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Just Hat/
f\ p^at^r
Daddies fobbed
of plumage.
ai>d Birds-of-
Paradise Used prodigally
ip Spite of U/orld-U/ide
Protest.
WORLD WID 1C has haen the
Jn hr' ftif "t flu* bird of paradise
and th* hsaotSOUa, piteous eroat
ore from which tbe osprsy I* plucked ni the
time she guards her young Her Majesty,
Queen Alexandra, In s manner as wrathful
•a regality wfll allow, sent forth to all th«
women of fl»r British Empire the edict that
whosoever, no matter bow great*nev*r,
w<»rr rn osprey or n pnradlse plume In her
hair, sjiunld Ire frowned upon h? the Itoyal
Kvr tn tbla country both publishers and
preachers have h#*h highly netted tn re
gard to woman'a cruelty and vanity, and
both the makers of tba law and the execu
tora <>f the law hare made atern endearora
to punish the ladlea and to protect the
birds though, an ('holly, my husband, aaya,
they usually like to nourish the ladles and
to provide the blrda pitta the bottle that
la cold ('holly la so clever
Hut really (excepting the leaf sentence)
fhla begins to aound like a graduation day
eeeay. an I must hurry on to bata and treat
the subject lightly. First, however. I
want to tell you about that ludicrous
country sheriff who lived In central New
York. It all happened not long after they
paeeed a law somewhere to the effect that
milliners telling hata with ospreya should
he brought before the court. Well, the
eherlff. who had Just had a flne dinner of
broiled chicken (or maybe roasted robins,
for they are considered tootheotne bits b)
those country bred). took bta coat down
(being well nourished and ready for action)
fpuin the hook and set fmth to arrest (he
village milliner the Oral tradeswoman to
• uffet from the uew made law lie ,- u
tered her ahop, ha bulllod oer Into a faint,
he wrought havoc with all her beat |i uu
crearioue.
I’oor littla milliner t And ehe never
knew whether the gew gawa on her
hata grew on a bird, a brenat or a bu«h
Foolish sheriff Uohlna for the eating may
be had for the shooting, but ospreys aud
paradise plumes such as the village mllil.ier
displays are all awkward Imitations and
pulled from tails of the turkey, the cockerel
and the useful hen whom you ofteu fatten
for the llunday dinner. In New York, the
latest rebuke to women In regard to their
cruelty and vanity la the glass case In
the Museum of Natural History con
taining a family of blrda of
caught on the lalaud of New Gulnue
(Doesn't fhla sound, ss I said, like a
graduation eeeay T
Cholly says if | continue nr die
aertatlon on the faahlous 111 soon be
able to take a part In the stump
IWfe not the etump, the suffrage move
ment). Mrs Frank K Atwrgls, of New
York and twnoa. had the case put there
for a noble purpose. Placards attached te
the case tell all about the birds, and I
bear that Mrs ffturgts really can’t sleep
nights for worry o»er their welfare Aud
she II worry all the more very shortly, for
this Is a frensled feather season la New
Xerh.
Tba paradise plumage, let It be explained,
ha my beet essay style (for I believe there
la a complaint that I take fashions too frlv
ek»w»ly». !a taken from the male bird, for
the lady blrda all have a humble dull brown
drees The gay male birds have fergaous
Where He Stood.
* # Tncle Jim Hastings umpired the game
between the etsis and the Owarts
••What’ Hfy. how did oe liW'h when he
got through V
' lie looked all right I n e Jltn stsnda
git two sod weighs Y4O " Cleveland
riaiaDMln
TV Modern Way.
Tb, pnK-li rtti»l»r
-J'ai »B|» 4. In* ' k. niuit#r*4
r.u». ta mi Ikf *r.'«u4 ka.
«»T*r a>*4» an J nioUPj far man In • !»nat
a*.. »ajr. an 4 If* «l> «e m* I* •*« .ran
rr lk tka world M*rh«a
Oanrln.-lne him..! hr Ikia aoa.t.v,a ra.
aaulna. ka *#ltt puaha.l np «V " ; »4"»
a n 4 «lmha4 Inalia -r'kl **v 1 rlhufca
Shoppurt by 'Phone.
