Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-21

much sign at present of a radical change,
but one will soon be due. for we nave
gone on in the same line for some time
and l prophesy that before long there
will be vast change in outline. Frankly
/ admit ! do not know in what direction
that change will take us. And for the
moment are we not satisfied with Things
as they are? In the meantime we can
have our chOice-we can be pretty or
smart; we can be both if We are able
TO manage it. But please let it be one or
the other. l know couple of sisters OF
exactly opposite types. and the force or
contrast between their styles and the
way in which they treat them is very
refreshing Half their friends admire
one and half the other. So much the
best plan is il not? For If two sisters
try to be pin and PIN alike one will al
ways suffer. whereas in employing
contrast no comparison is attempted
The Little Empire Hat.
In millinery one certainly sees strik-
ing contrast this spring, and the real SEN
sation is the little empire hat. We have
done up our drawing rooms in empire eff
| fects; We have been tea gowned and ball
gowned after the Napoleonic period. and
now the vogue has reached the height OF
| all its glory and crowns our heads. Have
/ you any old daguerreotypes of relatives
| taken in the early sixties? Look at them
| and very likely you will find AN aunt
| or grandmother wearing facsimile OF
| the chapeau that will be perched on
| your pretty heaf month tromnow. These
empire hats have very high crowns and
a brim so small that II almost isn't any
| brim at all. but if you throw a searchlight
| on the chapeau you will discover few
| strands of straw that might be dfgnified
/ by this name. y small number of these
| empire shapes have a three-inch projec-
| ton side which is rolled up and
| invariably covered with trimming. Still.
1 ,ff ta into ff hi hot in,
| the crown. 1t is very large very tall
| and is sometimes denied in on top. or it
! is square, and in its most eccentric phase
| ii is tilted forward at an angle. recalling
the leaning tower of Pisa. These bizarre
crowns rise straight up. almost In
! line with the narrow mrims. and there is
/ no effort made in the trimming line to
! conceal their peculiarities for they are
| merely banded with velvet or folds of
soft material are stretched around them
| in close taut fashion. A contrasting
| color is placed at the top of this trim
| ming to call attention TO the high alti-
| tude. These queer little hats are worn
| tiptilted over the face. which demands an
| elaborate couture arrangement at the
| back of the head.
The Diabolo Craze in Millinery.
The fascinating game of diabolo is
| responsible for another freak shape in
millinery. The crown of this creation is
/
| principal part of the toy. Unlike the en-
| pire hat, the crown of the diabolo mon
strosity is without trimming save for
narrow fold of silk velvet placed d.
| rectly in the center of the spool. Crawl
| ing up trellS-Style against the crown at
/ the left of the front are massfd punches
| of blossoms. A few of the same flowers
| are scattered around the very insignif-
| cant brim. These high crowns. If not
| particularly becoming, a beautiful
| setting for the display of handsome hat
pins. and what girl nowadays is not
| proud of her collection of these useful and
| ornamental affairs? Not in the freaky
| class though dashing and most daring in
| outline. is the Romney hat which in the
| large shapes is the hit of the season.
/. This picture hat has also a high crown
and a brim that juts forward over the
left brow. with slight upward roll while
| there is a gradual downward droop over
| the right ear. AS ii is Familiarity seen this
| crcWn is carelessly draped about with
| SOME soft material drawn rather closely
| but not tight. The brim is lined on the
| inner side. and the roses with which the
| Romney is generally trimmed are banked
| at the right side. resting partly on the
| hair Mcst OF the spring hats show TRIM