Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-29

new and commendable fashion. Hesays
that the St. Louis girls have seen and
secretly admired the freedom from head
dress restraint of the Japanese and Chi
nese and-yes, and the Igorrote maidens,
at the fair-and have determined toemu-
late the excellent example thus set them
They have seen the glossy raven locks OF
the Japanese girls. the heavy jetty, soft,
curly tresses of the Spanish girls whose
hats are mantillas and the dark masses
of healthy hair worn bv even their Igor
rote sisters, and have decided that il
must be sun and air that does it, hence
they are now hatless,
Blonde girls, it must he made known,
NAV expect to have their hair take on
slightly darker shade if uncovered in the
sun, and the manufactured. peroxide kind
will not stand the sun at all without turn
ing green, hence there are to be no hat
less peroxide girls; hence, also, all the
girls one sees without hats are necessari
ly of the kind with natural, healthy,
curly. fluffy witching locks.
Some claim that the hatless girl is but
an echo of the sea.ssde girl; that few
Young women can go to the seashore
and attend the fair the same season.
hence she SELECTS the worlds fair, as she
won't have that nest year, but the sea
shores he has with her every summer. No
summer girl could exist without gener
erous coat of tan. it is one of the luxur-
les of the summer sun. hence some claim
this to be the cause of the new creation,
the hatless girl.
Why should any of us wear hats!
asked Southern man as he removed his
panama and wiped the perspiration from
his forehead and his ewes followed the
sun.tanned hatless girls walking in the
scorchidg sun. ~ have been noticing
the young women here in st. Louis going
about bareheaded, and do you know
think them about abe most sensible girls
/ have ever met, and bewitchng-well,
that is TOO weak q word to use in trying
to describe their grace. Truly, a WON
ans crowning glory is her hair. Those
loose curls are like the tendrils of a grape
vine: they cling to what they catch, and
if young fellow is not mighty careful
they will wrap themselves about his
heart good and tight"
Whatever may be the cause of the origin
or the inception of the hatless girl, she is
mere, and it seems she is here to stay. il
the admiration of the masculine portion
of ST. Louis goes for aught, for they all
vote her on the first ballot perfectly
splendid" and "a glorious creature, and
"superb beng"
This spring when March winds were
raging everything was wells. This sum-
mer yeils are tabooed and the bare headed
girl with brown cheeks, freckled nose and
pink ears holds the public gaze. Up and
down the Pike and through all the ex-
hibit buildings, on the Plateau of States,
ard in the openings between the build
ings, the hatless ones throng. They
seem to be proud of the tan they are ac
cumulating. yet at the same time try to
seem unconscious o. the admiring looks
which the men cast after them. The
looks of the latter. be it known, are us.
uaIlv much accentuated, If the hatless
one also has her sleeves rolled up enough
to display round and Drowned forearm,
wrist and hand.
1t is quite evident that the hatless,
sleeveless fad among the young womenis
but bit of studied coquetry on their
part yet since it serves the intended pur'
pose and at the same time promotes
health and good looks, it is not even
necessary to make a small excuse for it.
A State commissioner told me his views
in pointed words.
"This batless costume is a good enc" he
said. Nothing is quite so fascinating
to the average man as PERMISSION to
look as long as he wants to at the round
ed ,and pretty cheek OF girl who has
had the good sense to let Old Sol brown
and burn roses on her cheeks at his
pleasure. To the man this brown,
freckled sun-kissed vision is indicative OF
good health and athleticism, two things
we all much admire in women.
ut is just a little trying, however, to
see an elderly maiden, whose once round
ed cheeks have taken on angles, whose
ewes are covered with Bostonese glasses
and whose skin does not tan prettily, |
adopt this fad. bur they do it. The fair
grounds are full of them. am inclined
to commend them to last spring S style OF
much and May wells. Wells are mysten-
ous, and mystery is always fascinating
The state commissioner was correct,
for the hatless fad is not confined to the