Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-22
FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES
THAT WE WEAR
- CRBANk would have to sit up
ID nights in his laboratory and

- DRBANk would have to sit up
ID nights in his laboratory and
work even more magical results
than he has done heretofore To keep
up with the milliners and trimming
makers OF this spring OF 1918 in MAX
ing of marvellous fruits. grains and
vegetables. Some of the "smartest"
fruits. for from the clothes point of
View fruit must be smart at any cost.
IS made Of sawdust. The sawdust IL
moistened in some sort OF adhesive
mixture. dried In shapes that suggest
II they do not actually resemble fruits
and then painted and enameled in col
ors that defy the tropical sun TO pro-
duce.
Very young men-and perhaps few
old ones, too-haye a failing for wom-
ems hats trimmed with cherries. There
is something about the hat that has
Just one cherry hanging over the left
side OF the brim or that is fairly load
ed down with cherries attached only
Ivy the end OF the stem. and. therefore.
left free to bob about. that is Of peren-
NAL interest to masculine youth. and
the milliner does not scorn this appeal
This year cherry hats are numerous.
and cherries are wonderful TO behold.
Some of them are really Of cherry
color. There ar. pure white cherries
on white stems. perfect alhinos. that
look like ghosts Of the real fruit. These
are made 10 wear on the pure white
hat that ia always sure to he
come popular as the very hot wealth
er sets in There are big juicy looking
black cherries and funny elongat ed
pink cherries. that look as IL they
might have grown on cherry trees,
though probably their like never did.
Cherries were the first fruits used
FOR hat trimmings. Now everything
fird. its way on hats or into the little
houtonnieres that are still worn on the
lapel Of the coat or on the frock. This
season there have been brought forth
some particularly interesting pears,
newcomers in the field. Plums are also
fairly new and grapes. that have been
with US for several seasons. are made
in & variety Of colors. Sometimes they
are frosted and look as grapes do on
the vines the frst days OF autumn
when they have been gently nipped by
q premature visit OF Jack Frost.
Gooseberries are fruit that lend
themselves particularly we'll to clever
imitation. Blackberries. though not
such good duplicates OF the originals,
seem 20 be favorites and for some rea-
son even lemons have their appeal.
II is not only on hats that we find
these artificial fruits. They are Of
course used in small decorative bou-
Quets, but that IS not all. There are
buttons, now, made 10 initiate cur
rants. They were first shown on
smart white orEandie blouse. No doubt
there will be goosberries and raspber
ries and even Strawberries FOR buttons
before the season is out.
Vegetables are really as decorative
as fruit In fact. there IS only an arbi-
tra7- line that makes US regard to-
mato a. a vegetable and q goosherry
as fruit Tomatoes are not easily i'm
itated, but a brave attempt to do so
has been made. For some reason the
carrot, lovly as he is IN the scale Of
vegetables. Is one OF the most popular
when Il comes to imitation for decor
awe purposes
For the trimming OF hats the show
cases this year show a wonderful dis
play OF grasses and grains. Some Of
them are made from the real grains.
skillfully preserved. Wheat OF a bril-
liant blue or red has come in for much
popularity and one wonders whether
there will be ban placed by the food
administration on wearing hats thus
trimmed.