Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-16
FASHION HINTS
Special Correspondence of The Star.

PARIS, MarCn :, lVof-
The beautiful club house La Boulie at
Versailles Is the chic place for luncheons'
parties Of golfers and their friends these
Lenten days. To have luncheon at La
Boulie and TO play a round of golf are
proving quite a bracing tonic after firing
season of Partisan life. This golf course.
surrounded on every side with splendid
wooded scenery. is extremely picturesque,
and weather permitting, it is delightful to
have tea on the terrace of the club house,
which commands a view OF nearly the
whole eighteen holes. The charm or 1t all
strikes even non-golfer-the clear air and
the dolce far nlente which creeps over one
at the beauty of everything. French wom-
en- are going in for sports quite enthuslas-
tIcally, and the royal ame of tennis Is fast
being ousted from their affections by golf
Rut TO a feminine English or American
player of the game their working cos
tune is somewhat wide of the mark A
number of the golfers wear stunning pic
ture hats with their short skirts, which
are tolerated merely for the convenience OF
the sport. But the set of these skirts. to
use Sherlock Holmes friend's-Dr Wat
sOn's-favorite term OF surprise, is mar
Vicious. marvellous, and the giimpses one
catches of dainty, fascinating frills as the
players hold their skirts out smartiy is al
Turing il a bit incOngruous. And the
shoes, Well mademoiselle's pretty Cuban
heels play havoc with the green and miss
her many a scoring stroke. 1t would De
hopeless to try to mention all the 1ashion-
able world that frequents this favorlte
club, but the gathering of automobiles anu
smart traps alone that roll luxuriously up
the drive on ladies' day is a sight not to De
missed.
Byron has said. "Give a woman look
ing glass and burned almonds and she will
be content" Other days. other ways, and
today a woman who has had peep at the
spring hats will dispense with the almonds
and substitute a chapeau to her complete
satisfaction. The mirror act VIII be re-
hearsed many times, though, before milaoy
will adjust her Easter hat to her liking AS
a milliner said to me the other day, when
| complained of feeling hidden unoer
bushel of roses and enough taffeta SILK 10
make shirt waist gown. The hat itsen IS
not larger or more trimmed than the one
madame has been wearing, but because IL
is not tilted and held off the head by a
cachepeigne of generous height she feels
smothered." Very likely madame Is rlght,
but that hats are designed this spring with
a view of increasing the attractions OF the
divinely tall there is no question. me
petite or to coin a word, the semi-petite
girl. is decidedly not In it. She must con-
tent herself with wearing a medium mush-
room not too heavily trimmed or put on her
classic little head a modified poke. Presi-
dent Roosevelts appeal for a square deal
has evidently been approved and acted
upon by the bigwigs in the modistic king
DOM for all the new hats mt squarely on
the head There are bandeaux and slight
elevation at the back of many of the smart
est creations, but the exaggerated tilt is no
more. Taffeta cut on the bias and hemmed
on the machine is used extensively on the
most expensive hats. and a crown formed
Of outstanding loops of taffeta is one OF the
novelties of the season. The br1m OF Such
a hat-usually of the basin shape-is OF
straw. and the space between brim and
crown, whose line of demarka ton is very
vague. is filled in with wreath of the most
enormous roses one can imagine. 1t Is
song of roses roses and more roses as far
as adornment is concerned, and the strong
coioring predominates, although there are
schemes in which dull dead effects are em-
ployed fetchingly. Feathers have received
their congo for the season, and their hrst
cousin, the wing. has the place of honor on
hats The best effects in these latter
models are In peacock tones, with touch
of burnt orange TO give them character.
More blocked hats are being used than
for many years, and the made hat Is the
exception where it was formerly the rule.
Chip and fancy mixed straws are plentiful,
and a commerciaized raffia that bears lit
tie resemblance to the Indian work of this
kind is a newcomer that is meeting with
favor in high places. The conspicuous
change in hat conformation is that when
brins are not of an all-round size they are
apt to be narrow in front and broadening
out toward the back The poise OF the
summer chapeau is backward, and very
attractive and becoming feature II is of the
chapeau that shows the pompadour Is more
becoming II a trifie less dashing, than the
model tipped over the eyes at saucy
angle.