Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-16

are picturesquely beautiful At their worst
they are hideous and only a master hand
can save them from the latter fate
Numbers Of the flower trimmed hats even
among the imported models, are clumsy,
quantities OF flowers, often In many varie-
ties and colorings, being massed upon the
tops OF the mushroom shapes with top
heavy effect and little grace of line. More
over, the craze for faded flowers and
grasses, which is a mania in Paris, leads
to some results which are really laughable,
though those same faded flowers oleverly
handled are capable Of delicious color
schemes.
A woman just back from Paris displayed
the contents OF her hat trunk to a group
Of interested friends the other day.
well, what do you think OF themT' she
asked. proudly.
'Srhe ostrich plumes are gorgeous" COM
mentsd one friend politely.
Don't you like the flower trimmed
ones?"
The friend struggled 'twixt frankness and
courtesy, but the truth would out.
MY, dear" she said firmly, they look
as though you had turned your last sum-
mer's hats hind side before and gathered
together all your old flowers and pinned
them on any old way and then left the hats
out in the rain and the sun for weeks"
The description was vehment. but it an
swers fairly well for some OF the models
which the miIliners recommend as ultra
chic. Faded lavenders. violets, puppies,
blues. greens. pinlSs, browns. etc, are prom
inent among the artificial flowers, but beau
tiful roses and lllaes and pansies and other
flowers In natural hues are shown as well.
The mushroom lines are the most EN-
phasized feature OF the millinery season
and the changes rung upon this one idea
are legion. There are women who cannot
wear any one OF the mushroom shapes hui
the variations in brim width and SLOPE II
crown size, IN bandeau height and in trim
ming have so much TO do with the becom
ingness Of the mushroom models that
clever miIliner can do wonders In adjusting
the fashionable shape to a customers pos
sibilities.
Importance OF the Bandeau.
That matter OF the bandeau is a verl
important one. and apparently little under
stood Some women can wear the mush
room hat set low upon the hair. but thes
women are few. and for the average weare
a remarkably high bandeau is needed. a
least in front and sides This lifts tn
hat on the head sufficiently to prevent II
looking like extinguisher.
1 little tilt one way or another, accom-
plished by increasing the depth OF the ban
deau at a given point will often add sur
prisingly TO the good effect of the hat
All this belongs to the province Of tn
skilled milliner. but. alas. too few milliner
understand the art OF fitting the hat L
the woman. instead OF the woman to tn
hat
The mushroom bandeau is. as a rule
covered with brown malines, as are al
most all bandeaus. though there is less o
the malines used for filling In head angle
than was formerly used and velvet ribbo
lops OF bows OF wide soft SILK are usual,
set under the back brim when somsthin
Of the kind is needed. A good idea intro
duced BY French milliners for the bench
OF the woman with warm dark brow
hair Is the use Of one layer Of blacl
malines over several layers OF bright brow
malines, the resultant tone being muc
better than that OF any plain brow
malines
some Fetching Models.
Selected for the sketches this week Is
number OF the more extreme French mod
els. but while deliberately choosing the rad