■■Band ma np tw* of onta an 4 a
bale of hay.**
Voifa- All rtafcl. air «b* l. It fort
•The >ar»a. of aouraa, jou I4M—l«a
--(on Qlaka
plumage and they hove n flne habit of
diiuelng pompous!v snd with golden fnnHke
plu himgc outspread wherever there arc nny
little brown ladles perched shout to ad
tnlre them Ho when It com*** to cruelty,
It Is vanity for vanity, nod the male bird
Is killed. The whole cause of the worry
H**s In the f(»«’t that the species will eoou
be extinct. And now we have It. Now
we know why Mrs HturgU worries so. It
la nil on our »e -njnt, not fur the sake of
the dancing dandles Hhe la n fra id that
the birds of paradise will he extinct, ami
we shall all be so disappointed If ever
we go to New Guinea to spend our v a ra
tions and find no dnitclug duudies hopping
about from bush to tree.
Hut stubbornly, atubhornly. In spite of
tl:c Queen and Mrs Mturgls, naughty wo
rn.u siy belter a bird on the bat than In
■ c bush In far away New Guinea. And
nch n frenxy In feathers. Cassowary tipped
with ostrich tendrils, gouru feathers min
gird with aigrettes, a bird of paradise veil
lit| « plume, frmhm upou and
Mid* of nltt>geiher dlffcreut leathers galh
••red together on one but.
I hr fours feather* (my obliging husband,
'"holly, helped me to look It tap to the eu
ffck»iH‘i|ll! come from the crowned pigeon.
There In only a small tuft on the heud of
each bird, and a lift « *prlg coat* a fearful
sum. Few woiueu there are who can af
ford n handful, much l«**a a hatful. Now
tbe cassowary hna not yet sought the pro
tection of either Mra. Nturgla or tba
Queen, for the cassowary la a Idrd of
gient power, and in this ease only human
Ilf* 1* In danger There t» no cruelty to
the bird, only to the man who. perhaps, la
forced to earn hla thing chaalng tall feath
et§ for a hat only a brown skinned un
live. to the gnat ladle* ape not wonted a
lit It cotta about sw* at wholesale prhn
to cover a hat of last year's alte with caa
aowary leather*, and tht* year twice a*
many are required. It will doubilra* coat
a* tnuch to »ew oft a large hat cassowary,
oapray and paradise plume* of the quail
tltyr prescribed by fnahlou a* to sow wheat
«»n acre* of land Many a poor farmer
If ha «'ould plant hla laud aa plenteouaiy at
a woman «I#e* her new hat would feel him
self the lord of the manor On a great,
wide leaver i»ee llluatration II) there la a
great, waving field of oaprey feathers.
The better this ye«r haa a long furry pile.
Often a satin hat, any of aiillquft green, la
faced with Mai k beaver, or a ttMjue Is
nude entirely of t;»* shaggy material
tfr «pod lu curious ways aud piled very
high.
I he Hiawatha or Indian headdress band*
fire the iu>«| savage effect yet *een In
New fork, though these hand* are Innocent
and harmless eo far as the killing of rate
turds goes The knlfellke feathers or gutti*
sre prohsMy fr*wn a chicken or turkey that
baa I wen killed for eating They etand
spward like a picket fence and higher at
the left iklf These deco rat lona the
Autumn girl w4ll be able to buy and to ap
plv to hat*, the crown* of which are either
high or low and the brims either narrow
**r wide You may look at the pictures of
Indlau braves aa they drive forth to a
war dance In full rega'la and select auy
headdreas you choose.
Twvr IN»Uf I flhe, t' w. ft are»*. haa aeeti
Included In the massacre, and somehow we
women of the weak minded sort feet more
sorry for IVvlly than for the dancing Jan
dies of New Guinea, the labrador ducks,
and the Auckland game birds, son e of
which are already eiUuei. t hardy nagtna
at home, and wbj bother a4*mm dancing
dandle* when birds with wrfc ws have a
personal acquaintsure- an t oh. a© natty
haMeft are having a hard time tn this
country t The emerald green plumage mav
net always iw from roily, but eniy from
*r>me poor, squawking her who died not
f, nly In the cause of adornment, but also
• hat of nourishment. See, for example,
ihe bat of brown otterakln velvet (llluatra*
lion f‘i with a band of liberty satin and
lhe bird part green and part black A
parrot perhaps la grafted to a crow. With
a parrot in her hat. the girl who likes
to I** the cynosure of astonished eyes will
have a large, almost life alxe, parrot on the
handle -»f her parasol. Mrs. Glen Collins
made a great stir In Grace Church aa she
Jim-.
