The sun., 1919-04-20
Dame Fashion Grants Unusual Free
dom in Choice of Hats-Shallow
Crowns Prevail Some
Smart Designs

T T is long time since Easter was
the day for every woman to APP
pear in q new bonnet. The ca
PRECIOUS followers OF the vogue now
buy their straw hats in m.dwinter
and begin wearing their velvet head
gear beneath July suns. Again, the
clever hat makers and designers have
brought out multitude of hats made
Of such materials as can be worn the
year round. as, for example, the tulle
turbans, the wide, fiat malines picture
hats, and again the dainty, close fitting
toques OF gold and silver tissue cloth.
However, here Is Easter at hand with
enough OF lis who do not buy the freak
midwinter straws to wear proudly the
newest and latest over this glad day.
AS the spring season has advanced
we have seen number of shapes
appear, rage for a time and then sub
side, until now there seems to be no
one accepted shape taking precedence.
Such a freedom Of choice is allowed
that women are wondering what kind
fate has brought this about One
thing only seems pronounced-all
ribbon adroitly placed at Just the right
angle are accepted eagerly for the
semi-tailored hats for general wear
The wide brimmed sailor shapes lend
themselves we'll to this mode OF trim
ming and are almost universally be-
coming. especially when faced under
the brim with a particularly good
color. I observe a disposition to up
turn the brfm in the back. making a
slightly poke shape and displaying the
hair. The more exaggerated specimen
Of this style appears in the fiat shep-
herdess design, which tits right up
from the back TO show a cleverly ar
ranged trimming OF flowers or tulle
and now and then frills OF soft lace
There Is no doubt about It. this little
chApeau is coquettish and alluring,
but alas, it belongs only to piquant
youth.
The shallow crowns prevail, and
the ostrich feather blows with every
vegary Of the feminine taste. A ia
vorite arrangement is to place the
softly curling tips at the back of the
brim of the shallow crowned sailors
where they nestle against the hair
and are beautiful to see. The Direc-
toire bonnet has made its bow and ex-
hibits not only the outstanding plumes
but long velvet ribbon as well,
which may or may not be tied under
the chin. BY the way, where are
those bonnets OF the long ago which
used to be tied under the chin? Who
wears them? They seem now as OBJ
solete AS hoop skirts. Only youth is
fashionable these days, and ola ladies
are quite out Of style.
For very dressy wear eome charm
ing turbans Of silver tissue yelled in
tulle are new and fetching. One of
these has the black tulle arranged In
several folds around and over the
crown. At the sides there Is a very
wide putting OF the tulle, wired with
almost invisible wires and placed
around the crown so as to form a wide
brim OF Cloudlike. softness. The
metal tissue shows softly through the
tulle cloud. This IS newer than satin
or georsette. Still another develop
ment OF this metallic fabric is shown
in n wide, fiat shape resembling the
Leghorn OF other days. One original
hat has n stitching OF rose colored
threads all over crown and brim, al
lowing the tissue underneath to show
in the little spaces between. or course
the effect is good. Nothing trims this
hat otherwise. ana yet It gives the
effect of being deliberately and beau
tifully trimmed. Indeed, It Is only
an artist who can achieve this effect.
A good example of the untrimmed hat
which nevertheless looks most elab-
crate is developed in a Copenhagen
blue hair line straw, very soft and
supple. At one side the straw crown
has been cut away and a puff of blue
velvet Of the exact shade placed be-
tween crown anf brim so that the