The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-27
WOMAN'S WORLD.
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How they pile on the hat agony. II
must be mighty disheartening to them
to watch their choicest efforts in Haunt
ing bows and bristling wings ruthiessiy
torn to pieces by dissatisfied women Al
least if they order it done, which amounts
to the same thing.
4sTake off some of the weight. rake II
off. Abe hats are too heavy. We cannot
wear them. They give us frightful head
aches. Velvet, must we wear velvet?'
These are sample laments. They reach
the dismayed ears Of the head milliner
a dozen times a day. She, in a frenzy OF
despair, tries to modify her tactics, but
somehow the overloaded hat turns up
with persistent regularity,
was having a little chat over hats
the other morning when the very pleas
ant young woman waiting on me offered
me some tips. Here is one" Said she:-
There has got to be a change somehow.
We cannot sell our hats as they are now
trimmed. l know this, and when a new
one comes down from the workroom l
always wonder how long before 1t VIII
have to go back and be made lighter. we
untrim about as fast as we trim. Inc
ladies who come here. to shop complain
50 of headache. never in all my porn
DAYS heard such a constant complaint as
This one. They just won't wear these
hats and that's all there is about It..
Il must say the women need help and
svmuathy.s l replied, as I balanced a
ridiculous mixture of fuss and feathers
on nv head. See this model. Doesn't
Il link as If it had ben blown together
from the four corners of the earth?'
And il did. 1t was made of materials
that might have come from the tropics
ar the North Pole. There was a Wlio
sbntflipg together of ideas in fur and
ea,,za strange brilliant birds tails quiv-
cred above fur and gauze. 1t was Welro,
booaooish. would not like to have met
it in the dark.
haven't a doubt that before night
that thing will be up in the wogkroom.
somebody will come along and order tne
whole hat changed nv, Dut the NUS
women are having a hard time.
.4rhey Look like scarecrows, regular
scarecrows In. such head hxings. mere
the young woman save a chuekle.
There is no sensible millinery Wnat
are we going TO do about 1t? Do? have
our own way, to be sure. We won't wear
heavy skirts. Most of us will spend the
very last penny we can rake and serape
together for silk Things. Not that we
care two figs for the style OF ths 'Ahihs'
We want TO be comfortable We want 10
GO abo9t enjoying the lovely sensation
Of being able 70 walk without a drag on
bips and back. We are just as persist
emf about head comfort. Hats must be
tighter. Coiffures at the present moment
are cratic enough with their frizz and
fro,,zie without sticking or them hats
tba look as il they might break the neck
of q slender thraated woman.
The sea sons craze for velvet is largely
,aznonxibIe for weighty creations. Folds
an5 nlaits and shirrtnes and bands that
etay5 inches high. ana bows pointed and
rans square ali velvet. and quite too ele-
r.r+ according to the miIliner's idea,
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