An embroidered pattern at the right side of the crown and a 'sash of narrow silk and gold ribbon around it are all that it needs for trimming. The hat at the right is one of the smartest for a matron. It is rather intricate as to brim, and has a light draped crown—all of velvet. A ribbon is tied about the crown, ending <a a bow at the so simple and so artful that if bespeaks the hand of an artist. Three tall, glycerined ostrich plumes are mounted ut the back. The last hat recalls the Napoleon shape and employs, velvet in two col-ors-black on the upturned brim and silver gray on the crown. Lengthwise groups of tucks with small gray tassels between them proclaim this a member of the tailored class, with leanings in the direction of trimming.