Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15

VIfE hats Of season are fore
Swallowed earlier than the
gowns, The milliners give the
cue, it is said. to the dress
makers. There may be ccllu
son, They say not. Why collision
would rot be good thing for all
concerned the iayman cannot see. What
he docs see. and marvels at Is that
every house has the same fashions as
soon the season begins
Naturally, this would be true of thu
american shops and dressIAasers. for
they buy direct from Europe. or from The
wholesalers, the fashions of the hour,
whatever they are But the French
dressmakers, or designers as they cali
themselves. are supposedI;- secret i'll their
work, and Wild with anger if the other
worker steals their thunder.
They SAT they never consult together;
such a proceeding would spoil their pres
iige. Yet what the Iaynan knows is that
when the whistle blows for the doors To
open ;ne manuiklns OF each house are
dressed surprisingly alike.
The result is that every one has de-
signed in concert, and yet separately. 1t
IS strange situation chat is repeated
each season, until the buyers who 20 over
from America have ceased TO he either
Interested or amused
All OF which IS not telling Oh What the
hlIIliners have invented i'll the way of
head coverings to sturtle, 10 please OF to
offend; Tor it seems that We must 20
through one. two o. three of these sen
sations at the beginning of each sartorial
season
II would seem from the early exnibi-
tons that black is not to have rival.
cne Sees this fact illustrated every
side The color Is used in straw. in tat
ictd, in satin and straw combined, in
tullo. net and jet, and there is no end to
It Are W. all going to have heads
covered with pieces OF sltterinS JET
How can We escape it with much of
II floating in the ATMOSPHERE" There are
bands and arrows quilts and buckles and
sequins of it. until one feels happy that
so nans' Jet workers must have found
their hands and purses full this spring.
ne cp!nninatiou OF tulle and jet Is not
new. but il has sprung into fashion So
quickly and dominates everything else
80 completely that one must give II all
the space accredited to novelty.
Tbs popularity. the continued popular
ity. of the ;,leat.d ruff above the brim to
give the height that every one wants
whether Or not it Is becoming, is aston
lsEing. When the halo prIm OF net or
tulie arrived last summer We liked il
wen. 1t presented something new and
something that the shops could make UP
IL u dozen different ways and succeed
with It. But we did not think it would
last. 1t did not. 1t went away and came
back.
Nov We have 1t IN the s4is-- .: tu..-
This : p-obaoiy prettier and sut.er ti.au
the stiff halo. with its homes i,oIdi.Is, i
upright Ii is becoming 70 more faces
and It Is surely the queen OF carnival
or fanciful fashions for the heaG-
The ;ule is not as pe!ishaole as The
mex pegienced ones think. Even when it
evaporates. il Is easily renewed by the
amateur. SO. tii.l4s3- tine Lat loo..s, it
is not really an extravaganza choice.
Whole hats are not made of il OF Of
any other one material Combinations
are entirely fashionable. Even When
straw is used for Informal hats. there is
one part Of satin. taffets MORE rib
bonS. When tulie is the chief part of the
hat. when it forms the outstanding briin.
then the crown is of MORE satin
maybe. straw. sometimes all three
Wonderful things are done with this
silk net In the hands OF those entirely
great Il is oftener tnigitier than the
p.uTne- II can be twisted into spirals that
resemble the tendrils of a feather: j; can
be CLIPPED and made TO look ike pom
ponS. II is the fabric Tor q happy Jest
on tire milliners part. as is the ostrich
feather
Although one Is accustomed 10 seeing
t1Ne and jet placed together, ii is not
necessary To keep one for the other.