Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1919 — Charm of Spring in Millinery [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Charm of Spring in Millinery

Four hats that are nothing less than four spring songs, each as different from the others as it can be, intrigue the buyers of new millinery to consider their merits. They are totally different, each from the others, in character and bespeak a little thought on the part of the fair one who is about to make a selection; for they are suited to differing types of worn-, en. It is the woman who understands her own style that will maike.the most careful study of them. The large hat at the top of the group will look well on a great number of heads, especially if its wearers have something of youthfulness in ficure and carriage, or something of stateliness in its place. The big hat is for whoever can carry it oft and it is quite generally becoming. This mod.el is a wide-brimmed Milan faced with georgette crepe, and has high velvet daisies applied flat to the crown, and long stitches of chenille to rive unity to this trimming. There is a pretty feather ornament atjhe left side. Flowing lines in these large hats make them the delight of tall women, and especially in a season when long skirts are worn. At the left Of the group there is an adorable poke bonnet. Right away it brings to mind a petite figure, and quite likely a taffeta frock or one of voile, and a gentle face. Its crown is covered with ribbon put on in correctly 'even rows and held in place by silk stitches. The brim is covered with georgette and bound with ribbon, also fastened down with stitches. For trimming it has a sash of the ribbon tied about the crown and

fruit across the front. One would expect to find the wearer of the smart hat shown at the right in a trig but not simple tailored dress or suit and very up-to-date. The square-cornered shape is covered with georgette crepe and has a protecting brim that droops a little, and is bound with a soft, brilliant braid. The same braid makes a band about the side crown, that has narrow picot-edged ribbon laced through it. A flat bow with ends, of this ribbon, is fastened against the crown and brim and a small rose is settled with some fruit at the base of the crown. The last hat is a crisp little affair in brilliant black braid that one would expect to find covering the head of a well-groomed, tailor-made type of woman. Its lines proclaim it a fine hat for matronly wearers and the only concession it makes, in the way of trimming, is a flat, wired loop of rather narrow ribbon posed on the top. It !s a businesslike and viva-cious-looking hat, as original as it is simple. w Jr '' ' '