Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06
M|O-s 5 | | HATS
Fluffy Frames ,s for Children's
Flower Faces.
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OVER SHOCKED" HAIR
OSTRICH FEATHERS MORE LIKED
THAN RIBBON.
More Expensive, Too-Strings Are
Used and One-Tone Trim
mings Favored.

Written for The Evening Star by Harriet Hawley.
Poets have sung of the flower faces of
the children until the more practical world
has insensibly fallen into the same habit.
At least SO the advance fashions in spring
millinery would indicate. The fluffy bon
nets and picturesque hats which will grace
the small girl remind strongly of fringed
or clustering flower petals. while the child S
face forms the glowing center. The concet
is a pretty one and easily executed, for the
bloom of youth attempt what older
women would fear to try.
This between season is the time we sell
dress hats for children" said a fashionable
mlliner who makes a speciality of catering
to the children's trade. Earlier in the win
ter madam was apt to buy for her small
daughter the hat or bonnet which would be
most serviceable. But now is the time of
the afternoon dancing class and matinee.
When serviceable felt or quilted bonnet is
brought forth the daughter rebels, or is
moved to tears. In the end madam relents,
and we have sold another of the big fluffy
dress hats or bonnets."
French and English millners alike are
striving to bring chidrens bonnets into
vogue. 1t is probably the result of the pre-
vaiing MANNER of Shocking the hair
which obtains in both those countries If
the small girl wears curls the bonnet plays
havoc with their prettiness The careful
work of maid or mother is undone in a few
minutes. But the girl with the shocked
hair finds in the bonnet a protection from
flying wisps of short hair.
Dolls Show the Style.
Just how fashionable this latter mode of
hair dressing for children has become can
be inferred from the fact that many of the
imported dolls have shocked" hair instead
of the long curls once so dear to the hearts
of the little mistresses The small Ameri-
can girl is as progressive as her elders The
nursery is now the scene of an up-to-date
barber shop. whereethe older dolls who still
retain the questionable curls are being
shown the error of their ways by means of
a sharp pair of Scissors.
A pretty little French bonnet Is in full
green silk The wide brim is slightly waved
and lined with a lighter shade of silk. al
most the entire facing being covered with
narrow ruehingS of the same silk The
crown of the bonnet Is pulled immoderately
over stiff foundation. and a cluster Of
short pale green ostrich plumes nestles
among the puffings at the left SIDE The
bonnet is tied under the chin with wide
strings of the lighter shade of silk
Another dainty bonnet is of worry panne
velvet The naring brim Is fiuted and lined
with shirred louisire silk of the same tint
The crown is. shirred so slightly as not to
interfere with it's smooth, rounded appear
ribbon cross diagonally. These bands are
finished at either end with fluffy rosettes
The same ribbon forms the wreath of rib
bon loops which is set under the brim close
to the hair The ribbon strings are tied
under the chin in roSette bow.
Ostrich plumes are a greater favorite than
ribbon on these dress bonnets though the
two are often mingled.
In Buff and White.
naIa bufY and white bOppet which &c a N
example of this fashion Of trimming, is a
veritable fluffy nest of commingled shad-
ings. The pulled crown and brim are of the
buff velvet, though the latter is faced to
within an inch of the edge with shirred
white chiffon. The white forms softer
BACKGROUND for the childish face.
Three ostrich plumes. exquisitely shaded
from white to buff, are laid on the brim in
front. Rosettes of white satin ribbon are
set on each side in the back where the brim
ends. The wide. white ribbon strings start
from beneath the rosettes. A saucy bow of