St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-06
ON BEING OvERHATTED.
There Should Be Harmony Between
the Face and the Head
Covering.

A very snowy hat reminds me OF
my mothers saying to me when
girl, apropos of a greatly coveted new
hat something on the garden-of-roses
order, that no hat is in good taste
which attracts attention away from
the wearer's face to itself. A hat
should serve merely as frame to
picture, says Lias Carpenter, in La
dies World, New York.
Some people seem to have the
their own heads. They know a pref
ty hat when they see it, but fail to
realize that a hat which looks en-
chanting on head of a certain type,
may be fatal to the good looks of
different shaped face. We must learn
to study our hats subjectively rather
than effectively.
The face with high or prominent
cheek bones requires, perhaps, more
care in choosing becomingly-shaped
hat than any other. High cheek bones
are often accompanied by a high
forehead. This type calls plainly for
breadth in the arrangement of the
hair on either side of the face; it
calls no less plainly for broad and
not too low effect in the trimming of
hats. A small crown is always I'M
becoming to this type of face, unless
so much disguised by trimming as to
have practically the effect of a large
crown. A hat which tits slightly for
ward is usually more suitable for
this order of face than the moro
popular hat which turns up in front.
For everyday hats his latter shape
is an impractical one for busy people,
for, however becoming it may be to
women with low foreheads, it takes
up so much time adjusting the veil
inevitable, in windy weather, with
that topping, fy-away style of head
gear.
Small hats and toques look well
with small faces, but are trying to
large ones. Short women should
wear medium or small hats; very
large head-gear has tendency to
dwarf people. Girls with naturally
frizzy hair, particularly if they be
short and thickset, should be careful
to choose simple hats. They may be
good and more expensive than show
Ter hats, but they must not be fussy
in style. Ostrich feathers, unless
used very carefully, have tendency
to look common on this style of girl.
The angular face with sharp nose,
pointed chin and square forehead is
much accentuated by wearing severe
hats with uncompromising straight
lines and angles, such as the peren-
NAL walking hat, especially when
wide-brimmed, the sailor and kindred
shapes. To break the .unbecoming
repetition of straight lines, the own
er of this face should dress the hair
loosely, in soft, wavy lines, and the
brim and general contour of the hat
should be broken; soft and undulat-
ing rather than hard. Attention to
these obvious ideas can transform q
plain face into a pleasing one, and
give the impression of youth where
the hard lines suggest middle age.
The wedge-shaped face, broad in
the upper part and sloping to point
ed chin, is also caricatured by low
hat with broad brim, this shape ac-
centuating the wedge-like look of the
face, and giving the wearer a sugges-
ton of likeness to a fox. On the
other hand, this type looks charming
in the ordinary shaped toque OR small
hat.
! A heavy jaw, too, needs careful
treatment; the tiny, jaunty hat ac-
centuates it cruelty, while larger
shape has the opposite effect. If q
bonnet is worn, its keynote should be
breadth in trimming.
! A big famboyant bow of color
tried and proved to be becoming to
the complexion of the wearer is very
effective as trimming; ribbon or
stock collar of the leading shade in =
hat adds considerably to it's becom-
ingness. Then hats, beautiful in
themselves, though gorgeous in color,
will look well with sober-colored
costume, while they look almost vul-
gar in conjunction with costume of
an opposing shade, or worse still,
combination of shades. A lady should
always err on the side of being too
quietly rather than too loudly
dressed. American girls have been
criticised for this latter fault in Eng
lish society.
Flower Hats for Summer.