Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-15
THE SUMMER HATS.
They May Re Huge in Size, But They Are Light in Weight as We'll
 as Color.

One very appreciable feature of the summer hat is it's lightness in weight as we'll as color. While it may be huge in size, it can be featherweight all the same, says the New York Sun.
 The Lamballe hat, very round and flat, is one of the popular shapes, and is trimmed with flowers and a shep- herdess bow of black velvet ribbon falling onto the hair behind. Many ot the latest shapes are wide brimmed, bending down little in front and at the back, where the bow of black rib bon is finished with long ends. One pretty way of trimming these hats is sort of fringe of flowers around the edge of the brim.
 The flower hat, which extends well over the forehead in sort of peaked shape, is very fashionable, finished with the bow and ends of black velvet ribbon. A bow of black velvet of some sort seems to be an indispensable fac tor in the latest millinery, aa it makes pretty contrast with flowers and all the gauzy effects employed. There is shape which has an upturned coal scuttle brim, dropping in the back, of course, and there is a three-cornered directoire hat with no trimming ex- cept rosette directly in front and one ostrich plume falling at one side.
 All these dropping tendencies in hats emphasize the fact of the new coiffure, which has arrived with all the neces- sary accompaniments of curls and puffs. It is this mode of dressing the hair low at the nape of the neck which has brought about the chokerless bod ice, and already the hats.are affected by it. Besides the velvet ends used at the back, as mentioned before, there are lace ends like those of the hats we see in old pictures.
 Very pretty toques are made by stitching rows of straw in net foun- dation and joining them over the net with cross stitch of gold thread. trimming except rosette or a bunch of flowers at one side.
 The marquis shape is great favor ite in Paris, the brim being edged with small flowers. A hat which it is promised will be all. the rage later on is three-cornered in shape, of coarse straw, and sometimes has a black crown with a white, upturned brim, outlined with small roses in either pink or white. Apretty hat of the
 amballe order is made of cream lace over white chiffon, the brim graceful ly curved and trimmed around with a wreath of small pink roses. Rosettes of white chiffon underneath tip the hat little at one side.
 A broad, flat hat in ecru lace straw, alternating with tucl1s of white chif- fon, is trimmed with band of black velvet ribbon, handsome buckle and two medium long ostrich feathers at one side. Gold-dotted chiffon is used for a scarf around the crown of some of the dressy hats, while among the shirt-waist hats more severe in style you see dotted foulards and fancy quills as the only trimming.
 One unusual style of hat in black crinoline turns sharply off from the face in front in sort of Napoleon shape,-and directly in the center, fas7 tening- the bfirn toy the croysns is at bunch of pink roses. On each side un- der the brim there are two rosettes of black velvet ribbon, with loops on one side falling over the hair. There is an- other bunch of roses at the back