Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-21
CARE OF THE SUMNER HAT.

The fad this summer for having hats
and gowns to match has taxed not only
the ingenuity and the purse of the
girl who desired a fetching array Of
light and fluffy headgear. but 1t has
driven her to extremes to secure
place for keeping them.
Every tidy girl knows that hats may
not be hung in closets, much less in
row on the wall. even though covered
with a cloth. Ribbon, flowers and
feathers all drop one way, and that Is
down, so that the hat quickly loses its
shape Further, the hat hung on the
wall or in the closet Is in danger OF
having other articles hung under or
over it.
Hat boxes are. of course. the correct and
thoroughly reliable receptacle for hats, but
many of the boxes in which this years
hats are sent home are too wide to MT
on an ordinary closet shelf The
mother OF three daughters had no end
of complaints from the servants about
the hat boxes pushed under the var-
Gus beds. They interfered with the
cleaning, the lids were knocked on by
impatient maids and dust sifted In over
the ffnery She finally cleared on three
shelves in her linen closet and the mats
were laid in d row on the shelves and
covered with tissue paper
girl whose bedroom was small.
and counted among its furnishings a
low, three-uuarter bed had a hat box
built by the family carpenter. This
was made from planed boards about
one foot high, with lid on hinges.
Casters were fitted into each corner
The box was painted white without
and within. and strap OF leather was
fastened on the front, which was used
to pull the box out from under the bed.
The girl lined this box with sheets OF
blue tissue paper, and used the same
for covering the hats after they were
laid in it. 1t held three picture hats.
a toque and sailor without crowding,
and the girl declares she Will never be
without such box.
A girl who went away for the entire
summer, knowing she must occupy
rather small hotel quarters. built her
self three hat bags of lightweight but
closely woven linen. The foundation
of the bag was splints woven to form
a square bottom and covered with the
linen To this was sewed a deep fiounce
OF the linen, finished at the top with a
drawstring not unlike that used in
darning or sewing bag. Each bag held
a picture hat. On reaching the hotel
the walls near corner. between
which was stretched piece of broad
tape so as to form a triangle with the
wall. From this she suspended the
three bags with their contents The
arrangement was not ornamental. but
the girl lived on the porch and the
beach and cared little for the artistic
arrangement of her room.
Girls who can afford 1t will do well
to purchase a hat trunk which will
nd al On
each of the six faces of the hollow
cube which forms the inside of the
trunks Is hemisphere If wire net on
which the hats are pinned 1t is i'm
possible for the hats to be shaken off
from this net standard, neither can
they rub against one another. the best
efforts of the baggage smashers to the
contrary. This charm of the white net
or lace hat is its immaculate freshness.
soiled hat Of this type is offensive to
the eye. 1t is not generally known
that expert dry cleaners can take a
soiled hat of this sort and send IT home
as fresh and crisp as IL ii were new.
The trimming need not be removed,
and the cost Will vary from seventy
FIVE cents to dollar and half, ac-
cording to the elaborateness of the de-
sign.
The girl who does not wish to add to
the price of cleaning the express
charges both ways. should try either
French chalk or cornmeal for cleaning.
The hat should be laid on a sheet of
clean paper and literally buried in a
fine coating of the chalk or cornmeal.
sheet of tissue paper may be thrown
over If. and II is allowed to stand for
an hour or more. Then the hat is
raised and shaken so that the particles
OF meal will fall on to the paper. If
any stick to the lace or net all the bet
ter Take a fine. clean brush. such as a
velvet or silk hat brush. and brush out
the particles brfskly but lightly. This
will carry away ordinary dust Never
put away q light summer hat without