Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-15

the small, round saiior.s with crown
about two inches high and its brlm
about two inches wide Those having
brims four and five inches broad and Of
handsome straws are a different matter
For such a woman with small income
who wishes a hat to wear with simple
walking costume for general and informal
wear any of the modified trieorne shapes
or rolled toques, simply trimmed with
handsome quilts, tulle and, ribbon, are IN
excellent taste. The tulle is generally used
in plated sections to form cachepeigne
at the back. 1t Is so light that 1t Is a
comfort to the head and is easily renewed
by fingers having any skill at all.
Fortunate 1t Is that hats need not now
match costumes, but may be of any color
or mixture of colors or shades suited to the
wearer's coloring, provided the chapeau
does. not engage in active color war with
the costume. 1t should, however, be borne
IN mind that hat near the color of the
hair or matching the color of ones gown.
will add more to the height of a short or
that the too tall or thin woman may ap-
parently decrease her stature bit by
wearing contrasting colors.
One of the large round hats on sailor lines,
in all black and trimmed with peacock
feathers dyed black. was worn by Mrs.
Arthur Iselin, who was Miss Eleanor Jay,
at the theatricals at the Berkeley Lyceum
q few afternoons since. Miss Iselin's young
cousin, Miss Blanche Oelrichs, one Of
the girls not yet out who in the cast.
Mrs. Iseln's hat all black and had a
full, wide cachepeigne of black tulle and
much tuIie or other hlmy stuff massed at
the front. From the left side stood up and
out toward the back in spreading algrette
fashion at least a dozen peacock plumes,
dyed black; these were of varying lengths
and sizes. The hat was slanted the merest
trif7e over the face With Mrs. Iselin was
another young woman, whose hat, some
what similar, was trimmed with peacock
feathers only slightly faded from their nat
ural ttnts. Peacock feathers are one of the
fads of the moment in hat trimmings, but
unfortunately they are dyed and distorted
so that the extreme natural beauty of these
feathers is practically ruined, but they still
retain individuality and grace.
Another hat, also seen at the same enter
tainment, had the tips or eyes only Of the
plumes dyed, the other parts, with white
stem and wide tendrils, being left In their
natural condition.
One woman seen in a little. close toque,
more like a. turban. in black and trimmed
with two fat. light-pink coral ostrich tips.
was Mrs. Frederic Nelson. The stems of
the pIumes were laid at the left front, and
side. and curled down over the back and
over her hair
Another hat, trimmed with lighter pink
plumes, came down In q point In the front
and ran UP at the back. It was narrow,
and the stems of the two long piumes
crossed each other at the edge of the center
front. and the plumes were then carried
over the top and center of the hat and
hung over the back.
Never buy a heavy hat IL Ii is possible to
get light one. Insist that hats IL made
for you are made with the minimum of
weight. Heavy hats cause headaches gray
and failing hair by impeding the circula-
ton. A heavy hat worn Only two or three
hours a day Is responsible for the feeling
OF heaviness that attacks so many. and
which disappears as soon as the cause Is
removed or within half an hour afterward.
1t is well to have hats differing In their
point of pressure on the mead. 80 that In
changing from one chapeau to another the
head may be rested, In sections at least.
With so many crinoline and horsehair hats
In the market and the great vogue of tulie
little weight. Tip and quilts are much
lighter sin weight than heavy flowers, and
In getting the latter, other things being
equal, the lighter weight should be selected
Straw hats are usually heavy, and there
fore to be avoided. yet they ere always
much worn. Such hat ahould not be
worn over an hour at g. time. The fash
Ion of donning g hat before luncheon and