Most of the new hats show points. The Napoleonic hat in some form or another is worn in satin with no trimming, with fringe of feathers, with a_ short lace eye veil, or with a feather dipping over it. They are everywhere. Less general is the quite small toque with a lift on one side, but by those who know the value of such a shape it is made up in satin with a feathery fringe round the top edge of the turned-back brim. The all-feather hat is Worn also. One of uncurled ostrich feathers the ends of which sweep the right shoulder could only be for Frenchwoman.
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