Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1912 — Flowers in Profusion Adorn the Season’s Millinery Models [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Flowers in Profusion Adorn the Season’s Millinery Models

SINCE the days es the “Merry Widow,” of beloved memory, hats have not been so flower-laden aB they will be this spring- From the simple wreath about the wide brimmed shape, to the bonnet entirely covered with flowers and trimmed with a stiff, standing bunch of blos-

soms and foliage, flowers are the feature of trimmed hats.' They merit this consideration for there never was a time when artificial blossoms were made with such marvelous fidelity to nature. They are more than faithful copies, they may be said to be even lovingly made, for every little graceful turn of stem and curl of petal has been reproduced. Beside those flowers which are copies of nature there is a great liking for what may be called “ctfciventional” flpwers. These are made of

silk or satin folded into flower forms but only suggest the original models. They are used more sparingly than others and in small wreathes and tiny bunches. They are liked immensely on children’s millinery. A favorite way for using small flowers is illustrated here. Roses or other blossoms are banked about the under brims of straw shapes, sometimes covering them completely. With this underbrim trimming, ribbon is usually selected to make a finish fpr the upper brim. In all —flower hats, the brim-edge is usually bound with yelvet and the under-brim covered with maline or chiffon. As a rule such hats set close

to the head, for naturally the hats entirely covered with flowers are in the smaller shapes. - JULIA BOTTOMLEY.

Conventional Wheat of Satin and Silk Fibre.

Conventional Rose Made of Pink Satin.