The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03

INK lay inc true 9eCret OF n uAt, ito NActu
sivenesa and it's charm.
| Ons young woman was putting the fina
touches 10 hinge black affair With which
she avowed herself more pleased than
with anything that had passed from
under Partisan fingers. Il was covered
with handsome black ChRntilly lace
tight stretched over a sihstratum oi
chiffon. and with organdie ross in shades
OF yellow placed where the eye OF an
artist would place them. buf II was In the
shaping % the hai itself that the makers
great est triumph lay. This spelled Paris
much more thar amateur.
Every variety OF headgear was TO he
seen In process OF obstruction. from the
ARREST. flower laden promise cf summer
days and what they bring to smart and
simple morning hats and AUTOMOBILES
bonnsts made from coarse straw and
! trimmed with flower covered buckles.
Style was everywhere dominant. and 90
was simplicity One young amateur
milliner who displayed all the skill OF q
professional saRely remarked that tho
success OF hat lay in elimination.
Far removed. both in distance and in
condition. was meeting OF a neighbOr-
hood club Of young girls from sixteen
| 90 twenty ,years old the majority OF
them chop girls Fifteen Of ttsm were
members Of the club which met one eve
ming q week in a room near by the parish
Of the church. They decided 20 rss
the club hour during the spring months
in learning 20 make hats and paid an
instructor 70 come 60 teach them.
and they too had gone through the wire
They had now most ~ than. -onne IN
the trimmine point. and m the hats wrrs
all for the first % tho season and were
TO be worn AZ working hats, i was inter
esting to note the y nse and forethought
displayed by tho makers
= lave ;hS=s hsgIs sosssTs,- sal,i the
maker of pretty straw hat OF the harinG
variety, but ! guess Id better make
rlSGSR bow. FioSSFs fade. aud filsia
think Tor n work hat ribbon looks best.
u needn't he just n common bow, and
tempting blue flowers which the instructor
had brought for inspection.
The girls porcd cagcr iy over the pic
lures Of models the Instructor brought
and proved themselves susceptible To
gOod lines and even more - 20 tho me-
chInical trick Of mastering the nipple
! me ntn. they neariV aif knew how TO manage
their fingers skilfully
1t is,wondsrful. said tho instructor.
how quickly. ahe fingers Of thcss girls
chief difiiclIfty N to get them To dis
criminste. 20 call in their taste and j'ldg-
mCnt because Of such qualities they
have had too little USE. However. woman
nature N the same the world over. and Il
Is the easiest thing in IN" world to teach
her what In truly becoming
And thu hats were becoming. though
here too thev wcre dominantly individual.
| II seems that woman canEo: s.sate
h'r own HAT without putting little OF
herself into u.
They were distinctly Of tho mode.
however simple and comparatively cheap
Of material The bows were not Just
common bows A brave and alluring
display ~ to heads ard their gear that
club made when Easter carne 20 thu parish
church
However wide and among whatever
diverse elomsbts the hat making fewer
may have spread, tho Easter bonnet In
liz great bulk h made ia never seen work
rooSns and blooms forth only In its COM
pletNd splendOr in showroom of shop
or millinery department.. And a glimpse
into the millinery workToom OF ono 81
the biggest department stores in the
city was perhaps the most Interesting
81 all
prolon Red survey In the display rooms
while the coils Of red tape went shout
unwinding the nse'ves. for IL il by no
means an ever day Occurrence. this
interior OF interior views. Tho display
was all ths-t such displays are-boyond
words and over to ono side WIS a ssriee
OF sxquisitely furnished little private
rooms where patrons who demand OK
cliIsion as well a. exCiusiven@ss and who
can AFFORD TO ray for it-hy tn" hats they
buy yet ell the privileges 81 tho most
exclusive LITTLE shop.
Over in n corner. tucked away from
the sight Of the display rooms. big and
little. the most curious spsctaCfe Of all
n hff elevator, SPOKE for itsslf a. 10 how
morern convenieuces have come TO -
demanded nv even tho hat Hats only
are PERMITTED 70 ride IN these completely
flIrnish@d little elevators which traverse
the pass geway up and down the seven
stories which separate the display rooms
from the workrooms. And no freight
elevators thay' They ar IN shed In a
manner worthy their handao.n.. uasAen-
gers and N IL significant In what tho hat
trade really in that these days this ele-
vator Rsts hardly q Rpom@nt's rest.
In the woTkrooms under a veritabie
Hood 81 light. in FIVE screen separated
compartments. seventy five girls were
1usily working away - - to keep the
stream unceaSina that went 10 the ele-
vator. To the onloOker Il was a wonder
ftf spectacle. the most wonderful seen
because here no worker had the complete
vision. none saw tine thing grow TO com
pietiOn. but had her own little part 90 do
now On this hat. now on that. IL was
another demonstration ~ the age %
specialization.
You wondered how such lovely crea-
tiUns could evolve. each - totally diff
ferent from every other; hut 80 IL was
Here the ideas rested with the designers
who did none Of the actual work hut laid
out the work accurately before her Nho
&holld make the bandeau. before her
who does nothing else than add delicate
superlaVers 81 metal tissue 20 imported
rosebuds. before her who shapes wiree,
before her Vho loops Rauze and lace.
II was system and the result was art
even though there ara those who say
such q combination cannot be But the
designers. like Cesar 81 old. had 20 be
everywhere At ona tiue And the stream
10 the elevator was fed the ELEVATOR
pursued it's endless journeyinRs. and
down in the display rooms. seven flights
below. the forty -four RalcsgiTls were
each sellinG an average a ten hats a day
For Il was the week before Easter
In the smaller shops n Was surprising
to see 60 what degree the same system ~
specialization held. She who could tie
knots best tied Ignots-Rnd tied knots
IL was fascinating 80 see how the Easter
bonnet was made; almost az much 30 N