Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-23
straw buckles and straw quilts will be used
on others
A Fosy Garden.

straw buckles and straw quilts will be used
on others.
A Fosy Garden.
But except for practical service, it is
plain that what might be called the fancy
hat will take precedence over the sitter
thing for summer use. The lace and veil
drapings which are daily growing more
elaborate indicate this, as well as the in
creasing furore for flowers of all sorts Ths.
dress-up hat or the modish summer girl is
veritabie garden of posics, with vivid pinks
and greens contrasting with pure white.
Deliciously old-fashioned too, are some of
these posles, old maid" and musk roses
Being seen, fluffy blowaways and wreatbs
OF larkspurs; while the soft ribbons are put
on in splashy bows or in rosettes and twists
and knots that seem miracles of finger cum
ming.
Dip at the Back.
Numberless are the curves the smallish
dress hat follows, but at the rear the pre-
Valllng tendency is to take a downward
dip. This accommodating the cache-peigne
styles of trimming, one sees upon the fiat
piece resting against the hair some orna-
mentation, which invariably enhances the
Wearer looks. Cache-peignes of velvet rib
Don, IN the shape of a single long oval
roSette, are seen upon some turbans with
elaborateiy rolled side brims, which style,
types.
Along with numberless kinks recognizable
as reVivals of ancient days, the complete
relncarnatIon of the lace veil has been ac-
complshed The invention of fancy veil
lngs by the yard for many years set this
Dordered charmer aside, but once more it
Is recognized as vastly beautifying. 1t is
worn as in the old days, in loose curtain
around the edge Of the hat brim, with the
border below the chin, and the ends falling
straight at the back. Some of the black
lace wells are very long, the ends being
brought scarf fashion around the throat
and tied under the chin in a loose bow
Still another style is very deem with the
ends barely meeting at the back, and such
sorts are held around the hat crown by
means of an elastic.
Price is High.
But since these lace wells are expensive
20 Is common price for one in imitation
dentelle-the various malines and tulle nets
VIII likewise be worn. These, when web
Is properly selected, may also, however be
made up with lace and ribbon borders. and
the shop ones SO fashioned have a ready
sale.
Finally, colored headgear, it is evident,
VIII De more worn than black, and though
brown is not recognized as a specially be-
coming shade, much brown millinery is
seen. touch of gilt, black red or green
often relieves this, and one brown straw
turban seen was delicately piped at the
brim with velvet in these three shades A
mass of shining ivy leaves, arranged in
rosette form at the left side, was the only
other trimming.
Ivy leaves, combined with white garden
las, also composed one model among the
french foliage turbans which adapt them
selves to many species of costume They
are not too elegant for plain tailor gown,
and they are sufficiently dressy for the
charming wolfe and eolienne frocks that are
fret
For brim hats on the Gainsborough order
ana others of picturesque description, white
ostrlch piumes are favorite ornaments,
many white panama or chip hat showing
them In vast lengths.
Draped Hats.
Draped hats may show lace nets or tulles
In several shades of a color and with a
blue one the roses may match in tint. But
outside of this hybrid In the floral world
artificial deckings are for the most part
colored after nature. The little garlands
and wreaths of roses are honestly pink.
white or yellow, and their crumpled hearts
look as natural as If they really held the
garden scents. Little foliage is used with
these, and on childrens and adult hats as
wen they are disposed with prodigal Law
ishness
Juvenile headgear which is not flower
decked leans largely to ribbon trimmings
anc upon the round. wide-brimmed shapes
Tor everyday use the single fyaway bow
Is much SEEM For dresser service, drawn
rats or lace. net and mousseline are trim
mec In number of ways with wide, soft
ribbons in delicate TINS. The baby hat. a
frllly beribboned conceit with ribbon
Strings and sometimes a face trim ming. is
liked Tor the tiniest maids. And for their
masculine friends of the same years with
all the little killed suits which will be
theirs. there baby-boy sailors whose
trimmings still admit of a touch of fem
ininity.
Quaint Effects.
A captivating point with child millinery,
toe, is that many grown-up points are
copied, these producing young heads a
aenclously quaint effect. OF all of them.
the lace wells. which in babyish webs are
allowed French girls of tender years are,
perhaps, the most charming. These. which
accompany the scoop bonnets also hang
over the race curtainwise: but as small girls
are not given TO a fondness for face muf-
H'hgs, they are generally worn thrown back
from the face
correspondent writing from Paris SAYS:
IL Is enchanting to see the French baby
niles sitting in the Champs Elysees before
the Gulgnolles theaters. Each one with her
lace or net veil. her white spats and loose
sacque-which is the spring juvenile wrap
almost an exact replica of grandrnamma In
her olden days"
MARY DEAN.
Spring Wraps.