ADAPTABLE HATS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 625, 30 September 1909, Page 3

ADAPTABLE HATS.

.;;,.As,o.nr:hpts,gTpvr larse? and;largfir, ; .tho jokes . fa-.reference' to ''thorn'. Become more and. more '.•;: frcquenti'-writes,' a; French' corrbsppndeht.' Hero ;:>. is; thejatest,- .asigiren7by ;the. ."Eigaro":—'-'lt's ;,most.aniioying,".says.one ni'an'to:another, "I ■•■■., cannptsreflt ,'the:.prettyi villa; which! I 'had -at • ■Dieppe < v:-last.-..xear.";'.-,*TVhy- hot?" '.asks -the ;, other,.--:, replies;;his; friend,', fit- -is" -top;Bmall.-,£or.'my -.wifeY.hats.';'Evidently that ■■ man-yrasj.unac(iuainted! r with..the. latest thing ;:in the.millinery.yorld.j, I Just,'(isi I wft i h'ivo "de--nip'ntahle") tyres for 'bur. autocars, ..so. we' 'now •- ,have'"demontable".-hats for .wearing when on /-tourJpr 'pri"'i)ther occasions.' '■ More than' r 'ohb , hit,upon' the\deyicß-. ■■ ■-. «;.; ar^an'g^^g , , ~>f' "so.' that : .:; either can be ,thb s'amo shape';"'' But ' - the idea..has- .'now; been - carried ".further, and /,,:we. haye: two.;difierently.:. shaped crbwhs'vthat ■-can be'affixed to. tho-same brim by means of '■.'invisibles fasteners.', ; A'nd 'the crowns, too.'cah . tllemsclTes.-,be ■:., worn)- wjthoufc.the .brims as .toques .for..'travelling/' or; when• touring in a. '.: car. ithe.usual' materials can- be emPWS.;f9r..'these.;drqwns, ; . and' brims, straw, .1 or "muslin;. but- perhaps tho'ino'st practical a'white or' { BomerneiitMlUtint, such .as 'biscuit or putty, . .permit of trimmiiigs of i quite dif-, ';,;ferent; : qplo.urs.:?An ; ample'chifron , : .and:khotted.rourid.-.the..cjQwn, with the addi- ■; tion of .a/couplp.of;,qflills or. wings, will make : ; a use.ful.outocar.'hat;.;Fasten o'nVthe brinl and .' an shady.' beach hat; is the- result. Substitute a trimming;in.the.form'-.'of a'broad ..~ band ::6.fV:^attier.,bluo:; velvet,Von' which- are ,; arranged,-circles.'of .tiny' roses,' and you ; >: day. . ', you can'-trim'it -with' an am'pio wreath of deep ■;' orimson-'ros>s. l -.''A:.shcirt.ostrich boa,' :too, is not to be;despaired ,'as, trimming,' and it can easily : ::M.™ d,:,wjth"a'.couple of 'paste slido .brooches. , ... AJI.-.these- sets of-trimmings.must bo •: ranged -'.that,' no • "few stitches" are. required, . -will- soon 'bo- gone: Hooks . \ and eyes .should :bbv, employed;., and •'. with the ..flowers •mounted-on ;a" ribbon this is simplicity ,'■; itself.; :Two : such hats,:a'.light, and a darlc ono, .'.. : with,'apprppriato:;"Ba'rhitu'res/' and perhaps an ..., additional" summer ..Charlotte, ■ would.'•, amply • wfficVfpr-.a suminer'''seasbii':and "reduce tho . difficuUles.,;of, traVeHirig hat-boxes to' a mihi- : ;mum.-;;.v ; ;". .--::•.■'■.',.'.• .:•,-. ..';..'•'■.. ■ - - ~■