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which Is nevertheless of admirable
lightness and lustre, to the finest and
supplest of gauze braids, and all of
these in such wide and beautiful
range of coloring as has never before
been equalled.
Two tone or Persian colorlng straws
have been considerably used in Paris
for smart little street hats trimmed
only by simple ornament, cockade or
fancy feather in black or one of the
tones in the straw. Tagal, Milan, leg
horn, erin, all the old favorites are
modish, as well as the new fancy
braids and are indeed used for the
handsomest of the seasons models.
Leghorn of the finest quality is en-
ormously successful and is used for
every type of model from the severest
street hat to the most elaborate dress
hat. Black lace, usually Chantilly, is
associated with leghorn in many of
the most charming smumer hats, veil
ing either crown or brim, put on in big
bow or scarf drapery, facing the brim
etc. The white laces on the order of
Chantilly are also much used with leg
horn.
White and black, with or without
note of color, is even more insistent
than the popular leghorn among the
spring and summer models. The
rough light white straws and white
crins are in great demand and black
velvet or black satin is the usual trim
ming, with big black and white POM
pons or fancy feathers in black.
Good looking tailor hats of popu-
lar shape are of rough white straw.
The crown is covered with black sat
in. The wide white brim rolls up a
little to the left of the front and is
held by square button or mould COW
cred by the black satin, which in turn
holds small ornament or cockade
of black feathers. These little feath-
er trimmings, hardly more than a tuft,
are novelty of the season and there
are all sorts of feather tufts or heads
from which spring long slim feathers
or quills. The pheasant is a prime
favorite for such ornaments because
of its beautiful coloring and very often
such slender Pheasant" fancy" as
the mlodish feather ornaments are call
the severe hats with front or side
roll.
Black and white is also a favorite
combination for the big roll brim sail
or which earlier introduced and which
bids fair to have great popularity. 1t
is perhaps not so generally becom-
ing as the old time straight-brim sail
or, but this is because it is worn SO
low on the head and the hat itself is
of more graceful lines than is the
straight brim model. The brim is
wide enough to shade the face if worn
fairly well forward, although toward
it's edge it rolls upward for about
three inches.
All kinds of straw are used for this
sailor, but some of the prettiest are in
a very flexible though rough white
straw, with wide black velvet ribbon
folded around the crown and three of
the large feather pompons, two black
and one white, posed at the left front,
quite high against the crown.
Flowers are extensively used on all
kinds of summer hats and, as rule,
the larger the hat, the smaller the
flowers used for trimming. Lilies of
the valley are extremely popular.
They are used in punches on large fiat
hats in which the white tone predom-
mates Then, again, the lilies are
fashioned into an entire crown on
large lace or straw shapes. When
combined with pale green leaves they
occur on turbans in fascinating cab
ochons. Tiny roses, forget-me-nots,
violets, tiny corn-fowers and fine mig
nonette are also used on many mod
els.
Lace wells dyed to match the color
of the hats with which they are worn
are the latest. They are not pinned
in, however, but hang down straight
from the brim.
Shoes have fancy buckles of some
kind and are worn With gaily colored
stockings, either plain or embroider-
ed.