The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-03

The Easter parade marks the OPEN
tng of the spring fashion season. And,
81 its procession, nothing is as gor-
-gaoLs as the Easter hat, which is Pc
cliliarlT the innovation Of Easter Sun
day. The weather may be too cold
for spring gowns. but no matter how
cold the day the Easter hat will ven
ture forth.
There is a hue and cry TO the effect
that the real Easter hats DO not APP
pear on Easter Sunday and that peo-
lie. OF good taste leave their best hats
at home, preferring 10 come out on
Easter day with their dull winter head
. gear. But if this be true of a few II
Is also true that a great many do come
estt Easter and so Easter Sunday sees
g many fine hats as ever promenading
Fifth avenue.
Easter Sunday on Fifth avenue is a
wonderful sight The doorsteps and
The curb are crowded with sightseers,
- while in the center Dame Fashions
. 6evotees parade, proud to show the
beautiful hnery with which an abund-
ant fortune has rewarded them.
The Easter hats this year mark a
q distinct step in fashions progress. In
deed. as a milliner declared, they are
unlike any hats that have ever been
seen before. They resemble them
selves. but they DO not resemble any
other hats Of previous years.
9 A woman who tries TO wear last
Seasons hat will look like an antique, -
declared a fashionable milliner the
other day. Then, as she balanced an
: 4rannense picture hat upon her hand,
she added, and she will look not only
e very old fashioned, but very old in the
face. for the hats of last year with
their fat tops certainly made a woman
look twice her age"
Hats That Are Youthful.
.. The hats Of this season have a de-
/. cidedly youthful effect They are
very large as rule. but though big
isr size, they are not heavy in weight.
Indeed, it is difficult to imagine how
such large hats can be built on so
light a scale.
Take hat as large as car wheel
a hat which requires both outstretched
arms to go around it A hat OF this
size will be abundsntly trimmed, yet
trimmed in such a manner that it is
: not weighed down heavily. A clever
nnilliner viii so arrange it that it will
not weigh more than another hat OF
half the size.
The hats. while large, do not look
big for they are lightly built. Their
brims are uhdulating, their trimmings
consist OF feathers and light flowers.
their brims are draped in muslins.
tulles.. chifrons and malines, and their
entire construction is light instead of
heavy. And this quality makes them
look smaller than they really are. The
picture hat OF the season. though big.
does not look too big. 1t is charIningly
adapted TO feminine wear.
1T would be a difficult thing to men,
D.. tion the materials OF which the fash
ionable rcedium sized hat is built. Some
Of the loveliest Of hats are made OF
Oriental straw, with a pretty she'll
shaped border. These hats have charm
ingly shaped crowns all laid in straw
folds, and they are so abundantly
woven and interviewer with fancy
Eeaves OF straw that they require very
little trimming. A rose or feather OF
two smart wings are all that is needed
The woman who buys one OF these
fancy pretty straws, in tan color O,
butter color or pale yellow, will no,
waste her money. She can place a rose
upon the hat now. Later she can re.
place the rose with three outstretched
wings. And later in the season she
can take Off the wings and replace them
with 4 few nice autumn leaves.
What the Hats Cost.
The cost OF the Easter hat is a, thin,
before which woman shrinks. But
shrink as she will, II is an item which
she must face. The first hats of tn,
season are apt 20 be alarmingly high
and even though they cost a great dea
they are. not always hats Of the mos
useful order.