Show COVERING THE HAT FRAME sure way of getting headgear that thai fits and Is becoming how to economize on millinery tt it is a difficult matter usually to cov er a hat frame so that it looks well Ilo however wever you can do this it if you go 90 about it in the right way if you have an old hat made on a buckram frame that Is becoming the best thing is to recover re cover that then you are sure of a hat that fits end Is becoming you can cover the brim by making a blaa bias band biffl slightly g atly more than twice as wide as the brim joining it in a circle folding it lengthwise through the center slipping it over the brim with the raw edges toward the crown one on a line with the lining and the other on the edge of the outside crown and gat gathering heling the fullness along both edges neatly into place the lining which always goes in after all trimming has been placed covers one of these gathered edges now cover the crown letting the raw edge of the crown piece meet the raw edge of the brim covering over this joining place a neat baud band of straw braid where the two ends end of the braid meet you can arrange the flower trimming sometimes you can wind beneral s eral lengths of straw braid around the lower part of the crown to matee make a band three or four inches wide |