Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1915 — Millinery Eloquent of Midsummer [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Millinery Eloquent of Midsummer

Three hats, typical of those that are intended for wear in the heart of the summer, are examples of high art in millinery. They represent the work of trained professionals both in their' conception and in the execution of the careful and difficult work required to carry out the designers’ ideas.

The wide-brimmed hat of crepe georgette trimmed with grapes has a low round crown of the crepe supported by the lightest of wire frames. The side crown is a broad band of hemp braid bound with crepe, and the “halo” brim is supported by this band. The brim edge is finished with the narrowest of bindings, made of the hemp. All the body of the hat is in a tint of pink so pale that it may he called a flesh color. There Is a band of narrow ribbon in lavender about the crown, and long ends of It ii»ng from a bow underneath the brim. It would be hard to imagine a daintier background for the rich wreath of grapes and leaves and tendrils that lie about the brim. They are in deep purplish red, in pale green, and in thad.es of the ripening grape. A second hat has a mil an crown and brim in a shepherdess shape, with

the brim extended in width by a shirred covering of fine point d’esprit net. The milan is in'the light yellow of the natural straw and the net is white. A sash of moire ribbon in light blue is crushed about the crown over a band of velvet ribbon. It is brought over the brim at the back and c&ught on the under brim, hanging in a single long end behind. A single big pink rose set in its foliage has a very up-to-date pose on the front brim. The third hat, of leghorn, is trimmed with embroidered chiffon which is laid flat about the crown, and a raffle of chiffon attached to the brim. This chiffon is usually in white, with several colors in the embroidered border, but may be had in light blue, maize or pink, and in deeper tones of blue or brown. A sash of velvet ribbon with long hanging ends, and three little nosegays of roses set in small flowers complete the decoration. The leghorn shape in the natural color of the -straw admits of many color schemes in trimming, tor it harmonizes with everything. But light, attractive colors, with pink, in the lead, have the preference for midsummer hats. g JULIA BOTTOM LEY.