The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-25
THEY ARE BECOMING |
Special Feature of This Years
Milliners' Creations.
SIMPLICITY IS THE KEYNOTE
The Opening of the Millinery De-
partment of the Plymouth
Clothing House.

The special feature that seems to dis
tinguish the spring hat Is Its general be-
comingness Usually a woman has to
grow familiar with new models before
she finds one Ito suit her face and style,
but there is something in the soft chit
fons and the graceful lines Of this years
hat that attracts her at once. Simplicity
seems to be the keynote and was char
acteristic of all the pretty models which
We're shown at the. opening Of the mill
linery department of the Plymouth yes
terday. Indeed, there is SO little in the
way OF trimming on many OF the smart
est hats that the milliner1 has to depend
on line to bring out the style, and the re-
suit is far more stunning than In past
seasons when a wealth Of trimming was
put on here and pulled down there to
make a hat becoming. @
This is going to be a season to test
the ability of a milliner,' one woman
wisely remarked as she noted the abb
sence of accessories in the hats before
her. 1T takes an artist to give style to
hat when it has no trimming beyond an
osprey feather and a pearl cabuchon.''
Mostfof the hats are modelled on the
continental lines, which Is perhaps one
reason Why they are so lightly trimmed
The continental woman does not take
kindly to great clusters Of flowers or huge
knots OF ribbon, which destroy the Sc
we're simplicity of a hats lines. The soft
fall OF chiffon or lace. trail of rose
buds OF string Of pearls is more in har-
mony and Is really all that the hat needs,
for the braids, in themselves are so beau
tiful that it would be shame to cover
them up. Combined with malines they
are sewed into the most becoming of
shapes and if the straws themselves were
not becoming the soft folds Of the malines
would make them So. The natural color
in T1cno hrpjl e ,x,kf
white with most artistic effect.
A "White Summer"
This is to be white summer, 80 the
mtlliners say, and the white hats shown
at the Plymouth salso promise that it
gear goes. The brim rolls away from
the face to show the soft fluff or hair.
which is necessary adjunct to the spring
hat. woman cannot pull her hair
straight back and be beautiful, even in
Paris creation. The large pompadour is
thing of the past, and the hair is
loosely puffed so as to conceal the lines
Of the face instead of accentuating them.
For the same reason the hats all have a
fall of something soft in the back that
drops over the low couture. Art and
common sense is being brought into COM
binatiOn for the adornment of the woman
who is wise enough to realize that her
milliner knows better than she what she
can or cannot wear "
Hats for the Streets. 1888
If the dress hats are creations, the
street hats are necessities. There was
time when every woman bought sailor
and considered herself properly hated
for shopping. It was an easy style, but
it gave uniform touch to Nicollet ave-
nue. that was monotonous. The Phipps
and Atchison outing hats, which are
shown at the Plymouth, are not monot-
onous, and they have as much style ana
charm as the malines and chiffons. They
also are simple and depend on the shape
and the braid for much of their smart
ness The braids are Of strange Weaves
in the natural color and roll from the
face enough to make them becoming and
not too much to prevent them from shad-
ing the face novelty Of the season Is
the hat of white silk or pongee, the crown
is stitched and the underbrim is of Para
ma braid. The combination makes hat
that is very light and durable, and the
silk will clean like white glove, merit
that will be appreciated in the dusty,
dirty summer days. These outing hats
are trimmed with scarfs of grass cloth and
silk with leather quill embroidered in
white to furnish bit Of color. A hat
for the golf girl is all of grass cloth, and
around the brim in red are golf sticks
and balls, and the same embroidery is on
the end of the scarf, prettily knotted in
the back. ~. !