Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-06
YOUR PICTURE HAT
HOW TO CARE FOR DAINTY SUM-
MER MILLINERY.
Simple Contrivances in Which It Nav
Be Kept Fresh and
Dainty.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star
The fad this summer for having hats and
gowns to match has taxed not only the in
genuity and the purse of the girl who de-
fred fetching array Of light and fluffy
headgear. but 1t has driven her to ex-
tremes to secure a place for keeping them
The shepherdess hat. the broad-brimmed
sailor and the bebe. or lingerie hat, each
makes extensive demands for room space.
Every tidy girl knows that hats may not
be hung in closets. much less in a row on
the wall, even though covered with cloth.
Ribbons flowers and lace all drop one way
and that Is down. SO that the hat quickly
loses Its shape Further, the hat hung on
the wall or in the closet is apt to have
other articles hung under or over it,
Hat boxes are. of course. the correct and
thoroughly reliable receptacle for hats, but
many of the boxes in which this years hats
are sent home are too wide to fit on an
binary closet shelf The mother of three
daughters had no end of complai nts from
the servants about the hat boxes pushed
under the various beds. They interfered
with the cleaning. the lids were knocked
off by impatient maids and dust sifted in
over the finery. She finally cleared off
three shelves in her linen closet and the
hats were laid in a row on the shelves and
covered with tissue paper.
A girl whose bed room was small and
counted among its furnishings low. three
quarter bed. had a hat box built by the
family carpenter. This was made from
planed boards about five feet long by three
feet wide and one foot high. with lid
hinges. Casters were fitted into each cor
ner. The box was painted white without
and within, and strap of leather
fastened on the front. which was used to
pull the box out from under the bed. The
girl lined this box with sheets Of blue it's
the hats after they were laid into it. 1t
held three picture hats, toque and a sail
or without crowding, and the girl declares
she will never be without such a box.
Built Them Herself.
girl who went away for the entire sum-
mer knowing she must occupy rather small
hotel quarters. built herself three hat bags
of light weight but closely woven linen.
The foundation of the bag splints
woven to form a square bottom and COW
cred with the linen. To this was sewed a,
deep f1ounce of the linen. finished at the
top with a draw-string not unlike that
used in a darning or sewing bag. Each
bag held a pictfre hat. On reaching the
hotel the girl had two hooks fastened into
the wall between which was stretched a
piece of broad tape so to form a triangle
with the wall. From this she suspended
the three bags with their contents. The
arrangement was not ornamental, but the
girl lived on the porch and the beach and
cared little for the artistic arrangement of
her room.
Girls who can afford 1t will do well to
purchase a theatrical trunk which will
carry six hats and nothing else. On each
of the six faces of the hollow cube which
forms the inside Of the trunk is hem
sphere of wire net. on which the hats are
pinned 1t Is impossible for the hats to be
shaken Off from this net standard neither
oar hav q hnr hn hoo
efforts Of the baggage smashers to the con-
trary.
Must Be Fresh
The charm of the lingerie hat is It's i'm
maculate freshness. soiled hat of this
type is offensive to the eye. 1t is not gen
orally known that expert dry cleaners can
take soiled hat of this sort and send it
home as fresh and crisp as If 1t were new
The trimming need not be removed, and
the cost will vary from IS cents to $1.5O,
according to the elaborateness of the de-
sign.
The girl who does not wish to add to the
price of cleaning the express charges both
ways, should try either French chalk or
corn meal for cleaning. The hat should be
laid on a sheet of clean paper and literally
buried in a fine coating of the chalk or
corn meal. A sheet of tissue paper may
be thrown over 1t, and it is allowed to
is raised and shaken so that the particles
of meal will fall onto the paper. If any
stick to the lace or net, all the better. Take
fine, clean brush, such as velvet or silk
hat brush, and brush out the particles brisk
ly but lightly. This will carry away or
binary dust. Never put away light sum-
mer hat without brushing it carefully, as
dust clings to lace well as to felt or
velvet.
The white feather which is verging on
gray Is not an addition to the summer
hat. If it Is a good feather 1t can be
washed in tepid water and pure white soap.
shaken lightly over the stove to dry, then
curled with the blunt side of knife
If a girl finds herself compelled to drive
some distance to a summer function and
the roads are dusty 1t will pay her to
shroud her hat first In white chiffon and
then In a veil of dark chiffon, which can
be removed before reaching the destination
When she sees the layer OF dust on the
outer wall she will be grateful for this note
of warning.