Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1915 — Hats for Southern Journeyings [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hats for Southern Journeyings

IF these fortunate ones who escape winter by journeying South are worried by misgivings as to what they shall wear, they may set their minds at rest. Gowns for southern tourists, as enchanting as those in seasons past, and millinery as exquisite as has ever been worn, are all at hand. Whether or not they are inspirations from creators of styles in Paris or in America is not the important matter. They are here and they are lovely, and those who wear them or those who go to see them are not. to be disappointed.

In hats for. southern wear the panama is playing the leading role. There are many shapes to choose from in this beautiful weave. Among them moderately large hats on the sailor order, with either straight or rolling brims, and others that droop back and front contrive to be becoming to almost every wearer.

Many people must confine their traveling to America this year, and a greater throng than ever will see and be seen in the fashion parade grounds of the South. What is worn there will be worn later in the North. Styles that survive and for which a demand is created will become our fashions for the summer season. It is pleasant to contemplate, therefore,’the survival of such attractive headwear as the two hats shown here. A dressy panama, in shepherdess style, is edged with a narrow border of lace and trimmed with a band and tyriging loops and ends of velvet fibbon. A flower motif with" foliage is applied flat to crown and brim without any attempt at regularity. This is a wonderfully chic and elegant hat. The second hat has been christened with several names, each with refer- 1 ence to the straw of which it is made. One hears it called “the lemon straw,” “the barnyard" and “the'rustic.” This last best expresses it It? flk woven of large lustrous -straws and shown in

many colors. It looks best in the straight-brimmed shapes, of which an example is given here. * Poinsettias, simulated in ribbon, or other flowers posed flat against the crown, make a most effective trimming against so brilliant a background.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.