Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-11

ter offers particular occasion for these
soft outing hats of felt that we can hardly
equal In any one of our northern seasons
which mostly call for something either
cooler or warmer than these hats.
So that the sale of headgear especially
for the southern winter resorts Is not as
iiVeiy an industry as the milliners would
have believe. Nevertheless there are
importations from Paris especially for this
purpose and most of the exclusive millinery
shops in our big cities are offering various
CONNECTIONS which serve as suggestions to
the approaching spring trade.
Maine figures largely in these hats as do
ostrich piumes these latter serving to take
the place of flowers almost entirely The
shapes for morning and afternoon wear are
almost all small. very high setting on the
head and decidedly eccentric in appearance
For evening larger hats are shown which
are not much different from the picture hats
which have been in use for some time.
One very perky little hat was a plain
sailor, in shape decidedly small, a little
shorter in the back than in front and with
rather low crown.
The hat was covered with all-over en-
broidery in an open wheel pattern, put on
perfectly plain except for a series of tiny
tucks across the crown. Around the crown
was crushed band of pink ribbon, fas>
tened in front In a stiff cravat bow small,
with ends and loops of the same size and
all very stiff and formal, This was all the
trimming on top of the hat. The brim was
left perfectly straight, but the hat was
tipped forward and to one side by a ban
deau at the back and left side. All the I'M
de- part of the brim was filled in with folds
ana FOLDS of pink net and under the left
side two very full and curling pink ostrich
feathers were placed so that they filled up
one side and fell far down over the hair. A
large hat was of black maline black straw
braid and ostrich feathers. and small one
of white linen embroidered in pale blue and
lined with pale blue.
Ravishingly attractive are the new lingerie
waists which are being imported for the
spring trade. Certainly they seem to indi-
cate that there is to be no diminution of
the lingerie waist craze The new note in
this sort of thing is the introduction of the
colored lawn waist as a rival to the white
CONNECTION which has reigned unquestloned
now for several seasons. All the leading
shops are bringing over from Paris exquis-
lite waists in the finest French lawn and ba-
tfste. in pink, blue, lavender and yellow.
They are certainly very fetching but
whether they will be anything like as useful
Is a question. OF course. 1t will be necces-
sary to have suit and hat to harmonic.
whereas The great charm of the white
shirtwaist has been its general usefulness.
Like all the new waists, these colored ba-
tistes are trimmed extravagantly with val
enciennes. favorite mode has valen-
ciernes IN two rows of insertion over the
shoulder seems, going around the yoke and
down the front In four zig-zag lines A shall
low inside yoke of valenciennes runs into
the collar, which Is finished with two ruff
fles of the same lace. The yoke of batiste
and the front plastron between the rows of
valeLciennes are embroidered Ia a lily of
the valley design, all in white. on the coll
ored batiste. This design was shown in yell
low. pale blue, pink green, cream white
and cray.
White waists are shown trimmed with
valeneiennes and embroidery, the lace be-
ing put on most attractively In ruffies rum
ming up and down the sleeves OIL the out
side of the insertion. the body of the waist
being trimmed In the same fashion.