But keeping in mind the transitory nature of life in genet al and millinery in particular, let us consider the latest cable despatches on the subject of hats. We hasten to mark that according to recent advises from Reboux, toques are draped so close to the head as to resemble skull-caps. Others simul late truncated columns. Bows and "ears" of felt or velvet are a fashionable device, and one ecclesiastical hat claps jet ornaments over the wearer's ears and twists velvet into a handle-shaped: loop at the back. Honest it does.
There are big thats in existence despite the omnipresent cloche and a big black felt capeline with crown of cherry satin against which two two black velvet ears wore placed, made a picturesque for an audacious face. Then there are graceful shapes in the manner of "La Grande Mademoiselle" with a fringe of uncurled ostrich dripping from the brim to the wearer's shoulder.
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