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Show I -a I II Midsummer Brings Its Invariable Picturesqueness I In Millinery Tulle for the Formal Hat, and I Roses Joo If One Will - Smartest Sport I Hats Almost Without Trimming. 9 uHt Y JULT"r ospccally If one Is plan-Pi plan-Pi Mm nlnS a vacatlon trJP two or -M 111 threo new hats aro absolutely JBUT essential. Hat styles chango a . every six weeks now, Instead of every M eIx months as they used to do in the W- good old days of the nineteenth cen-I) cen-I) tun twenty years ago, almost, now! ;. But let not the vacationer indulgo too : lavishly in midsummer millinery, tempted by the fascinating display of . models on every hand, for by August tho first early autumn chapeaux will Mm be decorating shop windows and the jM moment these new-season models ap-pear, ap-pear, whether one disapproves of jfl"thus rushing tho season" or not, it 'A is lamentably truo that no summer I hat, however stunning in itself, can have the cachet of smartness, A hat or two, nevertheless, the average aver-age woman must positively havo for her sojourn by hill or sea; something fresh and enchantlngly becoming for fotc wear with dainty frocks, and somothlng knowingly modern for morning wear with sport costumes. And very probably, something new and good-lookiag for traveling, also. The wise woman knows that a hat counts I for so very much when she goes among strangers almost moro than all the rest of the costume put together. to-gether. A stunning hat can carry off a mediocre frock, but no frock can hope to accomplish the same trick with a shabby or out-of-date hat. A New Sport Hat Of Scotch Plaid Straw A bright colored little sport sailor has mado Its appearance just In time for vacation wear. It la woven of straw and a kiltie plaid pattern In colored col-ored threads intersects the straw ' : 6trands. A band of plain colored silk 'l t or satin Is wound around tho crown i and It la altogether a cool, comfort-i comfort-i ; able and smart little affair for morn-I morn-I : lng wear with cotton frocks and sport . i suits Another new sport sailor is plc-, plc-, tured. a simple round shapo of coarso ; ; straw banded with silk drawn Into shlrrings in a honeycomb or smoocked effect that Imitates the straw weave 1 of the hat Graceful streamers of grosgraln ribbon tra.ll ovor the brim ft' at one side and may bo twisted about fi tho throat or allowed to fall forward over the shoulder. Tho pictured hat fl is of gray straw with smocked band and streamers In navy bluo; and tho hat cornea also in tan straw with brown band and streamers. Smartest Sport. Sailors Arc Little Trimmed The best dressed women are wearing wear-ing sailors of rough straw banded only with grosgraln ribbon; or high-crowned, high-crowned, narrow brimmed sailors of very firje mllan straw with tho narrowest nar-rowest of ribbon bands. These hats depend on their material and shapo I rather than on any charm of trimming for distinction, and black straw snnri hats of this typo are exceedingly good looking with sport costumes rich in color. There Is also tho pompon sailor, wido of brim, with rather largo crown, and with a cluster of silk pompons pom-pons tucked Into tho angle of crown and brim toward the back, at one side. All the sport hats havo large crowns so that they fit down well over tho head, coming to the line of eyebrows and ears. Tho hair is puffed over the ears to show beneath the low-worn hat, and a good many women, this summer, arc using the artificial car-puffs car-puffs which glvo the fashionable colf-furo colf-furo effect under the hat yet keep their soft fluffy wave, however damp or humid the weather. Flattened Flower Petals A Favorite Trimming Betwocn tho tailored sport hat and the elaborate fete hat, comes the semi-sport semi-sport hat; a summer chapeau of all-around all-around usefulness for It may bo worn with morning or afternoon frocks, or even with the traveling costume. These hats are in tho most charming shapes, "this year, and they arc often far moro becoming than the tailored sport hat which looks well nniv costumes of spic-span, tailored type. A semi-sport hat of tho kind under consideration Is pictured In the large model with brim rolled back to give tho continental, or three-cornered line. This hat, you see, would look well with a foulard afternoon frock, or a gingham ging-ham morning frock. It could accompany accom-pany an organdy successfully if one wero stajlng somewhere without a large supply of hcadcovbrlngs to select se-lect from. The hat in tho picture is a model of flexible straw, faced under the brim with blue silk. The crisp and dashing aeroplane bow is made of blue ribbon and a touch of strong Midsummer I r VV' p HS. f