Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-22
SPRING HATS.
Weird and Wonderful
Creations for Women
Something About the Millinery
Soon TO Bloom,
Nothing Just Like Them Ever
known on Earth Before.

Inc time has come when within a
lew Snort weeks femininity in general
VIII ploSso2 OFT, even as the moth and
.he butterfly emerge from the puDa
state INTO the GROWING glory of the
ne" spring hat, and now the milliners
are WORKING overtime in order to he
ready Tor the rush that will come with
the glad Easter time. Within d week
on two the windows of the millinery
stores VIII begin to bear fruit in the
shape OF the new styles of creations
and then the rush will be on. Of
course there will be some rev:.mping of
the last seasons hat by those who do
not care to accept the radical shapes
which the coming season will offer, but
there will also be many who will be
ready to wear anything that is offered
lor the slinple reason thar it is the
style
1t has been said in the older physi-
olo9ies that man is fearfully and
wonderfully made" and the saving is
equally true of the spring hat. The
average mar knows but little concern
ing wonien'a hats. nor can he follow
the wanderinss of the master minds
that originate the styles from year 10
year. 10 hlni they are ever Il source of
wonder ana often appear to be the re-
suit OF accident rather than design, but
he IS seldom rash enough to venture
any adverse criticism whatever the
shape and SO the hats are left for the
admiration and enjoyment of their
WearerS
To the average mortal the femirine
neGdgea- tn twill
ins from year to year and those If the
coming season seem to have reached
the limit The correctness of this iin-
preston can be easily verified by n
glance at the fashion plates or the ad-
vertisen1ents in the papers There seems
10 be no regularity OF style or shape
and almost anything fornl'. ~ a com
blEatlon OF straw, wirH. feathers. lace
ribbon and flowers that will form an
ample covering for the head and pro-
ject sufficiently beyond to give the ef-
feet of the caves Of Il house will ap-
parently do.
one OF the most striking shapes of
the 50 t.son is known rs The ''buclc1"
lat which. as the name implies, is
shaped like :, bucket, or a rattan waste
basket. invested. This hat is made in
various heights from the medium to
;hc extreme and while it's resemblance
:" the ,;;scht III articles ment;,rel Is
partially disguised by an adornment of
flowers. ribbons. feathers. etc, it is
easily rcco"n!%ed as soon as x comes
Witnin the range of vision. One type of
this hat shown in Il Chicago paper
closell resembles an inverted peach
crate embellished with Il chaplct of
roses of heroic proportions. while an
ether type brings to mind The Liberty
bell. The hat admits of a Wild. range
of decoration TO suit the taste of thf
Wearer, and the milliners say that it is
destined TO be very popular with smart
ureSSerS
Another hat which will without
doubt be very popular suggests an in
vcrted wash dish. or the hats worn by
John Chinaman on his native heath
Some of these hats are trn.med with q
simple wreath OF roses or other flowers
and i'll some the floral display is COM
bined With ribbons. Still others of the
same model are filed in underneath
with chiffon or some other light fluffy
material, while the decoration of the
dome" is restricted to an artistic ar"
rangement cf ribbon and two lor.s
wavy plumes. This hat is worn tilted
On one side to give a smart effect, and
perhaps also to show the filling.
a hat that is allied to the above IN
height Of crown aud ample base line
has a broad fiat crown which slopes
down TO the brim like a nIanSar( roof,
as Is similar to the delicate proper
TONS of a milk pan. This hat is o:
coarsc-weare straw and the sample
shown bore around the crown d mum.