The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-30

a. HENEVER 1 hear mon talking
NAI in their naive and fatuous way.
wv of the absurdity OF women's
fashions. ! wonder what on
earth they would say IL they saw pic
lures of some of the fashions" we
don't wear-models that milliners
seem to put on the market as II to
find out just how ridiculous women
arc willing to make themselves! l
have Just been looking at some that
surely seem to be the elimination OF
q debauch OF the bizarre. Hats that
battle conJecture-unless they are In
tended to represent a Frenchman's
idea of an American skyscrnper-hats
that should excite a historians ad-
mlration for their fidelity to medlaeyal
designs. hats that seem out of place
anywhere save in q Poe nightmare.
But-a point for which no man
ever gives US credit-nowhere did L
see these freakish models actually on
q woman's head unless. indeed. she
were paid TO wear it. Furthermore,
this grotesque headgear will not be
worn, except. perhaps. by minority
OF foolish women, who from choice
OF necessity. make themselves con-
spIcuous. Moreover, there Is such
variety of models shown that clever
woman can wear almost any kind OF
hat that becomes her without being
Questionable.
Height the Prevailing Note.
Height. it is true, is the dominant
characteristic in headgeaT. This is
the chief feature that distinguishes au-
tumn styles from those Of the spring.
Some crowns run up TO n point,
noticed one in particular that was for
all the world like the hats worn In the
Fourteenth century. Feathers tower
up like pyramids. Tho soft, Charlotte
Corday crown will still be popular,
but broader and higher,
The head-slze is distinctly lessened.
The hat, though resting firmly and
low on the head, does not eclipse the
neck. as has been q fashion for
months past. In either small or large
hats there IS a new treatment OF the
brims-an upward curving point OF
the front of the brim-that Is perhaps
tho most decided innovation OF any.
This feature, seen In both picture hats
and small brlmmed ones, Is piquant
and, as a rule. very becoming show
ing something OF the forehead and
brow OF the wearer. Fats of this style
have O very decided slope downward
on the sides.
Ones eye IS also Immediately im-
pressed with the extended line on the
left, In many instances almost freak
lsh In contour. There Is tremendous
extension at the left side, out toward
the back. One sees picture hats. for
instance, that at the front have
brim that balances on either side, but
as the line goes around toward the
back, It springs out tremendously In
either q point or a curve
Less ExageeratIon.
Brims that turn up against the
crown are always fashioned In this
wise aud many times when looking
at a hat face 10 face. it seems to be
a small one close fitting against the
head, giving the effect almost OF a
Louis XI cap. but as tho wearer turns
IN profile, the great swoop upward
and outward quite takes ones breath
away. Crowns. as general thlng'
are very sizeable, and one secs a.
most every shape-round, square,
pointed. or of the Charlotte Corday
fashion. The mushroom contour 10
still decidedly In evidence. and mouel
after model has the down-drooplns
brlm although, as | have said. the
position of the hat is not an eA-
tinguishlng one.
The brim does not always droop
Occasionally 1t rolls up sharply against
the crown on one side or turns up
for a couple of inches around Its edge,