Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-09
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THE most pressing necessity in
the world of fashion al the
present moment is represented
IL ny hats for even il We in these
economical days are having
Few frocks 10 begin the season chapeauX
must have in plenty. There is real
Art displayed in the hats OF today. beauty
Of outline and beauty Of fabric are both
noticeable features. but there are no
hard and fast lines drawn in millinery.
Some of The hats turn up in front. others
a. the side. and many of them can he
worn AT either angle which is very use
ful Big hrims turned abruptly of the
face are charming with bouquets of flow
ers such as roses. lilacs and violets. Every
variety of straw is Used-Tagel. chip. the
oid-fashioned Dunstable crnoline and
many fancy and light s,raws-that is
light in weight. There is no necessity
now for any woman TO a heavy
hat
TIL eLingerie Hat.
Lingerie hats will be with us again this
summer. only much larger. They will be
trimmed with combinations of tulie. net
and flowers that would I've utterly lost on
q hard unyieiding background of straw.
no matter how pretty the color OF the
straw. This year the embroidered top of
the lingerie hat will be mounted over
a tightly wired frame of point esprit,
with a brim edge of satin u is safe to
say that The wearer will have difficulty in
getting through ordinary ear door. but
when she gets inside how joyous Will he
the other passengers. They Will have
food for thought through the longest trip.
Indeed. pensive reflection Will be all that
is left for them for they certainly won
be able TO see anything except the hat.
nd III nf hITS n
in the Illus, ration is wearing q beauty. IL
is of black chip trimmed with PERCUSSION
, OF white hyacinJhs and pale yellow roses
! The bow is of black velvet. Tire same
. girl has an exquisite gown Of null
and lace. The other figure is arrayeo in
a walking costume OF cloth anu SILK.
The skirt is of tan cloth. with an APP
pliqued design of silk at The hem. Tue
coat of brown silk faStenS with three
handsome buttons. and around the sleeves
and edging he frort is 70 be seen smart
effect in narrow auillings of silk.
Ready-to-Wear Garments.
Few women realize the strides that
have been made in ready-to-wear gar
nients in the last ten years. A man who
has known the inside of the dressmaking
trade for the last forty years spoke en-
Enthusiastically recently OF the present
standing of the American tailor among
the makers of the world When il comes
the American dressmaker is not 10 be
considered: we must 81 to Europe.
Neither is the American designer. but
he is wonderful cOpyist and adapter of
other designs. In tailoring the American
stands with Paris. IL not in the lead of
Paris The models that are turned out
now by New York manufacturers are not
whit behind Paris medals in style or
tinish-in the latter respect, indeed, they
are unquestionably ahead.
The Beauty of Neatness
4 wise Old lady once remarked that
neatness wassrurels enc of the most at
tractive attributesxef an attractive wom-
an and that no woman without nsatness
was even approximately perfect, how
ever ideal her other qualities might he.
OF course this view is somewhat extreme
hut there is so much of honest truth in il
thai most of Ms would do well to consider
the idea seriously before we pass il over
as TOO radical for attention. Neatness is
a wonderfully inclusive term for il has
to do With those innumerabie details of
a woman's person and dress which are
sometimes neglected or. overlooked even