Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-31
SPEAKING OF MILLINERY.

4 Wagrish bonnet with . few straggiin;
~ i:?ts OF aierettes here ami th"r- ana
win Il moppish bow or two VIII max"
tho most dgnif-d old lady look druli ana
lauSnable.
A pretty girl can distort every ipyrly
feature by spreading over her head a
flamboyamt structure OF assorted birds.
SPRAYING wings and nodding plumcs.
When choosing your hat consult your in
tclect as well as the hand mirror. Con
slider the lines of your face and draw a
bit upon your judgment
1t depends upon your selection whether
you VIII look like many-colorrd and
badly outlined Autograph or a finely pen
ciled and artistic masterpiece.
Some time when you are IN street
car or on an elevated train or III a bar
gain scrimmage stop moment and size
one and then another and decide for
yourself upon its merits. Learn 10 know
a good thing when you see II. IN the .IN
erage collection Of top-znot .anbpics On
VIII spot about eighteen freak hatS-hatS
with neither rhyme, reason, artistic sense
nor intellect.
ten To one you Will lose faith in the SEX.
You will catch your breath and hold your
hand to your head and. wonder why on
earth womankind so disfigureS herself
with irrational hcadgear. II you fall into
particularly bitter moment yoI will
think that the whole scheme of piline
feathers and bows and ribbons and gilt
tering buckles in heap on the apex of
ones pompadour is perfectly. sublimely
ana painfully idiotic.
Men are wiser than women. They dress
well. comfortably, neatly and with GER
tain style If they are that type. but they
simplify matters to fewer garments and
palmer ones. A mans hat is small trouble
TO him. Except for Il brushing two or
three times day it demands no partic-
ular attention. Moreover. il is usually be
coming and in good taste.
This is not to suggest that women wear
Derbys-the good, dear Lord forbid, 1t
Is not to suggest that they go in for fe-
doras and other plain unbecoming and
trying effects. But ii is To suggest that
more rational, artistic hats be purchased
ana more time spent upon the selection
OF shapes and poise of trimming There
is neither sense nor economy in the hat
that is covered with feathers and mix
ups indiscriminately-a massing together
OF odds and ends that makes the wearer
ilook as II she had fallen into the rag bag
ana come out with various bits OF rib
bons and airy tinscl attached to her top
knot.
Imitation elegance is always in bad
taste. IL is not ladyiike. neither is il
pretty. That is why the home-trimmed
chapeau crowded To the teeth with nub-
dubby stuiis invariably looks common and
frumpy. Whatever you buy. buy of tn.
pest: That is. get materials that are IF
good color and wearable fiber. GlitteIinc
braid that furnishes after the first an
tumn shower and roses that streak ard
fade like cheap ginghams are not good in
vestments. The hat that is ouil,itd of Al
materials is the one that will still nave.
an air of style when IL is Old
I'm. Atteiiie nais are Always undesirable.
Suit women nave Il notion that because
y Soupreue III play can wear q large
Herman pancake OF green tulle On thp
top Of her head ii will BE- lllst III rhic Hit,
becoming To them EnoiiSb ,;iI.i '.nu
They haven't the nthar ME-, Sly girls
with III, verdantIv hrei 49, III 20 ~
the result il, that ihev innl, Hill. y"
May | ofror a few hintsp ,rha, MI,
be brief ones First. don't d =, VII
IN lnN Hn t.1x
but have il one thar Won, IN, =, ! va hi'lS.'
Don't go in for rhn.n ,'iai WIZ iespetl-
Get a Gat that 10 nnp, IIapuiate elects.
trimmed. If Vo,, do vo,,i ii'I 10y, or over
of it in a week and viii he r ,,,y S,6ht
with an insane and compel,ing desirn 'i't ="
tear it brm from brim ana to poke air
holes through the crown
Remember thar IN. ,,as. .,,.,.,
are nor the extrem,. orn, \, s.slish mats
nlumas and dn1a,n r'tos - many hearSr
ynii ba,,n Ally l nuHcnn ~ cailbric roses. If
IA. ~ 49,, : ,ons' 'nill' narrow face. dom
VIM h II naht-S't a long, thin, mar
steenla IA IL ~ VIZ ihaAe you look like a
s,::spIe =! one OF these long. thin, black
iiinhiieys' y nat mat has a straight line
fnre ~" W., reaaen ne length Of your
dnngbri,' ~ Nisase IS one shaped like Il