The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-31

studied the girls carefully, and soon
found out his mistake. Each of the girls
wore a hat with a long, overhanging
front brim and with the weight so far
forward, every movement tended to
accentuate the unbalanced situation of
the headgear. To help restore the hat
to the angle at which it had been fas-
tened to the hair the wearers adopted
the quick toss of the head. This move
ment had in at least one of the girls be-
come habitual for she did not actually
change the position of her hat by her
movements.
The doctor afterwards found a de-
veloped case of true chorea that had it's
origin in this habit. The doctor said:
Il am convinced that hats of this sort
will have a serious effect upon their
wearers even should they not actually
produce nervous disease. When the
weight of the hair has 50 great an in
fluence upon the nerves of women hats
of this character must be definitely dan
gerous. Besides this the tilted hat
causes the eyes to squirt and the face
to twist, and these things do not add to
beauty.
To know how grave an offender against
beauty the veil is, watch a woman put
one on. She stretches it. cut and Sights
the pin hoes, and takes another look at
the set of the hat and then Grapes the
veil about her face with one of her eyes
or the brm of the hat and the other
on her chin. Then she wrinkles her nose
and reaches, the lips purse and quicker,
the chin lifts and twists and exercises
strange new functions of motion The
| worst part of this performance is the
way the woman reaches for the veil with
her nose and lips. Scientists tell us that
the trunk of the elephant and the neck
of the giraffe reach their wonderful de-
velopment by constant use in reaching.
If this is true, what sort Of noses and
, lips are the coming generation of wo-
| men to have?
| The high collars women have been
| wearing of late are about the highest
i they have ever worn. These collars are
| almost serious menace to the shape
and pose of a woman's neck. The beauty
of the face is greatly dependent upon
the fullness and curve of the neck. De-
| collete gowns are becoming increasingly
| hazardous since the tall collars began
running plump, pretty necks. When the
high collars go out of style what fashion
can be adopted to cover the devastation
| they have wrought?
Belts, in Paris, is made of everything
| but leather. With perfect taste Partisan
women avoid in every detail and sug-
gestion of the masculine about their at
tire. Dressing to them is seeking an
artistic expression of their personality.
and thus the first rule is that their
clothing should be feminine. Ribbon
belts long enough to encircle the waist
| twice. fastening in front with clasp,
are much in fashion; broad elastic belts
either plain with steel cabochons.
black velvet belts. and Liberty satin
belts are all worn. and among the most
popular are gold braid belts. Buckles
have becoTe as important as jewels. and
at the salon there are several cases OF
them in the style known as Art Nou-
veaux. They are made of gold. silver.
brass iron. twisted into unconventional
designs set here and there with brill
liant stones garnets. turquoises, opals.