The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03


1T rs the hat that determines how the
fashionable womans head shall be
dressed. Her crowning glory IS as
much q servant OF the millinery rules
as though It had been specially de-
signed for a hat foundation and moth
ing else. There was a time when an
individual style or coinure war held
IN high esteem. 1t was liked for its.
novelty and its suitability 10 the wear
er's type. Then the coinure held first
place and when woman chose a hat
she chose one that fitted IN with the
vagaries OF her coils and braids. The
last thing she Thought of doing was to
alter the style of dressing her hair Tor
the sake OF buying a certain hat she
liked
But that was = Ions time ago and
the order or things has changed. Now
the hair is built up 10 SUIT the hat, not
the hat 10 suit The hair, and whenever
a new millinery creation is introduced.
81 "a Accompanies by 2. new colnune Of
fering. The TWO Departments OF femi-
nine sdornment go hand in hand That
60 why we are nov reveling in puffs.
II you are fashionable you are crowned
with pur1s, quantities ~ them And II
you long 10 be fashionable you win
Immediately provide yourself with the
requisite number Or soft, huny, real
hair puns. 10 be piled on and UP at
your own sweet viii.
Puns are the nstursl conSea Uences
pf the more or less exaggerated width
sn the back hats. They are the CO.
cuettish Itttle detachable curls, en-
iarged snd multiplied TO meet the latest
sniIlinery. requirements. Two or three
seasons ago when hats began to short
en- their trom projeCtion and 20 length
en- the rear. Il was found necessary 10
assist nature IN providing a suitable
Foundation 1or the new hats and 20
keep the contour harmonious and un-
broken. Only one woman out OF fifty,
or possibly a hundred, has enough OF
her own hair TO form a pomps'dour and
fun. soft dressing on the crown OF
her head. so or course false hair has
10 be used u was found that the
most enective and The smsrtest ar
rsngemen1 Tor flling IN the gap be-
tween the neck and the widely project
ing hat .brim at the back was curls.
and therefore curls became a feature
OF the fashionable coinprs. II was only
q step from adjustable curis TO adjust
able purs, and as hats grew wider ana
more dropping IN the back. with scarce
iy a fraction or an snch left over the
front, puns suddenly became the sal
walton OF the sex. 1nsignifcsnt curls
disappeared and puffs reigned instead
You can buy purs in clusters or sep
arstely. though they are usually found
much easier TO manage when caught
together The average diadem OF puns
consists or a set OF seven, but you can
lsve three or four or . dozen n you
like They are made or genuine hair
and curl naturally. and. fortunately for
the majority 81 women. they require
very little getting ready.
Before the puffs are attached the hair
s. dressed about the same style IN
which st has been worn for some time.
A pompadour solves the problem OF the
front arrangement. while the back is
nuned out and made almost as wide as
the front II there are any ends left
after the pompadour Is built these are
made the most OF by roughing up one
side and coiling them so that they look
at least 1our times az thick as they do
IN their natural condition. A ngure
eight makes a good arrangement anu
serves IS 8 center Tor the chsplet or
pufiss
There are innumerabie ways Of wear
ing puns, and the one TO avoid with
every care IS that occasionally seen
where the couture looks like a series