Evening star., 1936-02-05
-Sketched in q Washington Shop.

rise to peak heights toward the back
Some Of the coolie shapes instead Of
continuing to peak, have round
disc cut out. like lampshade, and
filled with feathers. flowers or ribbon
put on in more or less fat manner.
This has rather groteSoue sound, but
in reality is not so bad. and, IN fact,
can be rather delightful when worn
by a very young person on q very
bright and happy Spring day. 1t is
that kind Of style. and is usually
found to have a wide bandeau at the
back to tip the hat well over the face
THESE back bandeaux occur on the
majority of hats that are not def
nitely casual types, ana some Of the
smartest of them are snoods made of
wide-mesh lacey material like q veil.
but stronger and heavier. We have
heard an awful lot about snoods for
a long time, but they seem only to be
reaching us now in any sort Of wear
able form. They serve two purposes
very nicely. for they anchor the hat
firmly on the head and also hold the
hair close to the head for short
space below the hat against unwel-
come winds.
The next important item about hats
is that they are Haunting wells again,
all sizes and kinds Of wells used not
only to cover the eyes, but tied into
bows and choux and placed at odd
angles to give extra dash to small
coquettish toques as well as being
draped on mannish homburgs.
A very intriguing one Of these that
taffeta and has been cut and nodded
in a most unusual way, high at the
back and sloping down well over the
face with q pompon Of dotted yelling
at the peak Of the crown and wisp
Of face veil besides. This is hat
for immediate wear for teas and other
afternoon occasions. One of those
Spanish looking black felts with
slightly rolled brim, medium high
crown, edge bound with a fringe braid
and black silk cords that actually tie
under the chin, is most picturesque
style, and very becoming when on. 1t
looks very expensive. but isn't. An
other wide-brimmed hat Is shown
above, with more of the Mexican
tendency. Note the large prystal ring
at the side which Is part of the hat,
appearing on the left side only.
RLACK felt berets are being shown
in any number of interpretations,
many of them almost exactly like q
sailors cap with ribbon band that
fits around the head. These are
often worn tipped up at the front.
One black beret has a curl of gros-
grain ribbon on the top and a snood
bandeau at back. There Is q snappy
red straw fiat pancake beret with
little quill feather stuck through the
front also with a snood, this time of
grosgrain ribbon woven into a net.
The Mary Stuart hat Is one Of those
very smart new styles. We found it
in navy straw with a frayed taffeta
ruching used to face the brim.
The sailor hat is going to be very
popular this Spring and you will find
it now in both felt and straw with
many different kinds Of crowns and
brims. A nice one has a sugar loaf
crown. squarish sort of affair, and
the brim has grosgrain ribbon bind
ing that is pinched up at intervals to
break the monotony.
Speaking Of color, you have prob
ably already seen the display Of rum
berry hats which make such q fas-
cinating eyeful in that new window
downtown that seems to have no
glass in it. Here you will find most
OF the new hat shapes all worked out
in that luscious winey color and can
almost reach over and touch them.
But the glass is there you discover
after a few moments and there is not
the slightest chance Of one Of these
hats blowing your way.
For information concerning the
items mentioned I'm this column call
National 5000, extension 3ss. between
10 and IL am.