Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1915 — Millinery for the Late Summer [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Millinery for the Late Summer

Just now, when it is late for summer and too early for autumn millinery, the buying of a hat is interesting—and distracting. But a good millinery maxim may settle one’s mind, and that is, when in doubt, choose a sailor. With this shape it is impossible to go wrong,, for they are made and trimmed in such great variety that everyone may be suited. There is a general widening of brims in the latest sailors and much efficient millinery work in finishing them. Crowns are moderate in size or small. It is to the management of trimming that one must look for originality. Corbeau or dark navy blue with white is a favorite color combination and as smart and effective as the everywhere popular black and white. For August, solid white, black and white and dark blue and white may be depended upon as authentic good style. These color combinations appear in the body of the hat or are added to all-white shapes in their trimming. Three sailors for the late summer are shown in the group pictured. At the left a wide-brimmed, hat of white satin has a white brim and dark blue crown. The brim is bordered with a wide flange of the dark blue satin. A big, spreading bow of ribbon is made of dark bine moire laid over a

plain white taffeta. It consists of loops that extend far beyond the crown on which the bow is perched; they reach to the edge of the brim at the right side. A long jet pin is thrust in the bow apparently fixing it to the crown. The hat at the center is in solid white and the shape is shown in several materials, as kid, satin or straw braid. Its trimming is a band of heavy black and white striped ribbon with the simplest of bows at the front centered with a pearl buckle. Another all-white shape is trimmed with white ribbon having a wide satin border. The simple tied bow at the front is mounted on the crown, which is of the sloping variety. Long stems, a single flattened daisy in dark, rich dahlia shades, and one or two glossy leaves in dark green are laid about the brim for trimming.

JULIA BOTTOMLEY.