The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-05-31
DroopingBrims andDroop-
ing Ostrich Make Beauty
ofLine - Black Hats for
WearWifh White froeks =
Ribbons Never So Pop.
uIar for MiiIineryUses.

I'D, Is II not. how the moment
real summer suns begin TO make
themselves felt and one seeks in
" stinctivoly tho shady side Of the
avenue and the shop windows whore
there are deep awnings. smart litiie
spring turhans begin TO lose interest
and big. drocpy hats become the ideal
sort OF millinery? This has nothing
10 do with the fact that big hats
shade the eyes and small ones do not
--one can always carry n parasol--
but II has much 10 do with the fac,
that big hats are picturesque and ~
The midsummer picture better than
1ashing. small hats that suggest street
costume of a tailored character.
hut'ery, floating summer frock
would lose half its charm. accom-
panied by severe turban. Aaa
wide brimmed leghorn hcaped with
roses or with feathers TO the costume
and one achieves midsummer perfec.
ton.
Particularly Feathers.
Women who disapprove OF ostrich
feathers for summer wear because o.
their propensity TO become limp ana
stringy by the sad sea waves or in
the country when the dew falls. will
have to pack their disapproval away
with the winter fur toque--or be COM
pleteiy out OF the midsummer picture
so far as millinery goes. Feathers
are smariest of the smart. They arc
being used so much on summer hats ,
that fashion viii surely tire OF them 4
by autumn and then what Will be.
come OF ostrich for next winter? Bus:
perhaps some other i illinery fad viii /
arise In June or July which VIII tenn.
porarily relieve the feather frenzy and
give the now much overworked os-
trich plumage chance to rest up for
fall.
There are huge plumes that go all
the way across big picture hats ana
drop several inches over the edge. /
There are ostrich wreaths that en-.
circle medium sized mushroom shapes.
the soft feather tumbllng becomingly
over the brim all the way round. And
there are the funny. plump little
ostrich tips that are placed at the edge
OF hat sometimes directly AZ
the back 50 that they bob iauntlly
suggesting the tail feathers of an cs.
trich viewed en- silhouette These
gay little ostrich tips are pictured.
curling up-not down--aronnd the
edge of a small vlsored hat that Is
one of the distinctive small types OF
the season This hat is no more than
a round cap fitting closely over the
hair and a narrow brim of wired
Georgette curves down in front. sur
gesting visor. The whole cap is
made of Georgette and is light MS
feather on the head. the waves OF the
colffure showing through. Straw
braid in lattice pattern crosses the
Georgette crown and gives i, firm.
ness. a dozen plump little ostrich
tips curl up from the edge of the
brim.
Huge Fans With Huge Hats
Some Paris mondaine has originated
he fad of big feather fan with a
hat for restaurant,
wear and the vogue has caught on llkei
xildhre In Paris. There is much res
-aurant life in the lovely spring
months when trees and flowers make
he many outdoor dining places Of
Paris such fascinating places: and the
pretty woman al a restaurant table
waving huge feather fan that EN-.
'hasizes the picturesque grace of her
eather-iaden hat. is very often seen
hese May evenings Incidentally the
nanipulation OF the big. soft fan gives
plendid opportunity for the casual
spiay of handsome rings and charm
ns hands--as the picture shows you,
his hat is all black. a stunning shape
Z fine milan faced at the brim-edge
nth Georgette-ex,endei on light
Tires TO increase the width Of the
rim and give 1t an effect Of afriness.
wo large plurnes of black uncuried
s'r'ch are laid fat on the brim. one I
sather dropping over AZ the back
nc bie feather fan is black also:
1oush many Of these fans. used in
er1e. are a bright green-.he rich