Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — SELECT THE HAT NOW [ARTICLE]

SELECT THE HAT NOW

GOOD TIME THIS TO PREPARE FOR COMING SEASON. Women to Whom Economy Appeals Should Take Advantage of Present Situation—Some Hints as to Proper Trimming. At this season the stores are reducing the price of all felt hats, so that if you are needing a midseason hat, one that will last and look well, now is the time to buy. Be sure, however, to select a becoming shape—one that will require little trimming and and one that will be as serviceable In stormy weather as when the sun shines. A small closefitting felt hat, with a round brim turned up on each side, can be trimmed simply with a tiro-inch binding of velvet on the brim’s edge and on the left side a cockade rtiade of satin ribbon held in place with a larger fancy button. An ecru felt that fits the head closely has the brim folded back in front and In the back. This is bound with golden brown velvet, cut on the bias. On the right side Is an old gold ornament holding In place a brown silk tassel. An easily duplicated hat is a broadbrimmed black felt trimmed with a folded band of cream-colored satin ribbon, tied on one side with a manylooped bow. It is best always to wire satin ribbon before making the bows( for the hat. Tack a piece of flat ribbon wire to the center of the ribbon, using a long stitch on the wire and a very tiny stitch on the ribboa. Now when loops are made there will be no difficulty in keeping them upright or in any position desired. When applying a binding to the edge of a hatbrim be sure to have the satin or velvet cut on a true bias. To cut a true bias, lay the lengthwise straight edge of your materials on the crosswise straight and cut through the fold. Now baste the bias strip around the brim’s edge, holding it firmly through the center, then turn in each edge onehalf inch and with a long-and-short Blipstitch sew it in place. When the trimming on a hat is likely to become very much mussed or pulled out of shape when lining the hat, it is best to put the lining in first, leaving it open at the back and where the draw string is inserted, and then sew the trimming In place. ,i