Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-26

straw this spring, and roses on feather.
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straw this spring, and roses on feather
weight felt this summer -
The pretty working girls name was
Lena, and with the price that Jane re-
imbursed her for that accidental :'crea-
tion'' she has made herself a glory of
(horsehair); because a poor GIRLS ideal is
to prove that she is in the style by wear
ing something obviously early spring.
With the rich lady, 1t is just the OPP
posite. Whatever she puts on her head
is proven, ipso facto. to be new Every
one knows that she had white pIumes on
black erin last winter Now. when she
wears fur on straw or roses on felt, the
admiring world will exclaim:
She always leads, Look, she is tired OF
the summer styles already That must
be next autumn's style she is wearing
Nine. Jane assures me that similar
reasoning is the tombstone of an inco-
herent mode that any smart girl. if she
has the courage, may put to her profit.
Nine. Jane is of the rue Royale. Three
Paris streets make woInen's styles-the
rue de la Paix the rue Royale and the
avenue de rOpera.
You ask why women wore straw forms
in the end of February" she said. why,
the perfectly elegant ones were wearing
straw in january
But why. madame. Why?
Because they saw the new straw forms
and wanted to be the first to have them. :
80 they spoiled them for all average
women 1 said did they not make
those straws stale before their timer
mo, the other women all came r1n
ming When they found it out, say in
mid February. every one must have her
straw hat out of season. It was good for
business. And how can you blame them?
These fashionable women had worn every
thing in felt. They were tired of felt.
If you go to the races, you will see a new
style every week.
Average women cannot follow them,
said.
But this excess of changing has adj
vantages for moderate incomes. inter
rupted the modiste. "One of these add
vantages is that the grandes DANES have
come back to very large hats again. with
out the average woman really appreciat-
ing the hundreds of experiments they
made to launch lot of small ones. Very
big hats remain favorites. You can say
Tell me another advantage for weak
purses" | said.
They can put white fur trimming on
straw and be very smart said Jane.
They can use their last summers big
III they have no straw toque, they can
cover a felt toaue with new roses
"Ah. toques remain | said.
Very little ones of very coarse straw.
yes, and certain Phrygian bonnets in
black erin. with cherry or geranium rib
bon. Here is another eccentric Easter
toque in heavy silver broderie bordered
with ermine. Its colonel aigrette makes
it expensive
/ saw whole range of strange. big
hat forms that seemed made of calico.
IL <
What are these peculiar products" l
asked Jane.
They are cretonne hat forms of old
Powered designs. in rather loud tints,''
said the lady. They will be all covered
with chiffon of pale marine blue verging
on the gray. Tell that man not to set his
tripod up yet.
We were in the smallest room, that held
the newest hats. had gained admission
for the photographer by representing
that his view would not be published be-
fore Easter i'm America, ten days away
from Paris
Il suppose I've got to trust you.' said
Nine Jane. Il would not permit these
new hats to be published in Paris on Eas-
ter Sunday or before, (She looked at
me with world of suspicion in her blue