Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-16


are always more or less pretty. This
year any woman with 1 little taste nav
trim her own chapeau successfully. All
that Is necessary Is a becorAing shape.
She may select flowers to Be arranged
as advantagaously as possible. Nine
hats out of ten have no other trimming
than flowers, and surely nothing could
pc prettier. Half the well-dressed Paris
iennes trim their headgear themselves.
mat Is why we meet with such an In
finite variety OF hats on the street, Il
all were intrusted to the artistes there
would be a great nonotony. AS it Is.
every woman is her own iiilliner. ana
we are treated to q great and agreeable
diversity.
Feathers, In spite of the existing slin,.
mer mists and humidity, are very much
used. A large shaped picture hat Of
fine white straw Is trimmed with shad-
ed violet ribbon and long plume in
the palest tint brought from the back of
the crown and artistically dropping over
the britn at the side. Another hat Of the
Louis XVI. order is rather large and
Of black straw. It is wreathed with
pink roses. These are yelled with q
chantilly scarf which knots at the
back. In d hat Of black ehantilly lace
the entire crown Is composed Of small
roses. At the side roses and foliage
1lingle.
The enormous roses which made their
appearance fortnight or SO ago have
changed into the fiat variety, which are
much prettier and more becoming.
Now. one big rose with little foliage
Ia sufficient decoration for any chap
peau. The hats this season are, unfor-
tunately. very heavy, made SO from the
quantities OF flowers employed. Then,
the straws are by no means light, so
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woman who escapes headache after
wearing one an hour will be difficult to
find.
Some Of the best hats in straw are
colored over the face. while the top Of
the brim Is white, and vice versa. Soft
straws are no longer in vogue. but those
presenting a hard. stiff surface. This
effect is very trying against the face,
and the woman who shuns this must
adopt the lace or embroidered chapeaus.
These are daii.&y and most becoming to
young faces. but the woman whose vis-
age shows that she has passed middle
life had better leave the capeline alone.
The hats this season are undeniably
pretty. bat they are e-emihentiy for
young women However, the we'll
dressed woman understands her busi-
ness, and after giving the matter long
thought (as such care is duty she
owes herself as well as others) decides
which will suit her style best. In the
picture hat there is moro opportunity
for adaptation to individual becoming
ness than In almost any other shape It
lends itself agreeably to he lace drapery
that is so prominent a feature Of the
new modes, and to the youthful face is
generally becoming. Button roses are
closely massed against the sides OF the
crown of these hats and also over the
bandeau.
Picturesque in the extreme is direc-
toire hat made OF black chantilly lace
associated with cream white lace. Black
velvet ribbon and a cut steel buckle are
the only trimming. The black lace COW
ers the low crown and also the wide
brini. On the brim 1t Is draped in veil
fashion, with curtain effect at the
back. Wide black velvet ribbon encir-
cles the crown and is tied In bow with
long loops and ends that fall over the
lace at the back. The buckle is placed
in front against the crown, the ribbon
velvet being passed through In soft folds.
Wells are fashionable, particularly lace
wells Of fine mesh chantilly is much
used. also d'esprit and thread laced, by
those VINO have family heirlooms. The
object of the veil appears to be to serve
as a decoration to the hat rather than
as a face protector. Indeed. all the pic
ture hats have wells, which are deity
and coquettishly manipulated.