The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
Hat Styles Make Details All
 Important
By FLORENCE CLARK |.

HIN the course of meeting up with
 various girls and women it is sur
 prising to note the many cred itable examples of home dressmaking one sees. Dresses have become simple and the facilities for professional-lOok- ing finishing touches numerous. Hem stitching, embroidery and the like can be arranged for as easily as having pair of rubber heels attached to your shoes.
 Contrarywise, the present hat modes do not lend themselves to sue cessfnl home production. The lines of 'the hats are simple enough, to be sure. but they are carried out by sk;lful manipulation of the material selected and the trimmings are worked into the lines so that the art of making hats has become too mucn for the girl who is no more than merely handy with the needle.
 The fabric hat is often developed from many separate sections, char acteristic individuality being achieved solely lby the novel placing of the nieces. On straw-and-fabric hats, the fobric often assumes the responsl- biIitv of trimming as well as making the brim or crown of the hat. Folds of it are held in zig-zagging points around the edge of the brim, It IS cut into petal sharpes for flower trim ming and every possible combination of it is used in twisted folds and ornaments or the crowns are covered with loops and woven patterns. The lines are really simple but the sur faces have indeed become complicated.
 Make Details All Important
 The results seem to be just what girls like. for rather than showing any signs of waning, fresh treatments are appearing constantly and being worn steadily. These hats tend to carry out the prevailing idea of dress, which is to make detail of great lm- portance while line remains substantlal% iy the same. Hat trimmings seem to me to be like the rufflings, pleatlngs and other devices that give variety to fine straight silhouette. They orna- ment. they elaborate, but the hat itself never departs from its family type.
 Three distinct types of midsummer headgear are shown on this page to- day. The felt hat, for instance, IS typical of the sort that has found much favor with the summer girl. In lively tones of yellow, blue and green she wears it with sports frocks of linen and flannel as well as with her tailored suit.
 This one happens to be of pale yellow. The brim is so cut that two ends of the soft fele are left to tie in the jaunty bow which apr cars at the righ tside The softly rolled brim is becoming to many faces whose good points are not emphasized by the sharp lines of the down-turned brim. a
 The smaller of the other hats com pines taffeta in a curious shade of gray-green with gray straw. The softly draped crown and the upper side of the brim are of taffeta as is the border of the tiny folds which circles the straw on the under side of the brim. Goa feathers of the same shade add further to the grace of the hats softly turned lines.
 Feathers are few just at this time. Ostrich has been adopted by frOcks and capes of the dressy order and scarfs show many ostrich trimmings, but hats that feature it have been harder to find since frocks have taken up ostrich for decoration.
 Prefer Fine Laces
 Garden-party hats and picture hat seem to prefer fine lace and maline rufflings Then there is a flattering edge of net that borders the brim of sensible little chapeaux. It is not more than an inch or so in width, Tut quite deep enough to cask a becoming shadow over the upper part of the