The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
By ELEANOR HoYr BRAINERD.

CMALL hats may be %piQuant. chic
-. comfortable. but the big hal can
be lovely. and the big summer
hats this season are taking full
advantage Of their opp~o--1nitios.
From wide brinrmed sports hat to
wide brimmed dress hat the models
seem unusually successful and the in
senuity Of the designers has appar-
entity no end, for each day brings out
new models with original details AMI
individual charm.
Description of these models seems
Improbable. They must be seen to be
appreciated. Much depends upon
color and texture, and a black and
white sketch can give only an idea OF
lines and OF the manner In which
trimming is applied. while words can
not even do so much.
Still one must talk about the sum-
mer hats. 1t - quite impossible not
to talk about them. Enthusiasm will
have It's way. and even the most casual
tour Of the millinery shops sets ones
enthusiasm seething.
Materials? Well. the clever milliner
makes a modish big hat OF almost any
thing and everything to-day. and she
doesn't care at all what h does In
shape, or rather she cares so greatly
that she experiments with every con.
ceivable handling OF line.
High crown or low. straight brtm.
mushroom brim. rolling brim. brim
dropping In almost any place and
turned up sharply In almost any other
place. High trimming. nat trimming.
no trimming at all. Straw. velvet.
silk. muslin. chiffon. felt. wool. erin.
leather, linen. rubber. lace. tuile.
Feathers. flowers. ribbons. fruit. beads
oh, there's no limit to mill'nery's
vasaries in this summer Of 1915.
But to come down to generalisationA,
II that be possible. the wide brtmmed
mats for sports or informal wear are
very likely to have the straight sailor
or slightly dropping brifhs and crowns
not toe high. The dropping brims. II
In supple stun. - ID usually the case.
may be rolled to suit the wearer or
mushroom all around FOR comfort on
summer days: but sports hats are .
story all by themselves. and this
column is to be devoted to a%rietocrats
smong big hats, ( o the hats meant to
consort with garden party frocks and
asin frocks and restaurant frocks.
They too may be wide and straight
Of rim. but they are more likely to
droop or curve.
Some adorable models are variations
upon the idea embodied In the pale
pink Georgette crepe hat Of our sketch
A low. round crown. a wide dropping,
double fiange. semi-transparent brim,
all of the sheer, creamy pink crepe,
and for trimming only a big. nat bow
of soft MORE in the same pale pink,
II would he hard to find anything
more delicious.
Lecho-a Is much .scd and Ser: int,
ali sorts OF graceful shapes. Some
times IT is trimmed simply with skill.
fully wreathed flowers and a facing In
harmony. One such model boasted
marvellous wreath OF morning glories,
astonlshingly natural n beautiful in
color and form and. as close examina'
ton disclosed. made entirely from tin,
feathers.
Another I.eghorn side by sid with
this one lost rs identity under a crown
OF overlapping ribbon frills and a brin
covering Of crepe on which small
clusters OF bead flowers were natly
posed. Only on the under side Of the
dropping brim wal the Leghorn left In
view.
Grin in light colors 10 liked particu.
larly for the models turned up sharply
at the back and tilted forward.
Flowers and floating ribbons are
likely to trim these shapes. but one
French model in light yellow erin
achieved individuality by piling lovely
yellow pans!es high upon the crown