The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-01-11
MRS. EVELYN ToBEY.

"T would advise women to make
their own hats and let the ballot 60"
This was the pertinent answer given
recently by the professor of millinery
at the Teachers college, New York
city. when asked for her views on the
"votes for women" question.
A professor of the art of bonnet
making is a comparatively new chail
in the college world, but that it is a
popular course and a profitable one
from the pupils standpoint one has
only to drop into the pleasant room
where the students work from to l.
three mornings in a week to be con
vinced of the fact that the highbrOws
are looking to their millinery laurelS
as well as to purely mental achieve
ments.
The millinery course at this institu-
ton is immensely popular for two rea'
sons-first, because 1t is practical ana
meets everyday requirements and, Sc"
ond, on account of the charming PEI
sonality of the instructor, Mrs. Evelyn
Tobey, who is a Barnard graduate
The course, by the way, counts for as
much as any of the elective studies III
the college curriculum.
In the workroom there is an air OF
suppressed enthusiasm, an atmospher
ic feeling of everybody trying to dc
her best, and the ideal held up by Mrs
Tobey is a high one.
1--WE never" she said, ''let go our eff
forts on even the most hopeless look
ing hat. We alter the shape and rear
range the trimming until the most
critical member of the class pro
nounces a satisfactory verdict on tho
creation" And the weekly class crit
icisms are dreaded by the pupil whose
! handiworll is the target for the aims
Of her sister workers.
Taking a special course under the
expert guidance of Mrs. Tobey ar.
college girls, society matrons, staij
housewives and pupils from fashion
able finishing schools. The work start,
in with the making of a real hat; de
signs are first made in paper and ther
carried out in fabrics. The first ha
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next comes the dressy confection.
"Rather a good looking hat, is i
not?' said the professor with pardon
able pride, holding up for inspection ;
stunning picture hat, the recent wcrl
of an advanced pupil.
1t was a study in GainsbOrOugh line
constructed from royal blue satin GOV
cred with black malines and trimme.
simply with plated rufiies of cream
colored lace banded with narrow line
of sable fur and a pale pink satil
rose tucked lovingly at one side Of tht
wide brim.
But Mrs. Tobey considered the fac
ing Of the hat and the artistic manne
of its manipulation the master tourl
of the creation. And not the leas
interesting of the many wonderful
things done in the school is the MAKING
of frames from a willow fabric thu
is damped and pulled and clipped int
condition over the wire foundation
Indeed, the material is nodded an,
shaped much as the sculptor model
his clay. Just before the holidays IN
girls were busily working on fabri
neck and muff sets and lovely part.
bonnets. Work of this nature fills il
the hiatus between winter and sprin'
styles.
Mrs Tobey impresses upon he
class that the study of millinery liE
most wonlen's work is never done
Each season brings its special need
in the basic laws of hats that the sue
cessful artist must accept or becom
that dreaded of all things--a sartoria
back number. One of the girls pa
thetically remarked that she was sure
ly becoming a one idea creature ant
that her dominating thought was hat
every woman's chapeau, from Bow
cry travestry of the modes to a Fiftl
avenue masterpiece, claimed her AT
tention.