The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-26
FANCY HATS WAY ROB MEN OF
OLD GRUDGE AGAINST WOMEN
Silks and eFathers in Masculine HeaEgear Menace the
Humorsts Source of Inf ormhtion-Takes Six Has
to Make Man Fashionable Dark Masculine Secret
is Out and Women May Now Prepare to Take Long
Waited Revenge
Waited Revenge

BY Stella Kegler in the New York
Telegram)
Girls. how's this? The keeper of d
Firth avenue shop. known to speq the
last word in fashionable hats for men
dcclarcs that no well dressed man OF
to-day attempts to worry along with
less than six separate and distinct
clapcauX. If he does, he is not well
dressed.
Isn't it about time to get together
and start a little opposition anvil mu-
sic TO that worn out song woman's
extravg gance and the high cost Of
millinery? Ever since Mother Eve
rluclSod u leaf from a palm tree and
tied 1t on with ribbons of grass be-
cause the hot sun or Eden gave her
6 headache, men have been blaming
tire low state of the family Cxchequer
onto the women folks pcnchant for
hats. The only ones who have really
enjoyed the situation have been the
humorlsts and cartoonists who realize
they would be deprived Of their most
fertile field of endeavor once the FEM
mime fancy lightly turned to thoughts
.cf uncovered heads. To these Of
course must he added smatterng Of
man milliners. mostly responsible for
the creations WITH three figure tickets
in their crowns.
While women have been busy deny
ing the charges Of bankruptcy placed
against them. mere man has sneaked
into his hatter's on rubber socs and
dccampcd with six importations to his
credit Count 'em, SIX. If he is es-
pccially given 10 sartorials.
SHOW me some OF them" begged
the investigator. conscious OF the fact
that she had stumbled across dark
masculine secret.
Here l. u "Croftcr."
The keeper of the Firth avenue shop
opened one Of hundred or more cases
and carefully extracted what he as
serted to he "crofter." The crofter
is the latest hint from London in the
matter Of autumn hats. IL Is soft and
gray stitched about the brim and
looks amazingly comfortable. The
!Iea of the style was suggested by the
sloueh woods Of the Scotch peasants.
NItIt inc cTolt'i Is llliuts
The crofter has first cousin. 1t is
built in TIE same shape. and looks
Ike cross between little woolly
lPmb and a Parker House roll. Long
gray hairs are ruffed up all over it. and
v hen II Is not Icing used by the head
Of the family it makes an excellent
substitute for the baby's teddy bear.
Fathers have used it To advantage
while pacing the floor with baby In
the middle Of the night
Then there's the derby, called darby
in our best families. My word, old
chap, YOU should see them in all their
hfty-seven or eighty varieties. They're
awfully Jolly looking, " know, broad
and squatty like. When property
placed on the head they should look
as If "bobbe" had hit the wearer
atop the head with his stick or Pat
had dropped a brick from his hod at
about the tenth story up and you
were under the brick. When. prop
Crly pushed down the ears stand out
in the most weird fashion. \ man
can tell the minute it is on right. be-
cause he Immediately begins calling
for his cane and his monocle and mis-
placing his his. Why, he could saun-
ter up Piccadilly without any one
ever suspecting he was a bloomin' rot
ter. Really, old chap you must get
oneof the English derbies.
Trimmed Hats the Thing.
Trimmed hats for men are quite the
thing. True, the trimming isn't very
conspicuous, but it's the beginning of
what may develop into birds of par
adise and other feathery adornment.
Men may smile i'm derision but not so
many years ago kings and cavaliers
staggered about with plumes a yard
long dropping from their caps. When
they heard of sale of willow plumes
they sent their. wives to fight their
battles at the bargain counters. while
they stayed at home and derided the
follies of the weaker sex. Cavaliers,
indeed!
Today the trimmed hats are of the
most pliable velvet velour, with heavy
silk bands into which are tucked guin-
ca feathers of birds wings or some
other wlsp of plumage. They blame
the fashion onto the Tyroleans of the
of Switzerland, which en-
titled them to he picturesque. Velours
are shown in all shades and, it must
he confessed, are good to look up
on.
one man says in their favor that he
bought one so soft and furry it tick
led the hands OF the hat boys lying
Ia wait for prey in hotels and restau-
rants, causing them TO laugh so hard
they Invariably dropped it and he