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fell \ D
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A A Lat,» I’tcture II I ol While Tull*,
the Bum ! Itlged with Brilliants. White
I ulle and Stung of Diamond* in Hair.
White 1 utlr Streamers and White Ospreys
C. sed Lxtra\ agantly.
B A Severe English H Black I'atent
l.cather with W Kite S..r ‘and and Bow.
C A Hal of Ottrrskin Velvet lummed wlh
Band of l iherty Satin and a Green and
Black Bird.
D A High-Crowned Hat Covered with
Gray Bengalme Silk Block Plume* and
Block Streamers.
»ent up the central aisle at a wedding In
June On her right hand, oo all the end
seat go Mips there waa a fat cockatoo
of green, red and yellow plumage Harry
I.ehr soutetlmes carried a parrot oa hit
hand, hut this was outrageous! To go up
the church aisle with a parrot perched on
Mrs. Drexel’s Extraordinary Predicament.
l( oivilntiftl from l*w«e Ml.)
Ktng Pdwsrd haa been beard to remark
with a loud chuckle
The Hretels have he«ome pnvctleally
permanent residents of Kurland, although
Mr Preset baa declared that be do**a not
Intend to become a cltlsen of that country
They have one of thv fineet houses In Lon
don. ut No. 5 Carl ton llou»e IV r race,
overlookin g titstoric JM James a Park It
wna hrte that Miss Prwtel urns brought out
last year at a great ball, which was honored
by ti»* pn*>ettce of Her Roy# lh|h:.eta
tbe I rtn* ess He*‘tier of HateA'obtirg llotbn,
and otbec Members of the royal tsujly.
her hand like n falcon • Well, when Natalie
came out and stood waiting for ler car
rlage, I soon saw that her parrot was a
large bird of wood, perched on the top of
her parasol handle, her hand going below
the body. Mrs. It. Fulton Cutting also has
this parrot fnrl and the gay green birds
will be seen on winter umbrellas.
The hat with streamers is one of the
blessings from abroad. One ran use the
streamers In all sorts of ago-disguising
ways. They can he brought around the
throat and conceal tbHt telltale place be
low the ear where the age Is quickly re
vealed, not merely to physicians, but to
all men keen of eye. For Instance, a silk
covered hat (see picture D) has lustrous
streamers of Mack liberty satin. These
can be wound around the arm and pinned
to the shoulder with a Jewel. Sometimes
on a large hat tho streamers come through
silts In the brim half-way between the
coiffure and edge of the hat.
The glorious but spectacular hat seen in
Illustration A Is a chapeau that was de
signed for the Countess Greffnlhe, of Ver
sailles, who wears gowns made of yards
<>f tulle swathed about bet and knotted
but never hemmed or sewn. The bat In
the pi- lure l« of white tulle, and to the
edge of the brim brilliants are attached.
«bUe th*’ few els that lie flu her hair are
diamonds of the first wster. On the pom
psdour. In the centre above the forehead,
lies a pear shaped pearl suggestive of the
The Presets have a beautiful country
bonne on the Isle of Wight, tbe garden
spot of Kttgland. where the ordinary ob
jections to the British climate are abseut.
It Is understood thnt Mr. Pressl will build
a magnificent new house an the Island.
At any rate, ba is one of tbe most dis
tinguished and popular person* there Hte
P revel* are latlmste with the King's sister.
Trln.eas Henry of BstUMtberg. who reside*
permanently on the Isle of Wight
To all i*‘ their social sure#** the Druse la
have the most lux iHou* yacht' Afloat, the
Margarita, which Is 350 feet long. In
this they visit the Mediterranean every
Winter and frequently entertain tbu &..<g
romantic fashion of nnclsnt times In Italy.
In those days the Jewel that lay on th 9
forehead (not on the hair) always had a
mysterious significance. It was often
worn by an affinity and had a meaning
for those who loved, sub rosa, and was
also frequently the sign of a secret
society.
