The Washington herald., 1914-03-01

Iy heard that the separate waist must
he either White or a color matching the
suit skirt that IL is difficult now to
realize that blouses of all Colors are to
he worn and the more the color of the
blouse clashes with the color of the skirt
with which it us worn, apparently the
better.
Silk blouses arc made Of the briehtest
colors: all shades Of red. bright yellow,
and pheasant-which is a cross between
brown and red-and a brilliant pink-yel-
low called peach.
With linen suits this spring and sum-
mer We are to wear cotton or linen
waists not Of white-but Of color, blue,
pink or yellow. or any other shade We
choose. White blCuses are embroidered
| in color and piped with color and finished
with colored collars and cuffs and but
tons. And with our blouses We are to
wear mannish cravats of brilliant hues
that come well down over the waist to
the hips.
Something About the New Hats.
Whenever the coiffure changes notice
ably. So do the hats.
The coiffure is in a state of transfor-
| nation, apparently, at the moment. So,
I perhaps. are our hats. The hair is drawn
somewhat away from the forehead, and
piled high on the head, and this some
what rigid arrangement is softened with
tiny curls at the ears. Nothing definite
can be said of the first straw hats. They
are made in dozens and scores of styles.
Some are high and narrow, some arc
broad and fiat. TheyS.are made in all
colors. They are trimmed with feathers
and flowers, fruit and lace, ribbon and
enamel and jet.
| In all this variety il is quite possible
for every face to be suited with a truly
becoming hat So let us be thankful for
the variety. No season is so trying as
the season wherein few shapes in milli-
merry rule. for then many types of face
must go unsuited.
One of the smartest of the very new
hats for Informal wear is made of tan
straw. and is worn pulled down at the
back and right side. 1t is tilted well up
from the hair on the right side. where
two long quills of peacock blue are fas-
tened at right angles to each other.
| Perhaps the enforced abandonment OF
the use of paradise plumes and aigrettes
has really been one Of the best things
that have ever happened to jog the in
genuity of feather manufacturers. for
surely they have produced wonderful SUBJ
| stitutes.
And so have the manufacturers of other
hat trimmings. On a smart walking hat
made of red straw there is a carved wing
of wood-beautifully carved. and finished
1 in a soft dull brown. On a blue silk
hat there is a dart OF tortoise shell
thrust through a big blue bow. Two
quills of green enamel are fastened on
a black straw hat. Wonderful feather
ornaments, some of the newest of burnt
ostrich, are striving with wheat heads,
made in silver and gold and in every
color of the rainbow. for supremacy.
Tulle has by no means lost its favor.
The outstanding frill of tuile surrounding
the brim is still one of the most graceful
methods of trimming the black straw
hat. One such hat shows a twisted band
of gold ribbon at the base of wired
| frill of tulle that is nine or ten inches
wide
The all black hat Is still the best choice
for general wear. but with white sum-
mer frocks. bright hats, some Of them
red. will be worn.