Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1912 — Hats for Matrons [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hats for Matrons

THREE hats, especially adapted to the needs of older women, are shown here. Both models are in black and white and both fit eomfortably to the head. In Fig. l the shape is made of a pliable straw braid very light and soft, in & deep rich black. The trimming consists of a wide, double bow of satin messaline ribbon across the crown and even rows of white soutache braid stretched to the flaring brim at the front This is a brilliant and becoming hat for the matron who prefers black and white to colors. A striped silk furnishes the crown and upper brim covering in Fig. 2. The facing is of braid and a collar of braid trims the crown. This hat is in black and white also. It Is finished

with a fancy feather In gray and white. with a few touches of black. r -~ Fig. 8 pictures a draped turban made of velvet and straw. The shape sets well down on the head and shows an upward curve in the brim-edge at the back and left side. It is very soft and comfortable and developed in a variety of colors. The braid employed Is in what Is known as nacre colors, that is resembling the iridescence of the inner surface of a shell. There Is a great variety in the shape and styles designed especially for older women. They have learned that brilliance and color are for them and no longer wear the tame and characterless bats to which they doomed themselves too long. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.