A WASTE-PAPER BASKET HAT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 543, 25 June 1909, Page 3

A WASTE-PAPER BASKET HAT.

The extravagance of the headgear, which Jβ a feature of tho fashions of the day, has given rise to numerous skite in the Paris papora ' (writes Mrs. Neish in "M.A.P."), Curiously enough; tho most amusing J havo seen appeared in a very up-to-date ladies' magazine. It took the form of a series of pictures. A girl' is sitting disconsolately at a table. Sho is worried because she cannot got a new hat for an approaching fete. She has not , much more than, a couple of francs. No self-respecting girl could wear a hat that would only cost one shilling and sixpence. In hor distress her eyes stray towards the waste-paper basket. It is odo of those light, pretty woven straw things, and its colour is ■ green. Aα ideal Tho girl seizes the basket, empties it of its contents, looks at it contemplatively for a few minutee; then Tushes to, tho mirror. Sho trios the basket head—it fits admirably. It is supported at the sides by the large pads of her, hair, while at 'the back it obeys the very -latest fashion decreo—it hides the nape of -fhe neck completely and nearly roats on her shoulders. 'It is capital. Sho sots to work at once. Sho has ribbon for a bow; she haa also a length of chiffon. Nothing to buy but a few flowers. Mademoiselle rushes off to do her shopping. She buys a bunch of lnrgo tulips—the fashionable flower of the moment —for ono franc fifty centimes. A wreath of violets and'foliago, about six inches in diameter, for another one franc fifty centimes. And she returns home well content' with her bargain. Sho'at once commences operations on the waste-paper basket, and as tho effect when finished exactly represents a bat popular at this moment, a somewhat detailed de- " scription of tho trimming may be informative as well as amusing. Tho basket really represents tho elongated beehive shape of hat with flat top. At the right eido, rather high up_, bo that they are on a levol with the summit of the' crown, mademoiselle pins her bunch of tulips—quite loosely, be \t under-, stood, so that every blossom shows. Under them, so that it droops slightly over tho ear, she places her bow of green ribbon; near this bow she gathers her length of chiffon, catches it in ' a couple of loops at the back, and leavas two lengths floating—these sho will either tie in a loose knot behind or bring thorn nnder her chin. Tho, wreaft.of violets and foliage is for tho front of tho hatit is put on quite flat just above tho brim, and covers a considerable expanse of space.