Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1918 — LEGHORN HAT IS A FAVORITE [ARTICLE]

LEGHORN HAT IS A FAVORITE

Some of This Season's Styles Are Embroidered Directly Upon the HatOther Decorations. '» '« • * ' Exquisitely simple was a leghorn hat of the ever-pleasing “plctbre” shape, with a flat crown and drooping brim. A wide blue ribbon of silver luster and velvety softness was drawn -around the high crown, covering it at one side and crushed at ■the other end in a loose bow with scarf ends which hung over the brim. /Tucked in about the lower edge of the ribbon were roses, alternating with tiny clusters of grapes. A very narrow binding of the blue edged the brim. Upon another large leghorn was laid, {to all appearances, an entire hat of lavender georgette crepe. The crown was soft; (he brim, stiffened with tiny wires, reached almost to the edge of the leghorn brim and was fastened securely to it. About the crown were more soft folds of the crepe. In front was a large cluster of lilacs, reddish Persian blooms and purple blossoms, opened to disclose their bluish petals.

In the heart of the cluster were two blue roses. Some of this season’s leghorns are embroidered directly upon the hat, instead of having flower wreaths or clusters appliqued as embroideries, too, in solid diamonds, squares or scallops in conventional patterns all around the edge. One hat had a pattern of crimson triangles about the brim. A cluster of poppies' in the same shade was embroidered close up to the crown, but lay flat on the brim.