The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-10
Stage Beauties Ser
 Fashions In Hats.

The early spring modes in millinery struck terror to the woman who adores the picturesque in summer headwear. It looked nightly like straw hats, in straw colors, with straw trimmings. Even a l concession to black taffeta and moire rib bons was given grudgngly. There were toques trimmed with stubby aigrettes of fine straw that looked for all the world like paint brushes, whole garlands of straw flowers for fiat hats and the most uncompromising and trying of flat sail ors, says the New York American
 Then with the merry May time came a tremendous reaction in favor of flowers, and now the feather struggles for popu- lar favor with the floral garnituros. In fact, the picturesque features of summer millinery are numerous enough to meet the most capriclous and exacting taste and in the matter of shapes and combina- tions the decrees of Dame Fashion are sufficiently lax to fit any and all faces.
 That the most effective results are sometimes secured by the simplest com binations Is shown in the hats worn in the summer production, 'The Runaways.' The hats worn by the principals in this piece are made on models that any wom-
  llnery might study and copy with the assurance that she will secure smart re- suits without the overtrimmed or over loaded effect which is the serious mis- take of the amateur designer.
 Miss Stone's first hat has a round crown formed of alternate layers of satin straw and maline in pure white The broad brm, turned up on the left side, is of dead white point de Venise, edged with ffa rttN t,fNttt no1 b~iY m has two feathers, one falling from above and one below the brim. shading from white to pale green. the tint of the gown with which the hat Is worn.
 Miss Helen Lords hat, worn in the second act, Is flat of rice straw, dent to suggest Just slightly the poke shape which our grandmothers admired. The brim is faced with white tulle laid In fine pleats. and the crown Is built of white crush roses, with pale yellow centres. The only trimming consist of two smart white plumes which tilt saucily over the front of the brim. This hat Is worn with a yellow frock clouded with white nous seline, and gives just the necessary touch of pale yellow In the roce crown
 Miss Mabel Carriers first act hat is a Gainsborough In fine black chip, the crown is high and banded simply with broad black velvet, cut on the bias. The ban deau and brim racing IS or Dlack tulle, and the trimmings show white Prince of Wales tipes set close to the high crown and bending over the brim at the left side. This Is worn with gown of black nous seline over white taffeta, with trimmr of turquoise blue ribbons.
 The hats worn by the comic
 singers in the second act quite str
 furnish the best models for hats
 young girls. They are the simplest ,l picture shapes, with a fiaring upturned brim. The puddingbag crown is of white straw in haly inch bands, interwoven in a square basket pattern. The brim is of white lace, commonly known as the Ori- ental pattern. This Is laid over the wire frame in shaped fiounce, doubled slight ly, frilled or shirred, the points forming the edge and finish of the brim. Soft white gros grain ribbon, half an inch in width, is braided to form the twist