Show Straw Hat Season Not Open But a Few Men Wear Them EXT T Sunday Sunda May ay 15 5 is the date da te NEXT N decreed by y custom and fashion for the beginning of the open season for the gay and festive straw hat hat when the show windows of the hat stores store of Salt Lake will wil blossom forth forthwith forthwith with wih a display of or summer headgear ar that promises to be truly wonderful Strictly speaking the hats are not noton noton noton on sale Just yet but the shopkeepers wont throw anybody out who comes in inand Inand inand and asks for a hat ahead of time So SoI If I you are polite polte and look trustworthy a salesperson may take you upstairs and show sho you may the stock any anY time be between between between tween now and May 15 A few enterprising enter enterprising enterprising haberdashers have window ex exhibits exhibits hibits of f straw hats In I most hat stores there are ar no exi ex extreme teme styles this year The hats are Inclined to be Merry but I not annoyingly so A straw stra of a pine I apple aple braid braida a sort of lattice work ef of effect effect which is irritating to t ones eye eyesight sight is the only extraordinary ot nary pat pattern pattern pattern tern Although this variety variety weighs a trifle I more than a pound its brim is not more Dore than four inches wide while last last years I pattern registered from five to six Inches The Milan braid and Belgian and Swiss straw stra Will wil be worn a great geat deal and China splits will wIl be beas as popular popular popular lar as ever A A hat of close woven rough weave Is a decided novelty n vely In anticipation of cf c the straw hat sea season se season son the city druggists have already laid in a big seasons stock of cleaning material that is guaranteed to make an old straw hat look just like new Many of ot these preparations adorn the show windows of the druggists to together t together gether with wih an old straw hat showing the wonderful cleaning qualities quaites of o the preparations |