Evening star., 1920-03-23
OfHnfereSftOWOn
CHINESE AND EGYPTIAN HATS
ny ANNE RlrrrSnousE.

with the unseasonable 10 demand OF
women for straw hats in January and
velvet hats In August, In doing this
| they herped upon the public hats that
lie as 4lclsly as leaves In Val1ah.
brosa.
They have made ND in variety, in
caprice and IN exhaustion Of all con.
rert'hle fabrics for the season they
have voluntarily eliminated. The
public has the boneat and oac stands
| aghast at the fancy headdrora effect
that conglomerat!on OF hats pro-
duces.
1t IL food for tho reporter. Il IL fun
for the public. Let US hopc It Is
money In the Golfers OF :,:s yniiliners
They should be rewarded fo.' heir va
in the bounds CT reason AN! The CAL
endar.
China JostIes Egypt.
OF one fact we are beginning to be
well aware, which Is that Chinese mil
linery has less chance for diversity
than the Egyptian One may get tired
of the Celestial hat. jaunty as it is.
and appealing to those who like the
sauciness of youth. but Egypt is of in
finite variety. as was it's queen.
The fashion for both. which began
II the time when every woman had
bought her new autumn hat on an en-
tireiy different pattern and colora
ton. did one specific thing-it estab-
lished the fashion for the hat of
varied and primitive coloring. For
instance. have you seen the new
French hats made of red. white. pur-
pie and red roses on Il Japanese
foundation? They are unbelievable at
first.
The rainbow hat is their twin sister.
but older and bit more tiresome
through common usage. 1t is built of
ratiia. OF feathers of Indian embroid-
cry. but the newer hats are arranged
! in vivid colors through wide-open
roses placed in geometrical designs:
they give one the impression of
| fancy dress affair, or the kindergarten
effort of n child.
On the bridesmaids who serve at a
wedding in the open country they
! would be desirable and effective: on
! the street they would give the idea to
, the public that the wearcr had been
. 10 n late party. picked up the paper
souvenirs for head coverings. then for
: Sottcn TO remove them. The appear
: an"a of such hat does not suggest
! the rigors of prohibition.
/ Once upon q time the public would
/ nave SHOWN surprise. if not intoler
; ance. toward a fashion that permitted
! woman to wear "A broad turban of
Shining straw with three turquoise
. munmies dangling over each ear. No
, surprise is shown today. The mumies
! contentedly cuddle the shoulders of
young women. knowing they are sus-
tanned by an Egyptian scarab in tur-
| Quoise worn as bar pin on the
| bodice.
In Comes F'uturistic Fruit.
Fruit could not give full place to
flowers and mummies and scarabs so
it has appeared on hats in futuristic
colors of the kind that never grew on
bough. See the hat in the sketch. 1t
is intended for spring, for youth, and
| it, therefore, is eXtravagant in it's au-
dacity
The foundation is of navy blue silk
and the fruit is regularly placed on it
! as though it were decorating a dinner
table. 1t is red. green and orange.
And that it may not be alone in its
| reminder of gay and vivid era it is
accompanied by a Chinese blouse in
old blue. embroidered in colored glass
| beads
Well. at least there is to be no sober
! ness in wOmen's clothes.