The Washington times., 1904-06-19

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hats. but are wonders In delicate work
manship. They are the new picture
hats. and. II they cost a fortune. one
cannot begrudge the money, for they
are pretty at any price.
One of these hats is a dream in feath-
ers. The hat itself is enshrouded in lace.
Then. around the crown. is thrown a
long feather strip at least a yard long.
or maybe longer. for it hangs down so
well at the back. This feather strip is
made Of delicate blue feathers and is
one Of the most carefully curled bits OF
millinery to be found Right in the
middle Of the front there is a beauti-
full gold buckle
Then there Is a lovely hat which Is a
dream in fine flowers. 1t is built in
turban shape. but the whole turban IS
covered with little blue flowers. There
is not one inch TO spare. The flowers
cover the whole hat from the front to
the back. Not an inch is uncovered
Such nat needs little trimming. ex-
cept an ostrich feather. or a bird, a
wing orNan aigrette.
For Home Milliners.
This is blessed season for the home
milliner. for 1t is so easy to take a
ready-to-wear hat and bring it up
to date by a little trimming. Any of the
pretty rough turban shapes can be made
into pretty hat. with u bird perched
at the side. Or. what is much newer,
by wreathing the hat with little flowers
and placing a smart velvet bow at the
side.
The casino hats are big and faring.
One Of the lOveliest is made OF turquoise
blue velvet The entire hat is covered
with the velvet. brim. square crown.
sides. top and all. There are bands of
velvet around the crown. And at one
side there Is turquoise blue ostrich
feather. This makes as pretty casino
hat as one could possibly want.
Made of Real Lace.
There is transparent hat, than which
nothing could be more beautiful 1t IS
the most expensive hat that is made. for
its material is real lace of choicest pat
tern. It is stretched over the hat frame
and there are tiny pipings OF velvet
put on TO cover the wire OF which the
hat is made. When completed the
whole hat is transparent, showing the
loveliest of lace patterns. The crown Of
the lace hat is made in the same way
and the trimming consists Of bands Of
velvet There is a bunch of ostrich
feathers at one side. The other side
of the hat is trimmed with a very long
and very handsome buckle.
one Of the handsc-aest hats of the sea-
son is a round hat with square crown.
The crown is cut of at the back until
IL is extremely narrow. The trimming
for this hat may be a curled plume, or
Il may be a bunch OF roses.
Roses by the bunch play a very i'm
portant part in the seasons styles. You
take a bunch Of roses and plant them
at the side Of the round crown That
makes a nice hat trimming. The roses
should be just life size and they should
be Of several colors. red rose. a white
one and roses in several shades of pink
and yellow This collection of coIored
roses is specially charming upon a hat
OF golden brown straw.
Pretty Banquet Hats.
There are banquet hats that are ad-
mirable. They are in the delicate tones
for evening wear. They are designed
to be worn with low neclked gowns and
nothing pretter could be found In a
weeks journey.
One Of these lovely banquet hats was
made upon a foundation Of gray straw.
The trimming consisted of little frills
OF gray chiffon sewed underneath the
crown Between the friIls OF gray chif-
fon there were little ruffies Of Valen-
ciennes lace. The top of the hat was n
dream in pink roses. a whole garden
Of them being shown. At the back were
two lace tabs.
There Is no reason at all why any
woman with two hands and a little ma
terial should not put together one Of
these banquet hats They are so easily
made and so charming that there is
little excuse for not owning one And
the woman who does not go to fine din
ner parties can at least sport a banquet
hat for other occasions.
a delightful banquet hat is built upon
n golden brown straw as a foundation.
The under side is trimmed with little
frills of Val lace. The upper part is
wreathed in little white roses. while
over the roses there is thrown a yelling
OF fine net which lightly covers the roses
and falls In a frill all around the hat.
At the back IL IS tied in knot and
falls over the neck. In the knot IS set
a fancy pin.
Soft Black Straw.
The soft black straws make up beau
tifully into banquet hats with Happy
brims. The idea is not 10 stinen the
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