Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1918 — To Insure Becoming Hats [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

To Insure Becoming Hats

There are not many things that afford a woman more real satisfaction than to know that she is wearing a becoming hat, and her chances of acquiring such a valuable asset were never better than they are now. The shapes brought out this season are graceful and varied. There are almost no freakish hats, and there is a wide range of styles and considerable variation in size—ln fact a hat for all types of faces. It is a good idea to give plenty of time to the selection of the right shape and to remember that trimming sometimes plays tricks upon the eye—altering the proportions of the shape apparently. The first essential of becomingness In a' hat shape lies In Its proper fit. It is because the head size is too large or too small that many a pretty hat falls short of being a success on the head of its owner. When the head size Is wrong all the lines are wrong: the crown too large or too small and the brim, therefore not in the right position. When this matter of first impbrtance is taken care of the other details of color, and trimmings and style are not hard to manage. ' Three hats shown here are irreproachable in style and quality of material and workmanship. The hat at the left Is a good semidress model of sand-colored crepe georgette, having its upper brim of satin-straw braid in the same color. There is an odd drape made of the braid that extends across the front and It makes a fine background for the shorb and beautifully

marked eagle quill that is posed against It The hat at the right is also of crepe georgette. It is a wide-brimmed model; one of those "halo” brims that are becoming a fixture in the millinery styles of midsummer. It is beautifully made with a balmasqne finish about the edge of the brim. The trim consists of a collar, covered with narrow plaited ribbon, and small, conventional flowers of braid with stems. A hat very similar to this js covered with georgette tucked in the fashionable narrow cross tucks and finished with crepe flowers applied flat to the crown. They are hand made of the same crepe as the hat. These widebrimmed, transparent or semitransparent hats, will make lovely headwear for the June bridesmaid and the June bride. A hat of fine black milan faced with saud colored crepe finishes the group. It is trimmed with clusters of lacquered leaves, at each side of the front, in a bright shade of light blue. Hats are not easy to make this season. They require the work of a professional milliner.