Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-08
Fashions Command Ignored.

tIonal Mllllners' Convention, in session
at Chicago, last week, made merci
less assault upon the present fax
among women of going bare heade'
Oh the street She admits that tn
custom is pretty and charming, a
times, when confined to childhood, bu
declares it to be utterly out of plac'
for woman over % years of age
aged women may use scarf for head
dress, il they choose, but age itself, she
says, commands reverence, respect anC
courtesy, which are rarely accorded t
an uncovered head. "If it be the inten
ton OF women to give their hair batl
in the sunshine" proclaims Madam
Hunt, "let them find nook in thei
homes, where they can sit and enjoy
the rays in seclusion." Right here
again. We feel constrained to poise oul
pencil in defense of women. Out upor
such meddlesome interference will
freedom of action! Beauty unadorned
certainly applies in all cases where
such "crazy" attempts are made te
improve upon Nature by browning
"God's first, best gift to man" with
such monstrosities as the milliner.
prepare each succeeding season, and
with inflexible rules endeavor to foisi
upon woman under the autocra:ic
imperious mandate OF Fashion. He,
acquiescence in these senseless edicts
has been wonder to her broth.
er man, and he has complacently at.
trlbuted it to deficiency in that mas.
siveness OF brain which controls his
own acts; and he may very truthfully,
as exultingly, declare that should q
man appear upon the street, or in any
public place, wearing one of woman's
latest eighteen or twenty dollar con.
traptions on his head, built upon the
plan of a coal scuttle or dish.pan, bat.
tered and kinked up at the side, with
vegetable and animal decorations and
adornments, he would be arrested,
tried for insanity, adjudged to be in
sane, and on his way to Steilacoom
before the sun had set on the sea OF
troubles he had aroused by so simple
an act.
1t is barely possible that Madam
Hunt and her confreres see in the new
custom some curtailment of the i'm
mense revenue derived from Fashion.
able headgear. to which custom has
given sanction for all sorts of fads that
increases it's cost. That may justify a
reasonable criticism OF the bare-head
fad, from . mercenary standpoint, but
does not justify the charge that it is
" indecent" Just see how pathetic
the madam becomes:
For many months women have
thought it was the proper thing to 90
bareheaded. You can see them in State
street" This with a shudder.l "You
can see them on the boulevards'' This
with sighI land in automobiles with
an upward roll of the eye Indicating pro-
found horror.] The uncovered head is
in evidence everywhere; and the ages of
the women range from 10 years to So"
Isn't it horrible! Must it be en-.
duredf Will the specter down at the
bidding? Oh. no; whatever man sane
tons goes with the fair sex; whatever
he condemns is speedily placed under
ban. as was the plan for revival of
crinoline few months ago. q sugges.
ton that died q bornin' from ridicule
OF the press. In this attempt to co.
cree possible customers to abandon .
pretty, healthful as we'll as economic
custom, we believe the ladies will have
the support OF all conscientious and
gallant men.