Show I Last Lt Years Year's e s Hat Obsolete I New ew Styles Are AJ Here Recurring as surely as ns does the baseball season straw hat time Ume bobs up every spring The season is about on us now One or or- two local batteries spring fevered fevered fey fey- ered by the smiling skies and eager to grab any loose dollars that may be bein in the the- pockets of or those grown derby and felt weary have decided that it is time to deck their windows with the summer ones Others believing believing be be- lieving that the season is a bit young for window displays show them not but have them largely in stock If It you want a new straw you can buy It it-at it at any store and get the new 1916 models Last years year's straw hats bats were straw piles plIes right They were built in a a. a stack formation Some of or them slanted upward into a truncated cone and gave you the impression that if it the hatter hadn't thoughtfully stopped weaving and placed a top on them they wo would ld have continued to a vanishing point point all all same dunce cap The brims were narrow and the crowns high This years year's models are built for speed They have a long lean rakish app appearance arance The Tho crown Is lower mower the brim is wider Fat at faced men will have hac than more more ot of a chance cnance in the world they had when the 1915 narrow brimmed ones were being done Owing zo fo the high price of ot gasoline it is almost as expensive Pensive to clean up an old hat now as to buy a new one But Dut cle clean n as you might scour as you could on the last s seasons season's vintage there is no chance They are passe passe passe- There T lere is some change this year I in the Panamas They are being built for comfort as ever but will also follow the sailor style Some of them have nifty little creases fore and aft Leghorns also follow the same trend trend- and the the Panamas Panamas Pan Pan- amas with the tho Palm Paint Beach color color color- will likely prove popular If It you are Interested in statistics and want to be sure your our new straw hat Is of the latest dimensions yo yoU might get the clerk to see if it the ha hayou hat you like is anywhere near three ant and one eight i inches high and with a tw two and one inch brim The extremes extremes ex ex- ex of course are wider and higher high high- er the Uie more conservative narrower and lower |