Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1915 — Two of the New Trimmed Sailors [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Two of the New Trimmed Sailors

Included under the name of "sailors” there are hats so varied that they seem to embrace the majority of all hats. Every shape having a brim equally wide all around needs no other requirement it as belonging to the sailor contingent in spring millinery. The brims vary in width from a mere inch-wide strip supporting the crown to the big “cart wheel” six or more inches wide, which is the latest addition to the ranks of the sailor. Those sailors pictured in the illustration given here are medium sized and therefore generally becoming. They are sensible hats, serving the purposes of headwear, and they embody new style features which give them distinction. Two views are given of a rough straw French sailor, that is, one having the brim curved upward, all around. It is lifted -at the left side by means of a bandeau. The coarse straw of brilliant luster has been called by the uncompromisingly plain name of “barnyard” straw, also as “lemon” or "dipper” straw. It is just what its name implies—a natural straw but

it is most beautifully woven. The hat is trimmed with narrow faille ribbon cut in short lengths, with bias ends. A wreath is made of these lengths and they are sewed over a circular wire with each strip overlapping the preceding strip. A fan is made of overlapping strips with fine wire encased in one edge of each strip for support. This is mounted on the crown at the back. The pretty touch of flowers on the bandeau against the hair is a revival of an old, familiar and beloved method of trimming too good to be long neglected. The third picture shows a sailor of georgette crepe over a frame. It has a soft top crown. The side crown shows a flat applique of berries, little daisies and foliage. This flat pose of blossoms is repeated on the brim, where little clusters are joined by long stems. In the middle of the front a small, flat bow of velvet ribbon is posed against the crown, and at the back (pops and ends of velvet ribbon finish the trim of an unusually attractive haL