OTP General I'MWMm JmMKsXm Uheckcd organdy is trimmed with a YfeS'if LYlaadeSl'T jWWm''A ' 1& band of patent leather on which Is jT -q T J " ' &ffiw'i ff ! hand painted a garland of littlo roses. OJ. I eai L Hi k '' . &-tlf f a" .V C - -ygk " 'I There are large sailors ""of blue Gt TaLV ST1C1. i&W ' '" '''' f 'Jit'" ' . W I Georgette crepe with white satin sash FTst-c -oly S W1' ' :i 1 i r '.': -'..WVv'- 1 tj&m 8 banded around the crown and falling lA-ciQ JDLU. if ?lf '-'. ' C ' iT I In fringed ends at one side; and there V- "" ' i"-' m'NS. S arc perfectly Irreslstlblo hats of pale 1 pink embrolderod Georgotto with transparent mushroom brim and 1 crushed band of the nlnk crcpo tied color is given by the cluster of rosy cherries that danglo below the ribbon bow. Some of those useful soml-3port hats arc trimmed with wings; and moro.nnd more models aro appearing each day with the crushed lower crown trimming, noted on a few, very exclusive French hats earlier In the season. The effect has evidently caught popular fancy, for It Is fast becoming a hallmark of the midsummer midsum-mer season in millinery. The big white flowers, usually of velvet, are spread out flat and appllqued to tho crown, not interfering with tho line of tho hat, but almost hiding tho top and sides of the crown. One sees the big white velvet flowers, In pansy shape (much enlarged of coursej appllqued ap-pllqued on hats of dark mllan, and an coarse straws of lighter tone. A particularly piletty hat of this typo Is of navy blue straw, faced with white satin, and trimmed with white velvet appllqued pans'.es. Transparent Hals A Midsummer Craze The hat of Georgette or of organdy is more than pretty it is light as a feather to wear; and this Is Bomothlng to consider when every added ounce of wardrobo is a burden on a midsummer mid-summer day. These dainty transpar- cnt hats aro a fad of the hour one eannot call them in any sense an economical Investment. Their vogue will soon pass and the' must be dls- carded after a few weeks' wear for a Georgette or organdy hat can never be repressed and rctrlinmcd another season sea-son as a model of good quality straw can be. But thoro Is no doubt that tho transparent hats are fetching affairs and ono must absolutely have one If she can! A checked organdy poke shape In blue and white has a big bow of bluo ribbon across the back; another poke of pink and blue In a butterfly bow at the back. The Fete lint All Tullo And Flowers But discussion of the transparent l.sport hats has brought us into the realm of formal, or fete hats for midsummer mid-summer days. It is difficult, when one goes away for a short vacation, to carry along a hat of this sort, but It must be done, by hook or by crdok. this year! Xobody goes hatless these days, and the practice would bo spo-' daily bad form at any afternoon affair formal enough to make an elaborate frock essential. There are so many war relief entertainments this summer lawn partlos. out-of-door bazaar?. mm veranda bridgo parties, and the like ono simply must patronize theso af LL fairs, at whatever summer resort one happens to bo staying; and such oc- casions demand tho very prettiest cos- tumcs at one's command. The or- gandy or chiffon frock will not be of LL much use unless thoro be, to accom- LL pany it, something ravishing in tho LL way of millinery. LL Most of these midsummer fete hats LL are swathed with tulles, over or un- LL der tho brim sometimes in both LLl places. Tho big hat pictured has LL yards of white tulle, attached at the LL back in streamers, and these streamers wind about the throat and partly over LA the face In most becoming stylo. The LL hat, itself, is of leghorn, and the brim fl has been slashed and slipped part LL way up tho crown, at tho back, to t glvo a poke shape to tho hat The LM crown Is mado of shirred pink chiffon LLA and is banded with hcllotropo velvet JLM ribbon, tied in a flat bow at the loft side. Some palo plnklsh-mauvc silk roses fill in tho hollow between crown - WM and brim at tho back, and on tho IH crown, below tho turned up brim is ttM arranged the tulle bow with Its long IH streamers. LL Another picture hat illustrated to- jH day is of violet colored straw with a facing of palo violet satin. Tho shape of tho brim Is very graceful, shading without eclipsing tho face. Roses and shaded purple asters are arranged thickly around the crown and there Is a bow of soft, wide violet satin ribbon on tho brim, across tho back of tho Traveling hats for midsummer are ' small, smartly shaped affairs of straw, with wing trimming or aeroplane bows of ribbon that gives dashing expres- . jH sion and vivacity to otherwise dlgni-fied dlgni-fied and demuro little turban shapes. |