Evening star., 1934-05-25
CARTWHEEL HATS
CREATE PROBLEM
Only Two Wearers Can Sit
in TaxiCab Seat Made
for Three.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Cartwheel hats threaten to involve
Washington taxicabs in a new prob
lem, particularly while the present
rash" of garden parties continues to
affect society here.
Ordinarily the back seat of a taxi
can hold three futtering women en-
route to the White House for tea. But
the new, wide -brimmed hats have re-
duced the back-seat capacity to two
passengers. And when the ladies pile
OUT at the east entrance to the Ex-
ecutive Mansion there is much holding
and folding of wide brims-all in ad-
dition to the usual trouble of keeping
f1uttering organdy and chiffon dresses
from catching on doors.
The cartwheel hats have made the
recent reception lines at the White
House afternoon affairs look like rows
of bright -colored mushrooms on tall,
thin stems.
Hostesses Follow Treno.
Even the hostesseS are following the
general trend. At a recent affair Mrs.
Roosevelt was wearing a wide -brim-
med white felt trimmed with a white
ribbon cockade to match the frock of
white-and-black crepe which she wore.
She had Slung a pointed fox over her
shoulders because of the chilly breezes,
and she was wearing smart-looking
white buck oxfords in keeping with
the semi-tailored style of her dress.
Dainty. little Mrs Claude Swan
son, wife of the Secretary of the
Navy, likes wide e-brimmed black hats
to set off her blond hair, and she was
wearing a black horsehair model
trimmed with tiny garden flowers at
one side of the crown. Her dress was
a pale gray crepe with an edge of
lace at the v-neck.
Mrs. Ickes Wears Cartwheel
Mrs. Harold Ickes, wife of the Sec
retary of the Interior. was another
who wore a black cartwheel hat. 1t
matched the black Silk-crepe coat she
wore over a rose-and- white printed
chiffon frock which was ankle
length. The coat was made with a
double cape which fell to the elbows
Stimulating sleeves.
Even Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins, who is famous for her love
of the little tricorne, had yielded to
the brim idea although hers was a
narrow-brimmed affair with a white
ribbon band. She wore a tailored
black silk coat and white gauntlets
But, standing next to her was Mrs.
Henry Wallace, wife of the Secretary
of Agriculture, in another cartwheel
which dipped over the left eye She
wore one of the ned redingote coats
which flare a little to the front. The
lapelS stood up in points under her
chin, giving her outfit the smart, new
wind blown" line Both hat and
coat were black
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr., wife
of the Secretary of the Treasury, was
dressed in the most formal of the
frocks worn by the cabinet group. 1t
was a black chiffon, ankle length,
printed with a pattern of garden
flowers in green, yellow and red. She
wore black crepe pumps and the in
evitable black cartWheel.
More Spectacular Raiment.
The guests Git was a hen party"
except for the White House aides at
tending Mrs. RoosevelD had blossomed
forth in much more spectacular raj
ment since many of them were making
their one visit of the year to the
White House.
A few formal afternoon suits were
particularly smart. One was tailored
black taffeta which, despite its severe
style, had a short train One was a
gray cotton ratine worn by a woman
whose gray hair exactly matched the
color of the suit. Her blouse was a
lighter shade of gray. and with the
costume she wore small lack-luster
chip-straw turned up in back with a
twisted bow of black velvet. A long
string of black beaded rondels, black
gloves and black dress oxfords COM
pleted the outfit.