Of the smaller hata the Talllen toque
Is a good example. This, too, has much
feathery trimming. Nowhere does one find
proof that the small hat will take the
Stubs'
c=.
E—A T}»eslre-Hood of Old-Rose Silk
Trimmed with Pink Roses. It is W 7 ired
and Large so That the Hair Will Not
Be Crushed or Duaranged.
F—A Tallicn Toque of Gray Ottoman Silk
with Three Rows of Black Chiffon and
Chenille in Puffing*. Black Paardiae Plume
Wiling Orange Osprey.
G—A Directoire Bonnet Copied After an
Histone Model.
B A Large Gray Beaver Covered with
Ospreys Sreammg Over Brim in Back.
place of that of great dimensions. Tba
sn ail hats are only exception* that prort,
the rule. As for pill■box hats none of our
ml diners ever saw one, and no one In
society will wear one. There was.
to be sure, the little English on Bor
worn by Lady Augusts Fane, bnt this.
and other royal personages.
The Grand Doucbesa Vladimir of Russia,
who :i «liuo,i * ,rntor poroon««» ih«n
il-.. i ».ir .»•« ..no of th* aa<l
the r*l*hr»t*d Klni Ltopold of Belgium
T .*lr h-.iplumr l» *• f»I»ou« 00 tbo
runt I Brut n. In tlrigtonil It «*• In P»rl»
u.it th*j* go** ii .llnnrf In a garden which
wo. entirely prrfumod by U Frouo#
rosea.
W hen you have reached the pinnacle
of earthly itnlll uvtceeua like the Presets,
you become subject to cruel anstetv lest
your children should be carried away by
rasa seutlmeaUl impulses
flhnfJinflr'
“1
Small JHats Ex
ceptions Sfyat proue tl?e
I^ule.
streamers U/oupd /Iroupd
tl?e f\rfr\ ai?d fajteped
u/itl? a Jewel.
sati9-<souered flats fa<;ed
witl?
Beaver.
too, was only an exception and not a
charming one at that. Mrs. Lydlg’s hat
brims have been expanding and she usu
ally wears a veil of etg-zag design that
completely conceals her features. Young
Mrs. Charles Gilpin, of Philadelphia, how
ever, wears the large over seen In
this country. See. Mr. E.
J. Berwind Is hi He really
should scold her a i u table, the
circumference of which d equal that
of her astonishing hats, two people could
have Ihncheon very comfortably, hove
room for the plates, the salad and a fern
ery In the centre.
As the result of the Directolre styles
there Is now the plateau, a flat disc with
out a crown, which, when made up,- is In
shape like a grocer’s scale Inverted. It !s
usually covered with soft velvet and
pressed down on both sides. The stream
ers, which cross it on top, are laid over
. • %+* *
the hair in back and fled together lo a
bow at the neck, falling a long ends far
below the waist line. For the scoop bon
net* all soits of gorgeous flowers are used
—dahlias, petunias, fuchlas, deep red be
gonias and pink bleeding heart. The thea
tre hoods may be made according to a
woman’s whims. They are often like that
of Little Red Riding Hood, but are sup
posed to be copies of those worn during
the French Revolution. Some are like
great coal scuttle bonnets covered smoothly
with silk and the horseshoe circle around
the face Is edged with lace and a flower
wreath. The streamers tied In front
loosely, without a bow, arc really long
scarfs of chiffon edged w’ith lace or frill
ing. They are intended primarily to wear
on the way to and from a dance, a dinner
or the oera or theatre.
After the play or the opera, when women
wait for carriage* and are gossiping to
gether in the theatre lobby or under the
awning, the hat-to-hat talks will result in
funny scenes. The bonnets will in reality
make well-walled tunnels or funnels under
cover of which awful ncaudal—ubrut the
hostess, who has Just given the uinner. or
the actress who has Just bad the star part
In the play—may be freely discussed. Mrs.
Clarence Mackay and Miss Ethel Barry
more always get luto quiet comer* at the
Colony Club, having hat-to-hat talks, tbe
enormous brims of their snow white pic
ture chapeaux of felt overrlpplng. But
they are forever bubbling over with tal»
about ’’things’*—nothing mean about peo
ple. The saucy Utile Directolre bouuets
were worn by yoang girls when they canio
borne from Paris thU Summer, and were
made of taffeta silk gathered .'.nd puffed
A Convention Speech.
