The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-18
MILLINERY FOR THE
 SOUTHERN TOURIST
Panama Hats to Be Favored

From present indications Panamas are going to be in high favor. Every indication of this is seen- For those who cannot afford the genuine articles there are splendid grades, including the Equadorian and Madagascar va- rieties
 For quite a few seasons Panamas have been used by the outdoor girl, but last Summer they were shown us trimmed and found favor in our sight. This Season this variety of straw will rival hemp, leghorn, tagal and other weaveS for the pattern hat, and will Dc used for outing purposes. as well. Leghorns have, on the other hand, proven their worth for the outing hat, and any number of shapes are being shown trimmed or. banded for that purpose
 New Ideas in Tourist Hats
 The market affords quite a few handmade hats for early wear, these being in small and. medium, rather than large, effects. The large hat is here again, if indeed it ever was ban ished, as a g ance at the representa- tive shapes shown in this issue will attest
 It will also be noticed that crowns are not apt to be so high, in fact, that less exaggerated effects are being of fered.-The Millinery Trade Review.
 The Southern tourist must have ele- gant hats, as well as strictly tailored ones, for touring. The tailored hats are medium and large and it must be admitted are not trimmed to any ex- tent. The fancy feather effects used are rather small and severe looking, although a number of sweeping pheas- ant tails are used on white Milan and other Straws. Brush effects, particu- larly in white, with pasted feather at their base, are well liked, as are also small wings on the Mercury lines, and used in pairs and other tight eff fects. These are mounted at front, back Or side and tight to the crown, with an upward instead Of an out
 There are charming handmade to- ques in dark and bright colorings, some in the new raisin brain, which is at tractive in combinations of color, the radium combinations being the fa- Vorites.
 The derby shapes, which were intro- duced this Season, are being relied on to carry the day for Spring. These are banded and trimmed either di- rectly in the front by a fan-like ar engagement of pleated ribbon, or stubby fancy, or at the side.
 The Trimming of the Tourist Hat
 There is good deal of ribbon be- ing used for the tailored hat. Moire and gros- grain and Roman effects are favored. Made wings and quills of toweling braid, soutache or cords is another smart trimming.-The Millin- cry Trade Review.
 The dress hats designed for Palm Beach, and other smart Winter re- sorts, differ very little in line from those worn at the Horse Show. Os- trich is very much used, particularly in colors. and here again one finds the radium shades perhaps at their best.
 The flowers seen on the dress hat for the Southern gala occasions are very lovely, and are of the -sma and medium varieties rather than the lar ger bloom. Floral combinations are best liked in which roses are the dom several very lovely hats on which roses appear, and one shows them on very clever arrangement, a square of flat roses being applied flat to the in the center of the front. Stil an- other very good arrangement is noted on a large hat, the crown of which is made of wire covered only with material usually used as foundation To get this effect, cut the crown from pressed hat and make a wire frame the shape desired for the crown. This, by the way, is an excellent method of remodeling hat, since it is the crown that dates a hat just as 1t is the sleeves that stamp a dress new or old A bird-cage crown is the rather ob- vious name given this idea. It is best to use green si'k wires, although not necessary to do so, since the flowers and foliage conceal the wires. While speaking of foliage it may be said in passing that flowers are more of ten used without than with it, this ap- plying to small as well as large flow CTS.
 There seems to be no change in the method of employing flowers They are used in tight clusters or in scan ty looking garIands, these being more often placed on the crown than brim A vast number of the flowers being used have no pretence to naturaIness, since they take on hues of blues and DurpIes and most unnatural reds, vel