Evening star., 1920-02-29
and Ingenious Headgear for Spring Wear

wreaths Even on snow-white hair the
picture Is good. On Gray hair the effect
Is less demure and settled than 10 given
by the stiff. oblong turbsn with its high
crown.
The brims Of this spring have no set
rule Of conduct. They follow the lines
set by the Empress Eugene. tiltinE
downward at back and front. uplifting
at sides. They are scooped in front.
rolled upward in back and tilted 10 far
downward at the sides that they sug-
gest tho directoire poke bonnet. They
are two inches or six inches wide, they
are stin and regular. they flop and swirl
In the breeze like pieces Of fur. Not all
at once, you know, but each in It's sepa-
rate way All Of which Is significant OF
the fact that a woman may please her
self
The horsehair hats which are re-
vived show astounding brims. There Is
ono special model in which the horse
hair Is translucent colored pink, French
blue or Nile green, with brim that
touches the left shoulder and actually
fops over the nose in front.
It is a hat without character, one
might say. with the character given to
1t by the woman who wears II. Heaven
help her II she puts It on in q careless.
casual manner. II she does the hat will
look as though It had been caught in =
heavy shower which destroyed it's use
fulness. The woman who knows how
to pose it gives herself an air Of su-
periortty over her fellow mortals. In
the eyes Of those who are experts, she
is instantly marked as superior.
Last autumn Suzanne Talbot Of Paris
invented a Chinese hat that ftted the
head. was arranged in layers of fabric
ending in round top in which one ex-
pected to see the CLINT Of mandarins
from the headline. 1t was trig enough
to stand gale of wind or fast dash
I'm motor car. 1t sold for $175 when
1t appeared in this country and It was
copied for $125 more often than the mil
liners could count: which goes to show
that there Is still plenty OF money in
this country.
1t was made Of faille silk and deftly
embroidered In \ Chinese design in
faded colors. the kind Of colors that
would not jar with any gown. II
woman did not care to give the price
demanded by skillful embroidery she
lad the hat copied in excellent brocade.
The effect was not AZ good, but women
who owned the hats appeared satisfied.
Next month this hat will be offered
again to customers wi.o are not over
fastidious when It comes to accepting
thing in its second season of fashion
II 1t proved entirely satisfying during
tho first. Evidently. then. the Talbot
hat met the requirements OF autumn
and IL expected to meet the require
ments of spring.
1t 10 now built in white faille. em-
broidered with blue. yellow and green
flowers, and there 10 = cuff Of plain
white kid. velvet or silk to serve as a
brim. 1t 10 worn with afternoon frocks
in white or pastel colors. and In the
morning with = blue serge gown. or
with fur coat II the afr has frost in It,
There IL no intention on the part Of
French milliners to make spring hats
demure. We have been struck full in
the face by this fact since the new
models began to arrive. Small blue
mummies pasted or embroidered on tho
brim Of hat are startling to even the
adventurous, and Spanish comb ~ an
ornament makes one stop and stare.
There II = hat Of tulle In . shade Of
terra Gotta which 10 mounted on q band
Of tortoise shell spansles and trimmed
at one side with an immense Spa nish
comb made Of the spansles. At . dis
tance 1t 10 dihicult to realize that the
woman II wearing . hat. She appears
barheaded, with \ genuine comb used
for an ornament.
A woman came into = restaura for
lunch the other day wearing = hat that
was also odd and startling Its foun.
dation was q bAndsau Of brown tulle
and the hat itself was nothing but Q
fan-shaped. hat piece made Of HERNIA
colored wings. which looked like spokcs
Of q fan. They spxeAd outward over the
head. wider At the sides than at the
back. and coming to = point In front to
nestle in the maline Ii was argued by
half the observers that the woman wore
4 fan on top Of her head. but close in
vestigation revealed the soft bandsau
beneath
Every one now kn0ws Of eeiiCpra ne