The Washington herald., 1909-07-20
OF INTEREST TO THE. WOMEN
LINGERIE HATS FOR SUMMER
They're Airy and Light and OF All
Kinds of Materials.

Kinds OF Materials.
! There was a time when the only version
OF the lingerie hat was the bebe hat, in
which many women not planned on bebe
lines looked altogether absurd; but we
have changed all that. says the Boston
Herald.
The lingerie hat this season may all
have a fundamental suggestion Of the IA
miliar Charlotte Corday crown and frm.
but the milliners have given free wing 70
their fancy, and the result is a delightful
/ collection OF hats and bOnnets in lingerie
material and lace, IN nets and gauzes and
In sheer materials combined with straws
( All the crowns are large and draped
and It is in the handling OF these crown
/ draperies that the artist milliner gives
( proof OF her skill. and only the initiated
will realize how much cleverness has gone
/ into the achievement Of some Of the airy.
gauzy trifies which look deceitfully sim
pie.
/ The crown may be entirely Of finest
linon, batiste, or null. Of net, Of lace, Of
I chiffon, or Il may be a complicated COM
/ blnation OF some sheer material and lace
/ One French hat has a full draped crown
I across which run lines Of delicately en-
broidered llnon alternating with lines OF
! Valenciennes lace.
! Another is made up OF little round
medanions OF batiste, deIicately hand
/ embroidered. and each surrounded by a
/ tiny frill OF real Valenciennes edging
Round medallions OF lace. set into sheer
/ batiste which was hand-embroidered In
design OF little trailing garlands. run
ming over the plain surface and encirellng
the medallions. formed another crown.
But on the whole the most adorable OF
these models are those which have the
whole crown OF net OF other gossamer-
/ like material so deftiy draped that It
/ seems as though a breath of wind would
play havoc with the hlmy folds. Some
/ or the fine dotted nets, with little plain
or ring dots scattered over tho surface.
make charming crowns. and such crowns
may be supplemented by brim friIls OF
! the net or OF lace by corded and wired
I brims OF tho net or by brims OF straw
/ Leghorn, erin, Tuscan, or even one Of the
| coarse. satiny straw5 which are having a
vogue this season.
/ fold or scarf OF silk or velvet and
/ flowers IN some form are the usual trim
] ming plumes and the more formal trim
| mings seeming out OF place on the airy
trines although occasionally one sees q
great tuft Of fine eirgrette or curving
/ osprey on French hat IN net or lace
not. OF course. In connection with the
/ lingerie materials. q
/ One model seen was IN the finest OF
/ lingeries material, with a draped crown
trifie higher and narrower than the
/ average, 10 harmonic with the straight
falling plated frill OF lace which served
as brim.
/ This frill was short enough IN front not
I to obscure the forehead, but dropped lower
at the sides, and IN general line the hat
/ irresistibly recalled certain pictures by
/ Romney and Reynolds The trimming.
I however though simple enough had q
/ French sophistication.
| A wide ribbon OF softest pink satin was
/ folded around the crown, the width OF
I this band helping TO accenuate the height
/ Of the crown, and In the front was drawn
/ through a big buckle composed Of tiny
| pink rosebuds set closely together. At the
] left OF this buckle the ribbon was laid
in a succession OF fun loops and two
I lightly fringed ends.
D
simple that even the amateur milliner
should be able 20 handle 4. and Il would
\ be pretty on any hat following the gen
/ eral lines.
! Another draped crown hat was IN form
more Ike the models generally seen than
\ Is the Romney bonnet. The crown was
/ larger. broader. lower. and the fold OF
| velvet encircling il so narrow that II did
/ not prevent the net crown drapery from
I falling over the narrow brim.
I The brim was OF finest Leghorn, droop-
ing oil around save IN the front, where
IL rolled slightly 20 show the brow Of the
wearer. These curving brims more or less
accentuated are a blessed relief from the
unbecoming straight lines OF the early
season brims. and are feature OF oil the
! latest straw models. Sometimes the brim
turns UP frankly and unreservedly al one
side. but majority OF the shapes as yet
content themselves with a becoming yet
not too pronounced roll or lift at the side
o. the left front and droop around the
rest Of tho brim.
Returning 20 the net crown hat one
beautiful large rose thrust carelessly
through the velvet band was the sole
trimming, and this is often the case with
such models. though a cluster OF flowers
may be used or a wreath OF small flowers
may nestle around the crown. half yelled
In its folds or prim little nosegays may
be tucked in at intervals
Water lilies, with their long stems. are
used on some Of the draped crown hats
and various other flowers have their
place. but the rose IS the first favorite
One pretty model IN lingerie and lace
had punches OF primroses for trimming,
with pale mauve ribbon
In straw hats appropriate for wear
with lingerie and other light summer
frocks there is a wealth OF choice Leg
horns, flower. and ribbon trimmed. seem
prettier than ever before. and erin and
chip and Tuscan and rough strawS won
derfully light and attractive are fash
iOned into shade hats with white droop-
ing brims, picturesque poke bonnets. hats
Of all shapes and sizes appropriate for
midsummer days.
The genuine pokss. with strings tied
closely under the wearer's chin, are
rather too radical for the average
woman, but there ere charming wide
brimmed shapes, little shorter Of brim
/ IN the back than In the front and droop-
| fng Just slightly at the sides, where vel
vet or satin strings run out over the brim
and fall TO be knotted loosely under the
chin. These hats are picturesque without
DelHb SNNISLlef anu lus ulillIlSEB trim
them delightfully."-.
/ One in rough, soft white straw had a
wreath Of little pink roses and foliage
crossing over the top Of the low rounded
crown from side to side and finishing
where It reached the brim with choux Of
black velvet ribbon, from which strings
ran out over the wide dropping hrim.
Another model, IN fine black chip. had
a frill Of fine black lace falling from the
/ edge OF the brim, wreath Of yellow and
white and black daisies and black velvet
/ strings.
| Big white hats trimmed in white
flowers and black or green velvet. are