Evening star., 1925-04-12

T HEY are talking everywhere
of the improved hats, and the
effort to make hats more
Il artistic has brought impor-
tant results both here and
abroad. For a season or so every
thing was sacrificed to smartness.
NLilliners seemingly didn't care
whether the brims of their hats were
becoming or not so long as they were
clever. The peculiar trimming was
the one most in favor. Recently
strange feathers and flowers sprouted
= eccentric angles from the apeNes
Or absurdly tall hats. The hat that
was simply pretty or just becoming
didn't seem to figure in the millinery
race at all.
Now a subtle change has taken
place, Freak hats there still are, but
there is lightness of touch to the
new hats, a softer line to the brim
and q more graceful placement of the
trimming that ought to please every
&bman who wants to look her best
and most charming and not merely
set forth the originality and daring
Of the milliner who has designed her
hat.
Flowers are used abundantly, and
never have artificial flowers been
more beautiful. In the history of
costumery these years will stand out
time when makers of artificial
flowers went forward in their art
with enormous strides.
To trim some of the large new cape
lines there are large, brightly hued
taffeta flowers, outlined with gold
: and centered with velvet. They are
placed laVishly at the right side of
the hat.
Roses still predominate in the gar
den of fashion. but there are other
charming blossoms. Reboux. the
French modiste who supplies Amer
lean milliners with many models,
gives first place this Spring to the
msrigold, which she produces in nat
uralistic tints.
You may never have seen a black
pond lily growing, but there are
charming black velvet pond lilies
that look perfectly natural. Evelyne
Naron uses fuchsia- -colored pond lilies
on large fuchsia-colored capeline.
clover blossoms are humble field
flowers that have been elevated to a
place of honor among the miIliners,
who find their delicate pink tones
much to their liking
THE calla lily accompanied by
its own leaf is another of the
seasons favorites. The chrysanthe-
ihuiIs Hlth Is never WlInOut aQ-
mfrsrs among the French milliners
appears on many hats, Mary Mangin,
the French milliner, has made
small, narrowbrimmed hat of me-
tsllic ribbon trimmed with chrysan-
themums likewise made entirely of
narrow ribbon. The poppy holds a
warm place in the hearts of Ameri-
cans. and it is spoken of by one OBJ
server as the favorite of the hour"
Field flowers appear as decoration
OF frocks a. well as of hats. These
include, besides the red poppy, white
and yellow daisies, buttercups. blades
OF wheat, corn flowers or ragged sail
ors and sometimes the morning glory
OF bindweed.
Roses are often combined with
other flowers. A lilac-colored wide
brimmed hat, with brim veiled with
crepe is trimmed at the right side
American beauty buds. This is a
smart combination. 1t is the bud of
this charming rose that seems to be
preferred to the full-bloom flower
this Spring. Roses are ombined
with mimosa blossoms with charm
ing results. Raisins are considered a
very smart affinity for roses and
other flowers, and Parma violetS are
combined with white camelias.
Other flowers marked with fash
ions approval are the wallnower, the
dogwood blossom, magnolia, sweet
pea, hydrangea and red gerantum.