Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02
FOR UP-To.DATE WOMEN
General Views Of Spring Hats With Summer
Uses.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

NEW YORK. April /. 1898.
Do not be de;uded by the first ornataly
trimmed. heavy locking hats which appear
at the early spring openings. Lovely We
nan does sometimes make guy of herself,
but 50 far she has never gone to the
lergtE of wearing a heavy, dull-lookins
affair. which might do for autumn, as a
substitute for q graceful, airy head cover
ing. Purchase your spring bonnet now Il
you wish II for Easter The shapes We
are to wear in straw have been settled for
rcrths, but beware of the advice Of a
nilliner who wishes you to load it with
feathers, wired tulle or gauze spangled
ornaments and other expensive but UNI
necessary furbelows. Above ALL beware CT
velvet, unless ytu afford several
other hats between now and June. The
real forecast of summers note has only
been struck at one or two places in town.
and it is light, airy effects. plenty of flow
ers and the lightest and daintiest of liberty
silk or tulle scarfs, with careless looking
loops of ribbon.
This light effect is well illustrated by
a sailor of white chip. most modest lit
Tie sailor. Wound around the crown and
Stimulating careless, soft bow in front
was scarf of pale blue liberty silk. The
same silk formed two little knots under
the brim of the hat in the back Two
pthSueS u IOTSet-me-nOtS, 1nterSDcrSed
with green leaves. formed the only other
trimming. They stood up smartly on either
size or the crown, one on the left and one
On the right, the former a little higher
man the latter. so there was no stiffness
about 1t. One could scarcely Imagine a
simpler or more artistic creation.
Covered With Flowers.
Very pretty and most suitable for snrinp
are the flower hats. They are straw. TO be
sure, but little of that material shows
that 1t scarcely counts. They are covered
with flowers, roses. violets, what you will
one yellow straw short-backed sailor was
bower OF yellow and white roses and
green leaves The roses completely cover
ed the crown and nearly all of the brim
yet there was not great profusion either
Oh mowers or leaves; but they were put on
IN that artistic confusion with which a.
master hand might arrange a few flowers
Ewing eacn room enough to show its in
diVioual petals and green leaves
speaking of short-backed sailors reminds
me OF the fact that they have not lost their
popularity by any means. They are uni
VefSaity becoming and seem to lend them
serves serves 10 SO many varieties of trimming
anat they are apparently indispen sable
mere are not many new shapes On every
side one hears of the ''Shepardess." and If
IS certainly most charming with its abrupt
oip IN the back and its downward curve
TO every one, however, and in trying IL on
one must consult ones own Judgment. for
as saieSwoman said patheticaily NOT long
ago, we are obliged to make women
whether 1t is a fact or not" There are
variations to this shape so that one may
De extreme or moderate, as one pleases
TOques Are NapOleonic.
The only other novelties are the small
mats or toques-call them what you will
Most Of them have a decidedly Napoleonic
cast, turning up sharply away from the
race; but they are so very small and in
many instances sit so far back from the
race that this Is not trying. quiet and
pretty model of this sort had nuted brinn.
and was made Of rough dark blue straw.
On the left We're two loops of dark blue
ribbon and a couple of pompons of the
same shade nestled in the depressions of
straw on the right.
Nothing could have bsen SIMMER vat
II was very smart
Then there are the straw hats with the
sort Reubens crowns, generally woven of
stIa" also. Likewise straw hats trimmed
with straw, which will have vogue il being
seen everywhere gives 1t. The poke bon
net which Fas made brave but fruitless
struggle for popularity during the past two
years now appears in modified and softer
oCtlihe. 1t bids fair to be more of sue
cess this year ana can be made most be-
coming with soft strings of null or tulle
English walking mats of straw with
rather wide brims are as unlike a Fedora
or Alpine as it is possible to be and vet
have the same characteristics. The former
are to be worn more than last year and
are very handsome. simply trimmed with
several rows of narrow ribbon or velvet
and three ostrich tips on the left side.
Alpines and Sailors.
or course the ever useful Alpine in felt
appears in new shapes. A soft felt with a
rather wide brim is the latest, and it is
trimmed with Roman scarf or with SPOOL
silk yelling. But one need not get a new
Alpine. Take 4 white spool-silk veil, Il
your hat is a gray one, and wind it about
in place of the regulation band of ribbon
Arrange 1t in soft, regular folds, and fin
tsh 1t in a knot on the left side. Or, IL it
is a black or blue Alpine pick out a plaid
or Roman-stripe scarf-one's own neckties
are emfnently satisfactory, If wide CROUCH
and not soiled-and put 1t around the hat
in the manner described for the veil. Thus
will you have the latest hat to wear travel
ing or cycling, until sailors come in.
1t Is rather early to say definitely what
sailors will be. They have all been agreed
upon. but the most influential designers CT
these hats are reluctant to show their
wares. So far, the sailors displayed are
very satisfactory. They run neither to
extreme brim or crown, although the bon
ret Is q trihe narrower and the latter
slightly higher than last year.
MABEL BOYD.