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Show Hats Are the Most Intriguing We've Had for Many a S?con n By CHERIE NICHOLAS A gyrjM X - , , I . . x v - ' ,- "it :-.. 1 - , riviB- a, 4 , ? 1 (b i iyyfw : abound in the millinery picture. It's THE most significant news about millinery fashions this season is that they are utterly, prettily feminine, fem-inine, versatile and flattering. Designed De-signed with a purpose they are hats that patriotically serve as gloom dispellers and spirit uplift-ers uplift-ers in these times so tense with war activities and anxieties. That is why the new hats are so purposefully gay with color, so charmingly be-flowered and be-ribboned, be-ribboned, so flatteringly be-veiled and so versatile in mood. The little flower fantasies with which the spring season is starting off are simply enchanting, but no more so than the new tremendously wide brims so softly and becomingly wrought into graceful lines. Then there are the very diminutive diminu-tive sailors dashing right down over the brow or perched jauntily back of the pompadour, each and every one bewitchingly veiled. There are calots "ad infinitum," and they are set back of the pompadour, too, and the color-bright and debonair wide brimmed felts paired so dramatically dramatical-ly with the new spring suits not a dull moment in millinery realms anywhere! The accompanying group illustration illustra-tion presents a series of outstanding outstand-ing millinery trends. Very feminine is the glamour hat shown in the upper up-per left corner. It Is just such little flowery fantasies which, together with a sprightly whiff of veil, will give fillip to your suit or suit-dress on a sunny spring day. Dusty pink is its color theme, a color that brings out the fresh radiance of a young complexion. Candy straw is the medium and pink flowers are massed at the front. Saucy sailors after the manner of the one pictured to the right, above, abound in the millinery picture. It's made of colorful plaid taffeta, has an upturned brim and plaid streamers. stream-ers. Too smart for words with your spring suit! A hat with a flattering, feminine brim is centered in the group. This "picture" model is of navy toyo with red velvet ribbon and bunches of cherries. In the lower left corner is a flowery confection that typifies what is and what is to be during the coming com-ing months in the way of becoming chapeaux to wear with your gay prints or your softly styled tailleur. And that brings up an important point; namely, it's fashionable to wear flowered headgear with suits nowadays. This has come about because be-cause suits are in such a vast majority. Because of the call for practical clothes, one's, hat and accessories ac-cessories are drafted into the role of supplying the "prettifying" accents. ac-cents. The veil flaunted by this dainty sailor of tusean straw is green. So is the band of felt that encircles the crown. The wealth of wild flowers that adds glory to this winsome sailor are in a pretty confusion con-fusion of multi-colors. Concluding the story of the group, the hat below to the right has one of the new dashing and debonair brims that are the "last word" in casual types to wear with everything every-thing from prints to tailored suits. It is made of powder blue ice cloth with an allover stitching covering the brim. The enhancing veil is black splashed with blue dots. The softly styled blouse is made of a vividly colorful print patterned with enormous flowers, Many of the smartest blouses this season are just like that gay as a tropical garden gar-den in full bloom. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) |