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Show "PREPAREDNESS COSTUMES. Give the salute sartorial the gunboat gun-boat hat is to be the popular headpiece head-piece for those whomen who believe in military preparedness. They are in "yardB" ready to slide down the ways Into handboxes whenever a check is cracked across their bovrs. They are regular hangup bonnets. The cruiser chapeaux, according to a millinery expert, are elongated turbans tur-bans with sharp loops of ribbon that stick out from the crown like guns out of a turret. They bristle like dreadnoughts, but are harmless as peace ships. Other militarist articles of women's apparel have not arrived, but militant mili-tant matrons and maids are looking for The saber pin that holds the hat to the head like a soldier bayoneted to a trench post. The hand grenade meshbag filled with powder and things. Medal of honor buttons. The periscope lorgnette. The green veil that floats about the head like a cloud of chlorine gas. The Zeppelin Parasol. Fleets of gunboat hats may maneuver maneu-ver in the streets soon. Only a strong wind may sink them. They who foot the bills needn't comment. com-ment. Sherman said it for them. Washington Post nn |