"Louder! I/ouder!” shrieked the dele
gate*.
■ Gentlemen," protested the presiding
officer, *1 can assure you that the disap
pointment of tho«e who can’t hear Isn't n
marker to the disappointment those who
eau."—Philadelphia Ledger,
Amended.
In these day* genius la tbe capacity for
taking gains. Life
Just Like Being Away.
Gates- Are you »ing away with your
family this Hummer?
Clemens—l should say not. We’ve taken
the *• reo«s off the house, put In a coop I c
of smell} At: limps, and are tipping the
teeniau. milkman, mailman, la undry mtu
and the grocery boy. We’re having ih«
trip of our Uvea.
Selling His Screeds.
"I think." *ald the struggling writer,
"that the publishers might well take a
hint from the politician*
"In what reflect ?"
Publicity for all contributions. Uow that
would help.’"
on a stiff frame. This Winter sweet young
faces will look out from quaint bonnets of
velvet and fur. Little Alice Anderton, the
amateur actress, whose father Is Mrs.
George J. Gould’s doctor, always has bon
nets copied from old paintings and tied
under her chin with ribbons or In a big
pussy bow of mnline nt the left of her face.
Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt is Just waking up
to the fact that variety gives fascination
to millinery as well as to all other things
In life. For a long time she was ao stub
born and foolish. For three or four sea
sons she had air her hats (at least a hun
dred a yenr) of the same shape—mediui.i
crowns and wide straight brims. *‘l know
they are out of style," she would say, “but
I like them,” and the decision was Anal.
Mrs. Henry Codman Potter Is In mourn
ing now, of course, but for many years
she was the only woman In New York
whose chapeaux would bring forth the re
mark. "Why, that's a bonnet like what
mother used to wear.” It was a
l»ona fide, unmodified and unmodernized
bonnet with narrow strings. Like Mrs.
Vanderbilt, she had many boxes all filled
with bonnets, different lu color and mate
rial, but all of exactly the same shape.
On festive occasions, when the sweet, placid
Indy, for Instance, would honor a bride by
her presence, the sprig or a little wreath
of flowers would be more gay In color.
Of course there is also Hetty Green'a bon
net, but her headgear Is bulgy and puffy,
and more like a toque with strings.
Then there is Mrs. O. H. Harriman, who
eternally wears a bnt tilted over her fore
head. These whims of women in aoclety
are all hit off so drolly In a little time-yel
lowed book about hats written before the
Revolutionary war. It belonged to Cholly's
great-grandfather. It applies to people of
to-day, for styles may change, but not tbe
ways of human beings. Thla old writer
raid: "We can distinguish, by the taste of
»he hat the mode of the wearers mind.
With Quakers It is a point of their faith
not to wear a button wherewith a brim may
be looped up tight in front. Tbelr bats
spread over their heads and darken the out
ward man to signify they have the Inwa.J
light. Other* do uot half r *r *beir
bends, which is Indeed due to tbe shn'.low
neaa of their crowns. Between beaver and
eyebrows, there la a piece of*.tank fors
head like a surveyor’s plau. Indeed, peo
ple should hid' 1 as much of the face as pos
sille, for few there are but have don#
something for which they ought to ■ -l
of countenance.”
A Question of Precedence.
At an Informal dlnuer an American lauy
who sat on the Kaiser'rf left had the ialad
passed to her over her left shoulder. Th#
Lmperor saw that the lady heal tat ed to
turn her face front him in* order to help
her>elf to tbe salad. Madam," be said,
a Kaiser cau wait: a salad cannot."—
m a. r.
Assuming the Responsibility.
Mrs. J 'a patience waa much tried hy a
servant abo had tbe habit of standing
around with hei ruoutb open. One day.
the maid waited upon the table, her m»uth
wa* open as uaual, and her mistreat said:
d.t.M, y.itjr mouth »* open."
asaum," replied Mary; I opened It.**
Philadelphia Ledger.
Always a Chance.
J««*U*r—You m.v t ► Inscription jo.
wish engraved on the Inside »f this ring Is
to i»e "Marcellos to Irene*'l
Young Man isomewrhst embarrassed)—•
Yen. tha!'* right But lou r cut a#
irene very deep -Harper * Weekly.