The San Francisco call., 1910-02-08
GRANDMA'S. LID"
IS ALL The RAGE
Poke" Bonnet Resurrected and
Revamped Is Latest in
Spring Headgear

Ny lady milliner has dipped into the
grab bag of some great grandmother.
pulled out the poke bonnet and made
it the leader on her counter of frills
and fashions of the coming season.
She has modified it in some particu-
lars and has elaborated the model in
others, but in all the essentials it is the
same old poke" and it needs only
hoops or a "Grecian bend" to make the
picture of a century or more ago COM
plete.
There may be some who are not old
enough or are not sufficiently interested
in the styles of the long ago to know
what a poke was like, and for those
let this suggestion answer: Imagine a
grandmothers cap, or a baby's cap, in
shape. made of bright colored straw
trimmed about the edge with lace and
ribbon and tied under the chin with a
big bow. That's the poke" and that
is 10 be the real thing in headgear this
season.
1t is not to be assumed that the arch
itects of fashion have confined their
election to that style alone-only it is
the most significant well as the most
striking of the seasons fancies
STYLES WILL SATISFY ALL
Women who affect the abnormal in
millinery and those who prefer modi-
fed type; those who go in for the
strictly tailored in fashion and those
who can not be weighted down with
too many feathers and ribbons and
furbelows. viii all be satisfied with the
spring and summer shapes. for a little
of everything and of every sort from
our great grandmothers' days down
through the ages is included in the
advance Partisan styles
TurbanS and tOoues will hold fbeir
own with rolling brims and stovepipes.
leghorns and sailors. They will be
seen in all sizes and dimensions. and
picture hats with elongated ostrich
feathers of every hue will be in vogue
for the dressier occasions with gem
eral tendency in all to the pastel shades
in tone and tint
Quite the most fascina ting for the
oval face is the poke bonnet. if the
Wearef is not too ancient and too an
guar although in many of the shons
the style is exhibited in only the most
exaggerated forms. A SCOOP brim of
straw is offset by a rainbow of, silk
trimmed with baby roses. draped over
the back after the manner Of a vol
stocked sewing bag. The effect
Is hizarre and incongruous: off
setting square or angular face II
assumes the proportions Of the ero-
tesque, but those whom nature has
sifted with the Madonna type of conn
tenance give the whole an added charm
that makes it beautiful.
LEGHORN WILL BE PoPtIAR
The smaller. more tightly fitting
oonnets. dainty in colorine and trin1
ming, take us back 200 years and ore
Ihoroughty charming, although for the
great majority the modern Ieghorn Mil
prove the most becoming.
LeghOrns of all colors orc 5is,1..,
tip tilted where the tickle fancy of tbe
milllner may dictate and trimmed with
feathers or flowers to suit the taste
Of the individual wea rer. To saw that
some of these are at the very least
two feet in height is not exaegerat-
ing, and the flower beds and lawns
that further add to their adornrent
only tend to give equal girth.
Many of the turban shapes shown
are entirely made of leaves and flowers.
a mass of green. fringed with roses
or iilacs or poppies, floral trimming
being an all pervading factor in the
summer styles.
The milIiners, however, in spite of
the extremes they display, advance the
theory that as a whole the season will
show more modern and modified forms
than any of the last few years In
justification of this view they point
out the modest and unobtrusive toques
in qOaintly woven straw, made in all
colors and decorated with cluster of
flowers, aigrettes. cock feathers or even
with a simple fiat bow of velvet or
soft ribbon This medium style is
also shown in all the va ried degrees
of hats. but a a whole it is not un-
fitting TO say that any style may be
worn. over the face or off the face
fat brim or rolling-Paris has a little
of everything. and so the range offered
TO the western buyer is unlimited
But, take it from one who knows
the poke's the thing, and, as one of
the male persuasion puts it, Thank
God. we men viii once more he given
breathing space"