The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
ADVANTAGES or WIDE BR!hl.
Feminine Wearer Of Big Hat De-
scribes Social Possibilities f.
Lurking Under It.

Il owe so much to the wide brim, 1
DO not know how to express my graft
tude to it. cannot see why women
wear hats that turn up from their;
faces when this kind" and she pat
ted her broad-brimmed hat affection
ately, adds so much piquancy to life.
III put it on and show you just
what l mean," continued she, according
to the New York Sun. There, pretend
am at tea.
Il have just entefed the room. BY
lowering my head just little throw
my eyes into shadow and can without
the least appearance of Investigating
scan the room for the people I want
to talk to and the new people want
to meet. l can also place the ones
l want to avoid.
III my hat rolled away from my face
like this" she twisted back the brim,
Il should look very brazen doing just
what I have been doing under the
brim, which has given the impression
OF a pretty little feeling of shyness
about going among so many people.
Nov am speaking to my hostess.
My hat, which is very beautiful, has
already attracted attention. Everyone
wonders what manner of face is under
beautiful broad-brimmed hat.
You know how that is. know that
l shall not disappoint people, so I am
perversely slow about raising my
brim.
Nov / am talking to a new man.
We are seated. l dip my brim toward
the room. This delights the man. l
seem SO absorbed in interest in what
he is saying
His delighted looks advertise my
charms to the room at large. When
glance up in few minutes l see
quite a group of men waiting to
meet me.
There is way of glancing up from
under broad-brimmed hat. See, this
way. Show your eyes, but don't show.
them quite enough. Some one is
bound to ask for an introduction i'm
mediately, just to see your eyes a lit
tie better.
AoN SoA hSCp "dICu VI tuC OCuc1
women under your broad brim without
their knowing it. They cannot see
your look of curiosity, your look OF
envy.
I'm fact you can constantly keep
a close survey of the whole room just
by raising your brim high enough to
avoid meeting peoples eyes.
1T aids so toward general populari-
ty, the broad brim, for under it one
can hide ones face when ill-timed
laughter, bored expressions, or vexed
looks threaten to appear. One can
struggle under cover to regain the ap-
propriate expression without anyone's
knowing of struggle.
'"The little god knows the advan-
tages in wide brim. There is moth
ing SO bewitching as to see pretty
face not quite long enough. Of course
I am speaking for the men. The
broad brim won't let man gaze quite
as long as he wants to.
ut dips, when under proper man.
agement, at just the right moment
and leaves the man confronted with
a mass of ostrich plumes At the right
moment it lifts.
But I needn't explain A word to
the pretty woman is sufficient.
prophesy that after my talk you will
leave off wearing those rolled-back
hats, which while very becoming, lack
the humanity of the broad-brimmed
creations.
II never fully appreciated the bless
ing of the broad brim until 1 met a
man who suffered dreadfully.. l heard
after the meeting he liked me i'm
mensely. 1t was the brim that brought
me the compliment.
'The other women looked fearfully
embarrassed when he talked to them
He is very nice man and very sensi-
tive and they hurt him. When he
couldn't get word in his talk with
me, I just lowered my brim until he
found it. Then I up with the brim
and just glowed upon him.
II never bow to people I don't want
to on the street and yet I am never
accused of cutting people. My brim
saves me the odium Intentional slight
ing heaps upon one head.
Il have heard people say that they
get so tired looking at the people in
front of them in the street cars. I
never experience this weariness My
brim protects my eyes from the masses
when weary them.
Eyes, there's vast amount of COM
mon sense and witchery in the wear
ing of broad-brimmed hats. can't
understand why women do not wear
them. Why, see what a factor they
are in my social life" ~: T..
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Moderation in Exercise. /: