Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1911 — Hats, Soft and Small [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hats, Soft and Small

By JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

TWO beautiful braid hats are shown here whieh will please the gentle lady who is looking for elegance and beauty and comfort all in one chapeau. One of them is a wireless turban, that -is, made without a frame, and the other has a very light wire frame so fine that it is almost flexible. Naturally such hats shape themselves to the wearer’s head and are becoming;

also they weigh almost nothing and are comfortable. The black hat la made of a very soft silk fiber braid, with a large ornament made of a similar braid in king’s blue. Two quill ribs are mounted in this ornament at the left side. They are smart, but not jaunty like quills, and are therefore suited to older women. The hat is bound with velvet about the face. The second hat is made of silk braid in two colors. The crown is in champagne color and the'brim in black. It is finished with a piping of satin about the face and satin buttons. The very clever draping

of the braid crown and brim cover* ing makes a sufficient trimming. A word to the wearer of the turban as to the coiffuire. A little fringe of hair must show about, the face, and a few puffs and curls are as essential to the little hat as to the big one; In fact, more so, because a big hat obscures the hair while a little one rests on it. Provide the correct coiffuire before selecting your turban.