Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-17
TISSUE PAP Err HATS
REGULAR LOVE FOR A DAYS LABOR
AND DIME.
Pretty Summer COnceits and Real
Nice Work for Busy
Fingers.
Written Tor The Evening Star.

Written Tor The Evening Star.
All the girls are milliners nowadays
They have discovered that they can make
pretty and becoming hats, real picture hats
indeed, from tissue paper, and add variety
to the summer outfit.
The idea doubtless originated from the
lessons in millinery which during the past
year or two have been a fashionable fad
The first work in these is done in tissue
paper. When these girls learned what ar
tistic work they could do in this, and at
how slight an expense, they bethought
themselves of wearing these hats during
the summer months instead of considering
them simply as models The idea spread
and as the work was comparatively simple
soon all girls had paper hats. To be sure
some Of them were fearfully and wonder
fully made, but that was no reason Why the
really pretty ones should be tabooed, else
hats would go out of style entirely, since
the paper ones are not the only kind that
are carlcatured by noViceS.
The tissue paper hats are usually worn
by quite young girls, but one not infre-
quently sees them on older ones, and even
on married women. The white ones look
like the dainty rice StrawS, while the COL
ored ones resemble the fancy straw braids
The usual method of making is by braid
ing. Strips of the paper one and one-half
lncneS VIDE are cut across the longest way
of the sheet, folding 1t so that this may be
done with one clip of the scissors. The
strips are then braided in five strands, al
lowing them to crumple as they pass
through the fingers.
The softer and loosen the braid the more
pliable the hat will be, but If made too
loose it will not keep it's shape, unless the
brim is wired. New pieces are added to
the strips by overlapping the ends while
braiding When enough has been made it
is sewed just as a straw braid would be.
The Leghorn, Tam O'Shanter and Mexican
shapes are the favorite, the last being re-
stricted to Juvenile wearers.
One young lady, an artist, conceived the
idea of crocheting her hat instead of braid
ing it. She used a wire Tam O'Shanter
frame as a foundation, cut her strips one
half inch wide and Joined them with
touch of paste. She used the ordinary
crochet stitch for the crown, beginning in
the middle and widening as required, and
the brim was crOcheted by throwing the
thu ead'' over the needle once. A fluffy eff
feet was given to the edge by making a
chain of three and catching in each stitch
of the outer row. This hat was made in
black, and never would have been taken
for paper hat" even on close inspection.
1t was trimmed with chiffon, a facing of
this material beneath the brim and a full
trimming at the front. The effect was de-
Cidedly picturesque.
Most of the paper hats are trimmed with
flowers made from the same material. The
1aVOrlteS are rySanthemumS, roses and
poppieS. Some of the most effective hats
have band of black velvet around the
crown under the clusters of flowers.
There is really no end to the combinations
of colors and to the results that may be
produced. A dozen sheets of paper will
make a hat at a cost of 10 cents and
rapid worker can make one in a day.