Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1916 — FORERUNNERS OF SUMMER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FORERUNNERS OF SUMMER

If you ask the milliner that important question which she has been called upon to answer so often: “What are they wearing?” she may answer “everything,” and speak the truth. If there was ever anything in the way of materials or trimmings used in headwear, that has not reappeared In spring showings, let it be hoped no one will recall It. Not a thing is conspicuous by its absence, and the seeker after new millinery has too many things to choose among. There are hats large and hats small and, they have arrived to stay until the close of the season. These are hats In between. But the wise milliner might hint that there is less distinction in medium than in extreme sizes. She will be safe in recommending wide brimmed hats for either street or dressy wear. And she Bhould warn you against buying anything simple unless it be a sports hat, for the modes demand elaboration. Two midsummer hats with flounces of georgette crepe over their brims are pictured They are destined to win over the severest taste to their elaborate and fine style. The hat at the left is made entirely of crepe over » frame with brim wider at the back, than in front. It would be quite complete as a hat, without its ruffles. But fashion says flounces, so there are two of them that softly embrace the brim. There is a band of velvet ribbon about the crown with an “ingenue”

bow at the front. This would be the prettiest thing about the hat if it were not for a bouquet of violets and roses at the back. The hat at the right is a leghorn with facing of crepe chiffon. Flounces of crepe veil the upper brim and a monture of roses and buds springs from the crown. Just to show that she can add something more in trimming without having a bit too much the designer has looped narrow ribbon over the brim at the front and back and midway between.