The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-06

fitting and sufhcientiy in tho line of the
coming season. showed slight drapery
Of the satin across the shoulders.
According to the authority Of the post
ONCE, the 10000 hats handled by parcel
post in the few days preceding Easter
Sunday were large, at least were sent
from point to point In large boxes. Not
withstanding this statement small hats
by the 10000 are appearing in every part
OF the country.
No fashion has been more revolutionary
in its effect In years than the edict which
banishes the large hat from the fashion
able wardrobe.
Small Is a comparative term, but even
taken in its most elastic sense means a
radical change from the fashions of even
very recent weeks and occasions.
To the majority OF women in Wash
ington, as elsewhere. the new line in
headgear is not becoming. A sad truth
10 which the feminine mind is slowly ac-
customing itself.
OF the hats sent by parcel post Just
before Easter Sunday 1t is safe TO assume
that one-half were torpedo. or Spanish
turban model. This low and long narrow
boat shaped chapeau being the first sue
cess in the new fashion millinery
Washington is seeing this model in
every imaginable quality and color. from
the smartest French creations received
direct from the Rue de la Paix to its
home made limitations
The aeroplane bows, with which a third
OF the turbans are trimmed, Is one of
those delusvie models which temps the
ambitious home milliner and usually re-
suits in dire failure. Hence. great
number Of boats with ribbon bows
now appearing on F Street will shortly
be reconstructed on more becoming lines.
or where their wearer is rich enough. or
reckless enough, be passed on to some
less particular or humble friend. No
woman of taste cares to wear a hat after
she has met some twenty or thirty just
like II in her morning walk.
Mrs. John p. Story. jr., whose indiv;d-
uality in dress Is always OF the most de-
lightful type. IL wearing an unusual. hat
at this season. inasmuch as II Is a pure
white chip OF a severely blocked shape.
with rounded crown and a stin brim as
uncompromising as a sailor. It is slightly
larger from front to back than from side
to side, which in itself takes II out of the
sailor class, even without the dome-shaped
crown. This is trimmed in French blue
velvet ribbon. folded irregularly on the
upper side Of the brim and base Of the
crown. with a small bow In the back and
tiny clusters Of pink roses. The latter are
placed at irregular but well studied inter-
walls in the folds of the velvet
The Misses Sheridan. twin daughters
OF the late lieutenant: general of the
army. who ordinarily dress alike. have
varied their costume in the matter Of
spring hats.
They are wearing the torpedo turban
in its superlatively smart lines, but in
different colors.
One Of these hats is a deep red, almost
brown. Its brirn, turned higher at each
side than at front or back, is faced with
self-colored velvet. over which is drawn
a soft band OF ribbon. also self-colored.
This Is irregular in outline with the SIM
plicity known only to a flrst-class artist
1t is tied in the back in soft loops with
out ends. From this mass of ribbon,
which is some three or four inches wide.
rises a skeleton fantasy in shaded red.
green, and blue. all in dark Egyptian
tints.
Miss Irene Sheridans hat while Of the
same contour. has a uniformly rolling
brim, which is unfaced. This is a taupe
color.
Its trimming is dark-blue satin rib
bon encircling the crown at its base,
then. like her sisters. massed in the
back The added height here is from a
penache of coque feathers in a natural
coloring.
These hats top very smart cheviot suits
in the English mixture Of blue and green.
made with sectional skirts and jaunty
little hip length Jackets. the latter finish
ed in velvet collars of a dull. peculiar
blue.
Mrs Ord Preston, one OF the youthful
brides of the past winter. is one OF the
fortunate women to whom the small hat
is actually becoming.
Mrs Preston looks extremely chic In
a tailored suit of the returning blue
serge. with a turban Of white and black
straw with only a suspicion of black
velvet as the under facing of the close
laying brim. The material of this hat
is some smart new fashion weave which
is used in black for the body Of the
hat and in white for the swirl that /
forms the coronet brim and one long.
broad loop.
The first perasol Of the season made its
appearance on Thursday, shading the
handsome head of Mrs. Paul Pearsall.
This was a conventional shaped purple
silk parasol. which matched the modish
straw hat beneath 1t.
Mrs. Pearsall's hat was Of purple. its
trimming being bows Of wide, soft satin
ribbon. Hat and parasol were the color
features in an otherwise all black toilet. |
Her coat and jacket being severely |
tailored plain finished CLOTH
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