Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-06

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,,rl come to stay, but While it LASTS
'r,-.an are embracing the opportunity
,,- comfort it offers. says the Chicago
rtroniele. 1t is like the shirtwaist for
wan so sensible on the very face OF 1t
,baf MO woman can help being proud OF
ta~ sex for its independence, And yet,
arsr one thinks of it, there is nothing
cha is Independent from but herself
b5rself and her hat. She has forgotten
r,3 1f the conceit that her hair VIII
br,v. 0fl or come down or look badly.
In fact. within the past few months She
has become quite proud of her couture
and is willing that the public should
,aze upon it unobstructed by hats or
wells.
Now that it is proper to be seen in
raaia bareheaded every woman is de-
Hrntad with the custom and is certain
che has always wanted it so. And yet,
when one remembers the trouble there
was over the theater hat and the de-
finance with which all women met the
innovation, it is hard to believe that all
women could so easily have been won
nv sense and courtesy without the aid
os fashion 1t is hard to find a woman
tadav who ever thought it anything but
r.gh. and proper and to hear them talk
one would believe they had each been
regE- and waiting for an opportunity
TO adopt the plan.
Women today are quite independent
of their hats, but yet not so !udepend-
emit as to so without them while the
sun shines. This is not because they
are afraid of the sun; they court a
healthy tam but fashion has ruthlessly
barred the day from the hat immunity.
As soon as the sun sets millinery dis
apDa3rs and hatless women are seen in
every nook and corner of the city
Driving on the boulevards. at the the
aters. in the downtown. cafes, every
where, women must go without the
lelst yestige of head covering To
shop next morning or even to market,
the hat must appear. SO severe has
fashion been in her decree,
Fad Springs Up Suddenly.
And it is all so sudden this hatless-
ness. a month ago the woman who
appeared without her hat was subject
for comment. She was a very brave,
INDEPENDENT woman who had no re
gard for fashion and had not even
heard the rumor from Newport of the
approaching popular fancy. She went
without her hat because she was more
comfortable so. She was quite I'M
conscious that her good sense was a
forerunner Of frivolity. Later on when
the whisper of Hats off, came from
The east this woman found everyone
Harttus to her standard and friends
who had previously disagreed with her
on the subject accepted her point OF
view with a haste which caused her
aonsU cradle surprise until she dlscoV-
era the true reason for the change 81
opinion.
.ualr me-" she said one day TO a
trH Il thought at first l was a re-
former. but ] find it is all by accident
tr got on the track of fashion ana
she ran me down"
8ubtadly the new fashion is the
r.s. Of the persistent efforts OF re-
ors and Legislators who espoused
#a uso of a Observation-Disclosures
.". Women, at first afraid to I'M
their heads in public for fear
r. .lmps were out OF order, had TO
b. red to 1t under penalty of eTpul-
a0m the theaIer Young girls
# naw hats and middle-aged women
65nnets were, of all the refrac-
mes. the most difficult to manage.
0. middle-aged woman pursed up
.. . when .Ae rules were read to
She held her peace, bonnet on
'. had established a precedent with
.. Hnlca would not be overruIed.
. she thought her bonnet was
enough TO eyade notice. II my
. anuoys anyone it is without
it IS not large enough to OBJ
anvones view 1t never for
ae occurred to her that the
on her bonnet was an annoy
a itself There is no comparison
her bonnet and the hat Of the
ta Young girl, but their per-
suioavor to cling to their head
Has laughable in It's similarity.
like pulling teeth-those first
with the hat. No woman
% learn by experience that INC
De obeyed They wore extra
ap.ns, rubber bands and ties
hats when they went out IN
a.us, assuring themselves that
force alone would bring their
ONT 0l place
ag Newport Could no It.
many men undertook to
with their better halves en- the
%. removing the hat within
They repeated all the advice
H. been showered upon them
Ding the certainty Of badness as
hat-weariug They pointed
ensure Of being able to give
comfort to the unfortunates
seats. They referred to the
being able to look In front
H4 find no line Of feathers to