The Washington times., 1914-02-17

TT you have ears, prepare to sho"
them now.
i The sprig hats have cub-who
said it was too early? and they
are made so as to show more OF
ones hair. or whosoever it happens
to be. Instead of squatting down
upon our necks, as per now. or, soon
to become. per yore. and covering
our heads like the warlike saucepans
Of Tweedledum and Tveedledee,
they are going to 1T or our heads.
Not just as If they had just allghted
after a hard wind, but snug and
trim, like a mans derby.
This brings the ears once more
into the lirhelight, SO get the habit
early. and see that they are ready
for il.
Hats will fit the shape OF the head
and the hair" said Miss Dell, the
millinery buyer at the Palais Royal
today, when asked to give some bona
tfde directions for the proper mani
pulation of the new head gear which
her department is displaying
'Milan-hemp. hemp straw made
to look like milan, is the popular
material of the season; Tango is
the popular color, combination of
burnt orange and mahogany. and
the most popular shapes are those
which turn up smartly st on1 side.
Like this
And she def:ly twirled a ra.ishine
model on practiced wrist. reveal
ing a small, black shiny hat. with
one side turned up about :. foot
honest-to-goodness - until il looked
like the false front % Il stage hcusa.
The sole decoration is paraG Sc
plume. which IS placed in the curves
of this upturned side 1t is smart
all night. all right, smarter than
ou think. You see the men cant
kick about this sort of hat, for
what sticks right straight up IN the
air, aiII't again the iaw. and Doesn't
abutt nor abound on an" one but
the wCarcT.
So breathe easy ladies ana men,
il does look as ii the cy@-pck"r and
the malicious tickIer were gone for
gooo-in = critical direction.
4 whole caseful Of brilliantly col
ored fruits. like Burne-J jones sun
set. Cal ed my attention for few
moments. and | spent some timo
Gissecting them and conEratulating
myself on never having eaten any
like them. Apples. grapes and small
blues. tango and neGro-brown, sat
side by side in the caSc, or in pos-
sipv little groups OF two and three
en the brins of the hat
Miss Bell said that th-se were the
Popular shades. and Xp!lined-mid-
night blue, dark blu" ranging Oil
the-er-a-like a very dark Max
field Parrish sky; nero -bronn-a
dark. dark brown. Ike nice. rich
chocolate. called by the French
''tete de negre," and tango. tho cross
between mahogany red and burnt
CIaDgc.
But soft. Tho 'Madc;.p Ducncss'
HIT. You VIII purse VoUr liDs am
Ccst q kiss into the air. for il is the
Gaintiest piece Of millinery that J
have seen for scven;y-fivc vears
mean that HAS been seen for sc,-
enty-fiye years.
II is Dresden slIepherdess cf-
feet. TUNED up smartiy. but not cx-
aggerateily, a, one side. made OF
in a smart but comfortable manner.
and is trimmed with a ruffie of
p,eated black taffeta, laid along tho
rSrrow brim. with bright sunset
pink china asters set at regular in
tcrvals.
ana. JOY OF Joys. 1alk about Grim
oline days. The ed%c of the plcated
taneta is pinked. and there is a lit
tie ruff of black taffeta just the size
for the neck-also pinked-which
goes with the hat mo extra charge,
A RebouX model, With the n- soft
crown OF velvet, combined with the
black milan straw, Is another dis
tinctive style. made in aervpIane
effect The straw is woven llD at
Si1a n tho Sf1ar nf ha
a racing car or an aeroplane, and
and the crown, instead Of being Of
straw like all respectable crowns is
r.ade Of black velvet. Four black