Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1919 — Hats and Parasols Interpret Summer [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hats and Parasols Interpret Summer

Hats and parasols that interpret midsummer —and make us long to have them always with us —are here. It is glorious summer and headwear hints of every outdoor pleasure. Brimmed hats and parasols, not much more substantial looking than white clouds, cast pleasant shadows over eyes that feast themselves upon the out-of-doors. It is impossible to ’ crowd more than three or four of these summer inspirations into one picture, but the group above manages to include some typical and very beautiful styles in the present season’s offerings. Beginning with the parasol, it is a white silk affair, with white enameled wood handle, such as may be found in the stores everywhere and every summer; for it is always good style. It is stenciled with lavender wisteria in a wreath about it, but the resourceful woman who wishes to may stencil it with any other flower or with a flight of birds. And don’t overlook the fact that a white parasol throw’s a flattering light upon the face. At the left of the group, one of those glorified sport styles, known as veranda hats, is shown. It is made of row on i*w of narrow* satiiF ribbon, with little figures woven in it They appear to be those two mascots known as Nanette and Rintintin, now that peace has arrived, settled down to domestic joys. Such hats are at once smart and informal. At the right the always welcome wide-brimmed leghorn hat is pictured, with a facing of georgette crepe and an upper brim edged and ornamented with tuscan braid. Maidenhair fern and Mttle braid blossoms stray over the crown, and a sash

of velvet ribbon makes a proper finale to this favored midsummer composition. Airiest and most picturesque of summer hats is shown at the bottom of the group. It is a poke bonnet shape with brim of hair braid and crown of georgette crepe, with roses and. foliage clambering over It. There is nothing so good, for a finishing touch, as the sash of velvet ribbon —that is 'tied about the crown.