Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1917 — KNIT HAT OF SATIN RIBBON [ARTICLE]

KNIT HAT OF SATIN RIBBON

One Hundred and Forty Yards Required to Weld the Fascinating Piece of Headgear Into Shape. At the precise moment that the command is issued to reduce the measurement of every new frock we are confronted with a hat which exacts no less than 140 yards of ribbon, to make it, says a Paris letter. Just think of it! One hundred and forty yards to fashion an amusing fancy for resort. It may be as well to add that the ribbon chosen is satin, as a rule, and it is knitted into shape according to the latest whim of Dame Fashion. These hundred and forty yards of ribbon, however, will not run the risk of compromising either the resources or the future of our country, for many young coquettes find amusement in welding this fascinating type of headgear into shape by their own agile fingers. For sport and country wear the vogue for crocheted or knitted hats, made either in silk or wool, grows each day, and, always evolved in the most “vivid hues” possible, these affairs are made; to harmonize with the jersey or sports coat and the scarf they accompany.