The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-21
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forced spring hats into I'M
l. timely bloom a few women
have been wearing hats Of
straw with their midwinter costumes
Now every week increases the num-
Der of the straw crowned harbingcrs
of spring and fills the milliners' win
duws with new models in straw and
chiffon and tulle n ribbons and
flowers.
A few feathers. too. wave defiance
AT the ribbons. but they are feathers
So distorted that tho birds which fur
nished material for then would fly,
shrieking. at sight Of thcm-featherS
In odd whorls and spikes and clumps.
The main impression left on the
mind 10y an exhaustive study of the
new models IL one NJ L%iuiputian Sau-
ciness in straw. associated with iut-
tcring. narrow ribbons and quaint
nosccays and bobbinG Jingle roses
and frcakish feathers. Little hats;
delightful little hats. piduant little
hats, absurd little hats, outrageous
little hats: and all meant for perch
ing j~auntilN on the right side Of a
slick,d back. high coinurr and tip
hitting forward. to the partial or total
eclipse Of the right eyebrow.
Thosc are the hats one =, members,
not individually but collectively.
There are many Of them and they
nun a gamut of r~akishuesS. and in
many caS,s they manage to achieve
%undenlable charm while retaining a
fair degree of the r~dkiShness.
II is only when one takes a mental
snapshot of the women one knows
that the audacious little hat ceases to
m~onopolize ones memory. Large,
stout. elderly women there Will he
who will pose. at tipsy angles, on their
heads sailor hats tan inch and a half
nigh Of crown. three inches wide Of
brim, trimmed in narrow ribbon bands
and short waving "bohofs'D and they
will go forth smiling 1" meet IN" APP
probation they deserve. hut the aver
age woman still mas her moments of
reason. and there must. be hats for
The customer who knows that she is
not Of the Irene Castle typ,-and
there are many such hats. There vii.
~ moro as the season advances.
But uow, about these small hats.
As has been said before. they run
the scale from the delightful to IN"
OUTRAGEOUS, but "a very fair percent
age stop with the delightful. Not
all of these would be- generally hr-
coming but thai fact does not inter
fore with their charm. All of the
small shapes, popular during the win
TER. are repeated IN spring materials
and there are iunumcrah.c variations
upon those shapes, ~ we'll as a Few
thing distinctly new.
Sailors are presented in a Wild" range
Of shapes. from the dlminut!ve alb
rutrdity already described to the hat
OF medium round crown and medium
Poll brim. This last type. every sailor
shane. indeed, L. frequently seen with
a satin or six crown with straw brim,
or a silk crown and cutter br!m with
hrirn faCiug Of straw. Plain darn
hIuc or brown satin faced with nat
nrlI tone straw and trimmed only by
somr littl. coCkade Of the satin ~
unobtrusivc ornament in feather or
ribbon makes an excellent tailored hal
FOR general wear, and not only plair
tone satin and tdfcta, but checked
plaid. striped. lowered, dotted silks
are AN used for covering hats. ToIt
de- .Iouv is used too for plain TAILORED
shapes with "A mere note Of color II
one of the shades represented in tn
toll for trimming.
Trimming IN many of tho new hat
H. almost "A negligible quantity. Som
Of the little shapes, with tiny marrow
crowns and close rolled or very mar
row dropping brlmS or no hrims "A
all. are absolutely without trimming
sivc for hatpius with large heads %
satin or straw which arc c~lcNorl'
posed in the hat and hold tho n''riu'
vel that belongs with the hat. Fer
haps, like the little hrimloss biarI
touuc of the sketch, it may n
trimmed with a pinwheel Of feather
IN two brilliant ColOrs, with "A feathe
tassel in the same Cp5or dangling fror
It or it may have a band and Shor
ends of narrow ribbon and a stil
bunch Of fiowerets at tn middle from
Possibly its small hrIm rolls up closet
against its small crown and is boz
dorcd by a narrow line of ombroid"r
In brilliant beads while a small hra
ornament with q danGicr is pose
well back on the crown at the left.
An cXasgcratcdly narrow torprd
toaue without brim is horderod ny
wide band of clos 'ly massed violet
or other tiny flowers. and a big fla
ing BOW of velvet Is placed dircctl
IN the back: and another shape muc
like this one. only with a crease dow
the midi, of thc crown, has The sam
type of bow ~ Ma, back hut no 9TH
trimming saNc m, small rose
worn.
= model THAT o.. ms 10 havc four
favor .@ u MA ',., "ith ,-tA .iu'
rolled hrim, ana FOR trimming VIII
one may cal Il r.i'u, OF ma,ines mac
az innumcr'hio al I"t'ls of main,