The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-04

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harshness of outline. The brim is of
the Directoire type, that is 1T slopes
! gracefully from the crown over the
| face but has no exaggeration OF droop.
Anew feature is the narrowing of the
back which curves upward to the brim,
thus allowing the hat to sit firmly on
the head and accommodating itself to
to new form of psyche-knot, hair
dressing or the three-fold puffs and
curls. BY depressing the sides little
the front curves upward slightly show
ing beautiful lace facing and re-
minding one Of the little poke bon
nets of long ago. Soft chiffon ribbon
is braided loosely around the crown
and are tied in huge Directolre bow
The sides of the couture should be ar
| ranged in waves and be full at the
sides SO as to form an adequate sup
port for the brim. All hats should
seem to be part of the couture and
there should be no vacant spots or
harsh lines.
Although hats are many times ex-
ceptionally large, nevertheless turbans
and toques of moderate size and con-
sentative type are to be found and an
astonishingly increasing number are
to be seen. They are of durable ma
| terial, Milan, hemp, Sumatra, Tuscan,
and rice straw are used and the colors
and decorations are such as will har-
monize with simple street costumes.
The best liked trimmings and those
most often seen on the street hat seem
| to lie along the ribbon line in the vari-
Gus STYLES of Louis XIV, Directoire and
chou bows Sometimes there is added
crown drapery and wing, or sim
gle large flower, a flower and it's
accompanying foliage. Flowers should
| be carefully chosen, if chosen at all,
for the street hat must contend
aga.ns the foe of sun and shower.
The Louis XIV bows are made of the
finest chiffon ribbon, with soft irregu
lar curves having long and short ends
with sharp points.
The chou (cabbage) bows are gath
cred round and round to resemble as
much as possible their vegetable name
sake and when in green and large are
not bad limitations.
Flowers of ribbons are a fad of the
season and are to be found from the
tiniest rosebuds to largest possible-to
be-found rose, larger often than any
known to the florists The material
for developing these is ribbon always,
but a variety of effects of various kinds
of flowers and foliage may be obtained
by blending several textures of rib
bon, thus the leaves may be of differ
ent kinds of green velvet and even the
outer petals of the flowers, while the
softer inner petals are of satin and a
bit of curled tulle will give the effect
of moss or sprays of ferns. The most
popular of ribbons worn are taffeta,
faille. velvet and liberty, Ottoman rib
bon is now much used while all the
fancy ribbons, both in texture and col
or combinations, are the old standbys,
Copper, bronze, antique gold, old rose,
emerald green, Empire blue, as we'll
as all the shades of mauve and brown
are used.
The Directoire fold of the fashion
| of 1880 is used this season, which
should be laid across the brim and
ted under the chin, in the Reynolds,
Romany style, or it hangs down the.
! back in long streamers. The fact is
F.. you cannot go amiss in the use of rib
bon And the hats so trimmed are
really charming for use With some of
the new organizes and beautiful mus
Inns and will be appropriate for gar
den parties, porch teas, etc.
The vogue of the Directoire Access
series are seen also in the D;rectoire
buckles, the latest idea in which is
embroidered buckram of large size
and when done in the bees of the En-
pire in gold are effective.
Velvet ribbons in all shades and in
black are extensively used for trim
ming. Some are put in cut pieces.
These pieces are sometimes shirred
up in little folds that stand straight
up and are laid in order about the
brim, not straight round but up and
down slantways. Sometimes a piece
of cut velvet is loosely tied in what
children call a hard knot and put on
at any point that one has fancy for.
One of the fashionable combinations
is to trim yellow or burnt straw
with the new Empire blue in velvet,