El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18
Ada Patterson

m HE season is not yet spent ana
the next one is not far off, when
= men say silly things about
woman and her hat
They grumble at the expense Of the
hat They complain that their wife's
hats cost twice as much as their own
and last half as long They strike
foolish attitudes of hunters sighting
game when the beDlumed or Dlrd oeco-
rated hat enters the room atop the
heads of their spOuses or daughters
and thew indulge in cheap humor
about the size, the shape or the colots
of the new head covering. Ihey ue
clare that every new hat IS unDecoLn-
inc and they think so. IheE are con
sa|Sv1a+iv~e beings at least in the
household, to whom the new always
man rails at a hat Ostensibly be-
cause OF its expense and Wnat ne GU
siders its unfitness, but really, though
in many instances unconsclously, De-
cause he has dim sense OF the truth
that WOman's hat IS man Trap
Many a Would-be bachelor mas DseH
SHARED by a blue bow so placed thal
IN makes the blue eyes beneath look
like forgetmeuots fresh plucked from
a deWy garden, or by the IWist oL
fold of golden brown velvet lndl en-
Dhasized the golden brown Ilhls %
the wearer's hair. or by the shape o.
a black-plumed hat that threw ~ rts
owners blonde beauty into cameo-IlKe
relief. -
There are psychological moments moments N
a courtship. as tense and balanced as
the big scene in the play ana WheI
the man is repeating the sollloQuy o.
the bachelor. to be or not De MARI l1u'
the beauty and becomlngness o.
girls hat has often settled It's Late-
Girls know this They know that the
mighty creatures who concern tneLl-
selves only with the great aIlaiss u
life so the mighty creatures tILl.--i
and who believe that they 0lSdaln
frifTes NAV be caught upon the nook
of a hat buckle, sDeared BY a reaLners
enmeshed in the folds or the col4 u
silk that enWraps new Dohhe[ -aSH
hate extravagance or friVOLIy, or Ihey
think thew do for IL is true that they
are decefvers ever and that the per
sons whom they most deceive are
themselves Find out what q man
arenufneIv thinks Of himself ana What
his family and neighbors think OF
him and you viii be amazed al MS
self-deception. He knows Vaguely
that he likes to see a woman look
well The details of that looking
well he leaves to the woman, and one
of the most important OF these oetalIs
is her hat
GAs the Frame to the Picture
A wOman's hat is to her what a
frame is to a picture And there let
US pause and recall what frames have
done to pictures we have seem They
have enhanced them or extinguished
them. They have brought into the
foreground for our admiration the
green of a meadow. the purple Of
far-off hill. or the glory of a cloud
shot with the crimson Of q magnifi-
cent sunset. Or they have caused the
picture to fade into utter insignifi-
canoe The success or failure Of the
function Of that frame has depended
upon the wisdom or folly OF the choice I
A large picture Of bold outlines
looked smaller when surrounded by a
large frame. So the woman who has
a full. bro=d face. reduces the appear
ance of fuuness and fatness by a
broad brimmed large hat. The picture !
that is delicate and fun of soft tones /
would pale into insignificance If I
framed in gilt. The eternally youth /