Show meeting spring halfway 1 r A t it has come to be tile the fashion to begin wearing in january millinery that takes note of the coming of spring and ignores the bitter fact that the thermometer sticks around the zero mark with a cru cruel el persistence some borne women even wedi arar a straw hat in de defiance flance of weather weather that compels them to fortify rhems themselves elves against atwith it with heavy fur ur coati coats others choose cheerful deml flegl season hats I 1 that seem to be designed denny deany for any clini climate ate they do not belong definitely to any season in this new spirl spring ug song of millinery that malies makes itself heard everywhere in january they are the important tind sustaining theme A group of three of these first hats of spring Is pictured above women who are going south may choose any one of the three with the as assurance it will bear comparison son with any of the hats hafs it will meet women 0 aho o are not going or whose stay will be brief may inny select to out odthe of the three and wear them anywhere the lint hat nt at the top Is made of dark purple vi violets over a frame that mot is covered with purple satin it Is just a mass of flowers crowded together with a sash and bow of purple velvet lined with cerise satin tied about it it looks no more out of place in the midst of northern snows than the violets in the florists window and Is just as refreshing to look at the hat bat at the right t Is of bf varnished shed black milan braid faced with black taffeta silk it hai haa a crushed sash eash and ft gen generous brous bow of many loops made of taff taffeta etri ribbon for style and nil all round brouna usefulness the southern ou thern tourist will find this little black hat equal to almost any demand at the left Is one of those thoe weatherproof novelties which may be worn anywhere it 1 Is made of strips of patent leather thai ts Is millinery patent leather which Is light and pliable braided in narrow strands the shape Is covered with these strands and the lint hat Is faced with black taffeta an ornament A which looks like n pair of narrow wings Is iundy of rainproof rain proof gellnes braid with the patent leather there are other lovely hats of this fabric put on plain over the frame and faced with colored s silk they are usually trimmed with flat embroidered motifs tacked to jo the crown rainproof hats anti and garments these lays days have to bo be more lhnn they aliey must also aiso ile he attractive a n beauty loving world demands tills this yi Dc wt 7 |