Evening star., 1909-02-06

size. are as smart as any of last season S
monstrous styles: and the new trimming
effects show beautifully blended color eff
fects. One of tOday's models shows a
blocked Milan straw in one of the new
millinery blues. called the starry night
because of it's peculiar greenish indigo
shade. This hat has q mushroom br1m
which slopes downward over the hair and
rolls quite sharply upward at one side.
Panne velvet. a shade lighter than the
straw, passes around the low crown and
is formed into a graceful bow at one side
of the front. From this bow handsome
wing in the blue-green color sweeps back
ward over the crown of the hat.
1t should be noted that the trimming of
this hat is on the down side and opposite
the rolled-up brim. This is most i'm
portant feature, and were this trimming
reversed and put on the old-style way
on the upper side of the hat-the smart
style of the model would be entirely de-
stroyed.
Two-toned effects of this kind. promise
to have great vogue In street and gen.
eral wear models; the straw of the hat
being matched by ribbons. wings or other
trimming in the same shade and another
shade just a tone lighter or darker.
Mushroom Died Hard.
The familiar and 1t must be admitted
welI-beloved style. the becoming mush-
room. is again noted on every hand; just
a mite Of difference in the slope of the
down-bent brim marking 1t as belonging
might as well try to oust the tailored
sailor hat, which has been accepted as
correct for certain uses, as the mush-
room. Women having once found out
how invariably becoming this dropping
brim shape is, and the undeniable sug-
gestion of youth it always lends its
wearer. are more than loath to part with
it. They absolutely refuse to be robbed
of it's advantages.
In an authoritative milliner's window
there is a brand-new 1909 spring mush-
room which Is as charming as any Of
the newer shapes. There is a big. draped
crown of SAKE blue straw and the slop-
ing brim is covered with taffeta silk of
the exact SAKE blue shade. The silk is not
laid on plain. but is run with tiny tucks,
which are drawn up slightly. making a
shirred effect in rows up and down the
brim. A big chou Of the tucked silk is
arranged at one side, and from this two
SAKE blue quilts curl backward.
Broad, Low Shapes.
Some of the advance models in flower
trimmed styles for garden party and other
summer wear vie with even the mon
strous merry widow shapes of last season
in size. The brims slope downward just
enough to be becoming, and there Is al
ways a little roll at one side. which saves
acter and decision to the shape
These enormous hats are trimmed with
exaggerated simplicity and remind one
of the demure shepherdess styles in old
pictures. But it is simplicity in sugges-
tion only: for the flower trimmings which
are massed meeky against the low
crowns are really a substantial item of
the expense. Four dozen roses formed
into huge cabachons with edges touching
around the crown cost quite a bit more
a hn cir ~ lp0 0yoc
arranged airily at one side in the hither-
to approved fashion. This winter the
chief expense has been in the shape; the
trimmings have been so simple that pro-
vided one had to start with really smart
shape for which one cheerfully paid So to