The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-11
MANY STYLES
IN SHAPES OF HATS
Milliners Offer Women a Great
Variety in Headgear for
Spring.

Small hats, that is to say, hats with
quite narrow brims, generally curved
up at the edge or turned right UP, often
have such brims of a different color to
n crowns or are faced with a different
color, says the Millinery Trade Review.
Fol- the present the demand is rather
for tame combinations, such as beige
and reseda, any Of the orange grays and
black. navy blue n deep purple or
dull helotrope (the first named being
Tor the crown and the second for the
brim), or else n light and a dark shade
OF gray or lavender. But brighter col
ors will come into wear by and by,
when we shall see all the new shades Of
pink, red displayed either alone or
combined with more sober c~olors), as
everything points to them as likely to
have the vogue both with milliners and
dressmakers.
Some milliners are using a very pref
ty sort of fancy straw which they call
a variety Of "paille Anglaise," which is
puzzling and unsatisfactory, as 1t is
very different indeed from what is
usually understood as English straw.
However, it is neither rice nor pailla-
non, nor satin straw, but whatever 1t
be It is provided in self colors, usually
rather light. and also plated in tartan
mixtures. so far we have only seen
the straw figuring in the narrow brims
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masked by taffeta, for which wide rib
bons are now being more used than
piece material by the leading milliners,
plated or bound round the crown In a
spiral and thus furnishing a top knot
Of loops.
The question Of shapes does not seem
likely to be solved in n given direc-
ton. There is an immense selection to
choose from and most Of these may be
more or less varied according to the
fancy Of the modiste.
1t has been dinged into our ears until
we are tired of hearing it, that large
hats are on their last legs, but If so,
the qualification has lost it's signii-
ance, for the output OF shapes meas
uring from IL to Is inches in diamter
is quite as great as hat of narrow
brimmed or brimless shapes. There Is
no doubt that extra large sizes are In
the minority, but they hold their W
Just the same, n most all the MILL
ners are showing them, although gen.
orally giving their preference to what
must now be termed in comparison
medium widths"
Height of Crowns.
With respect to the heights of crowns
important Emergencies exist. AS a rule
the height Of the crown is in increased
ratio to the breadth Of the brim. Quite
large hats are almost always given
rather low rownS whereas hats with
narrow brims have high crowns either
tapering more or less towards the top
(the sugar loaf and Pierrot being much
in evidence), or else fiat topped, the
matter depending a good deal upon the
kind Of straw, the former predominant
ing, for those built up Of tagal and the
later when Of paillanon. Hats Of me-
dunn size are made with crowns Of
different heights and shapes, choice be-
ing guided by the trimming adopted.
the method of it's arrangement and the
notifications brought to bear on the
brim.
A high nude crown is not admirable
for such as these, although little
enough of trimming is often vouchsafed
the Pierrot and other high crowned
hats with narrow brims.
AS a rule although the opening Is
sufficiently large for the hat to come
well on the head, crowns are seldom
now made obviously wider h the
head, a fashion 1--WE may say it now
which always outraged our sense Of
proportion.
In other matters due proportions are
not respected. Brims, for instance, are
sinking into no~thingness, while the
crown is drawn out to astounding
lengths, though keeping well within the
confines of the base.