Evening star., 1909-05-01
The ashln6 Helmet with Side Feather

with light frocks do they lend a eirlish
air. and though the dashing shapes load
ed with magnificent plumes are stunning.
the bebe hats Of innocent lace and ribbon
certainly do make faces even past the
thirty limit look sweetly unsophisticated
This year there are two STYLES of linz
gerie hats-one of fine lingerie material
sewed together by hand and daintiied by
pin tucks. the whole mounted over a stin
blocked shape: the other a bebe effect OF
lace over colored straw. These latter
hats are so charming and SO easy TO mako
ct home that all the pretty younger
women are copying the models in the
shops. One lovely hat Of this sort is OF
allover eyelet embroidery cut In huge
circle and edged with frill of narrow
lace, this needlwork circle being thrown
over a mushroom shape of rose pink
straw The frilled edge fell an inch or
two below the straw brim all around.
and the hat was trimmed with band OF
black velvet ribbon and one big pale pink
rose. Another hat on this order was OF
black chantilly lace shirred on black cord
and laid over pot-shaped model OF
coarse white straw. At one side was a
cabachon of forget-me-nots and tiny pink
roses.
The handmade lingerie hats have none
Of the airy f1ufiness Of past seasons. They
are rather hard In outline. as will be
hats shown on today's page. But this
hardness is considered extremely smart.
according to Partisan notions. the DELI
cacy of such a hat being In the sheer.
ness OF materials and the dainty hand
work work thereon. The model shown -
made Of strips of vey fine machine enn-
broidery attached to strips OF pin-sucked
batiste by entire deux Of veining. Tiny
lace frills run along the Intersections.
A wreath Of shaded pink roses in pastel
shades encircles the base OF the crown
and streamerS of natter blue ribbon tie
beneath tho chin.
Every hat opening has made q feature
of the poke bonnet with long streamers.
and women are asking whether these
quaint effects will really be worn on the
though naturally one does not expect to
see a poke bonnet with picturesque
streamers beneath the chin OF a morning
in the shopping district. But at the
summer resorts and in the restaurants the
streamers will surely be feature. Only
q very young and very lovely face is be-
witching under a poke bonnet brtm and
over coquettishly tied streamers. and
unless one can look bewitching in a poke
one will be dangerously apt to look alb
surd. So. let the woman not blessed
with beauty. youth and wftchery of face
wisely select a kindly mushroom shape.
dasfing turban or one of the wide-brim-
med hats with bit of roll at one side
of the brim. With the last named style
the coveted streamers will be perfectly
permissible.
Raffia has been woven into extraordi-
narly smart bags and belts. the straw
often being oddly but delightfully."- studded
with semi-precious stones. whose co.or
shows attractively upon the soft shade
of the straw.
new idea has developed in pique, re-
jected for SO many seasons. but 1t 10
not the pique OF other days. The new ID
more pliable and comes I'm attractive col
or effects, plain and figured.
knife blade with il. Ivory-handled knives
should never be dipped in hot water, as
the heat turns the ivory yellow. When
not In use, expensive knives should be
carefully wrapped in tissue paper and
kept in a box in a drawer of the buffet.