Show For Women j Use UseY Your our Imagination in Sprucing Up The The- Discarded Hats Found About Home About H Hats By Vivian Brown When youre you're looking through your summer wardrobe for ideas dont don't discard that old straw hat With a R little Ingenuity and a flower or a veal you can transform transform transform trans trans- form it into a modern creation If its it's yellow tinged or dusty send it to be cleaned and blocked ked first Sometimes you'll need a little Imagination yourself a about b o ou u t cleaning ning In experimenting enUng with witha a last years year's white straw which 8 a cleaner wouldn't ta tackle kle peroxide peroxide peroxide per per- oxide brushed lightly over the straw which was set in the sun did the trick Any remedy of t. t this is kind Is best tried first on a small area If you get caught in the rain in yo your r straw bonnet be sure to wipe of off the surplus water with witha a clean cloth as soon as you get home For For Fora a mans man's straw the leather head-band head should be turned out so that air can circulate This will help dry out perspiration in inthe inthe inthe the leather too Then using the thet t turned out leather as a stand the hat can be he set aside to dry slowly vly without artificial heat Summer hats should be brushed frequently A soft clean brush for Panamas and other fine weave straws and a whisk brush for th the stiff brim sailors 1 Removing the dust the possibility of at dust spots if caught in a shower Always keep your straw hat hatin hatin hatin in a box when it is not in use |