Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1916 — HATS TO MATCH THE EYES [ARTICLE]

HATS TO MATCH THE EYES

Pretty Notion of the Season Popular With Mothers Who Are Blessed With Little Girls. Sa ________ Mothers, this season, are adopting the rather pretty notion of matching the hats worn by their little girls with the wearer’s eyes. The- brown-eyed youngsters have hats of Tuscan straw and blue-eyed youngsters wear white Milan with blue ribbon trimming exactly matching the gray blue or sea blue shade of the iris. Black hats are for children with gray or hazel eyes. Children’s hats, like the hats worn by women this year, have rather high crowns, but the head size is always large, so that the hat slips down well over the hair. Nothing is uglier than a small, high-perched crown on a childish head. The smaller the hat Itself the lower it must descend to be smart. Very soft Milans are worn by children who can afford the best in millinery, and there are new plaid Mila- ns > made of strands of colored straw, that are very distinctive. Some of these are In the Glengarry or Scotch shape. A red and white plaid Glengarry is trimmed with a band and streamers of red velvet ribbon and a cluster of bright red cherries near the front. Sailor hats of colored Milan with crown top and trimmed band of colored glazed kid are also very smart. Children’s sailor hats this year are saucy and dashing in shape, especially those of the jack tar or coast guard type. Picture hats for special wear are of Leghorn, or very fine white Milan hemp, with wide, supple brims and rather low crowns. A band of black velvet ribbon tied in a small bow, with long streamer ends, and a single rose, hand-made, of silk, constitute a modish trimming for such a hat.