Show utility hats of mourning because mourning hats have a lasting place in the scheme of things special fabrics are manufactured foi fol making them besides crape nuns nun s veil ng and grenadine there are beav ier ter silks that are used for the utility hats of mourning crape is often used in the decoration of these hats of heavier silk and since the process of waterproofing it has been bee n dincov ered its durability rivals that of any other silk three mourning hats tor for street wear are shown here dignified and conservative shapes are chosen tor for them and they are made with ex neatness and accuracy tucks and folds and ornaments made of the material are as characteristic of these hate hats as of 0 those made entirely of crape at the left of the picture a sailor hat of chiffon taffeta has a brim of even width all around covered with the silk put on plain and a soft top crown overlapping bias folds cover the side crown and a novel rosette of the silk forms the trimming it is posed squarely in front at the right a hat with a wider brim Is covered with faille silk put on smoothly there Is a ribbon band about the crown and where the brim lifts at the back a bow and e ids of the same ribbon the ornament at the front simulates a bird and is made of overlapping folds of silk on a foundation at the top a hat suited to the ma tron is made of a corded silk it is a tri corne shape and the silk covers the shape smoothly ornaments re dembling sem bling quills are made by winding foundations of wired buckram with bias folds of the silk they are mount ed at the front following the line of the brim at the right and run through rings made in the same way as they are these hats are correct tor for street wear in shape and material and in the methods used in making them they are shown in the correct po pose se on the head jaunty shapes and rakish po poses ses ar are e obviously entirely out of place in mourning millinery |