Evening star., 1918-05-19
B1vng MANY New Hats to Offset the Gowns of Last Season
ing coats, at prices ranging from s2oo

L IHS ttdlS, at pTtCtS ldhSihS 'A~---
| to $500 apiece.
And still another occurrence: a
i well known war worker, patriotlc anu
| se1-sacrificinG, gave an oroeI ~ a
| high priced dressmaker for se'eral
| expensive and beautiful spring gowns
| and hats, with the request that the
| transaction be confidential one, SO
| that no one in her family could tWlt
| her.
| I'VE must have these clothes. but 1t
isn't wise to let the pubic kno" ; ~. IT,
and it seems unpatriot1c. was her
comment.
| No matter how much sincerity a
| woman may have in her war worn,
! she must square her actions with ner
lalk If we are going to be Dig we We
SSt to be honest. No war is won pS
spiritual camouflage.
| Let us face the truth of spring ap-
/ parel quite frankly and say tnaI II Is
(; charming; that it has millions or pur-
| chasers: that there is not need as
| vet to call halt, and that the en-
1 ployes of the millinery establishments
are not needed by the government.
If we are going to buy spring hats.
and we are going to do 1t, let us uls-
cuss it quite honestly. Let us talk
! fashionable. and its suitability to our
particular faces. We may pay as
little or as much for it as we wish.
That's a case for the individual con-
science and the individual purse.
France and America have each seen
the fitness of the brim, that shades the
eyes at a time when the sun pours
straight down, instead of obliquely.
The turban Is. after all. the between
season hat. 1t is not entirely ellmi-
it has yielded first place to the larger
hat. The high crown, however. has
not given way to the low crown
There are the new sailors which. with
their high crowns and three-inch
brims. threaten to overrun the con-
tinent like a swarm of locusts.
These are both cheap and expensive.
well draped and badly draped: they
are in midnight blue. black, beige
and red: they are made of rough
straw. and. although they are excess
sively smart. they have a hard, I'M
yielding line On the hard face they
are ugly: in juxtaposition to small.
coquettish, frail face they are al
Turing.
Mind you, the hard. stiff brim is not
the only one. If it were. thousands
of women would give up the struggle
to be good looking, for the woman
who realizes that hat makes or
mars her face is the one who knows
how to dress. All the good-looking
gowns in the world cannot affect the
eyes. the nose and the skin. 1t is the
hat and the ;neckwear which lift you
to the pedestal of prettiness or throw
you down into the ditch of ugliness.
There are immense, sweeping brims
in fashion which you may choose if
your face needs softening and irresu-
lar lines.
There is an ultra smart hat which
leads the. way. 1t is made of p1eated
stra wberry georgette crepe faced with
black straw, with wide band of
straw encircling the crown. Wherever
it goes this hat is copied in various
colors and worn in the afternoon.
Those who feel that the brim must
hide the forehead and nearly eclipse
the eyes may still cling to the mush-
room shape, which is permitted in the
best society: and those who feel
thrill of happiness at the mere MEM
tion of English garden hats may go
in for this particular type of pictur-
esqueness with the realization that
they are striking the absolutely new
note in this summers fashions.
1t was Jeanne Lanvin who brought
out the huge organdy hat with its
rose on the brim, and since then the
American designers have tumbled
over themselves in their effort to in
troduce chiffon and organdy hats