The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-01

A FTER all is said and done, IN woman's crowning glory is her hat. Poets would have us be-
 believe that it is her hair, and Mir. Roosevelt and Napoleon Bona tarte that it is her children. but. we fte in a day that takes its clothes very seriously, buys its hair and brings up it's children scientifically (which means that elimination IS looked upon with more respect than Accumulation, so that the consistent woman looks well to the forms of her Mats and finds it helps make all else in her life pleasanter and simpler.
 Someone has said that well fitting gown gives woman more self-conn- dence when she enters a room full Of ! strangers than any amount of religious pfinciples, and a smart hat is apt to gRe its wearer greater poise, peace of mind and charm of expression than the consciousness that she is model wife and neighbor. Good digestion is the basis of beauty and a weli-chosen hat is often responsible for a happy home, for it multiplies the smiles ana increases the good nature of the wearer, ana the rest follows naturally -4Eood children, amiable husband, con- tented servants.
 Once upon a time there was prlm superstition that "a lady was always we'll stod and well gloved." Perhaps she was, poor soul, but we have seen many weH-shod, wel1-gloved '1ad1es' who were sad frumps and doleful dow dies, and anyway, when that maxim was formulated ladies wore elastic siae boots and inartistic bonnets and mouse-colored gloves that stopped short enough to show the ugliest two inches of most women's arms.
 To go back to hats. They are smaller this season than they have been for many years, and some of them are de- Nghtfufly piQuant and~as c0QIettish. They are madegaof flowers and 5of leaves Many are of cretonne yelled ffine and closely woven. like horse hair). in white or plain color, and then yelled with printed chiffon put on smooth and plain, the final effect be- ing that of a gayly lowered hat of silk and chintz under soft mist of color. Blues of bright persuasion, pur- pie in all tones, emerald green, and ,black-and-white are the fashionable tints and tones.
 Early in the season good deal of rose and coral was seen, but, like all gay things that become common from much usage, these roseate hues faded away and the clear greens and blues, black-and- whites and purples are in the ascendant.
 Ostrich feathers are craze for the larger. hats and even for the smaller shapes one sees .wreaths of feathers that maybe bought by the yard and are twisted around the crown of the hat ike yaId of ribbon, and the trimming is completel Some of the smaller hats are trimmed simply with a huge welI-made bow of moire, vel vet messaline or stiff taffeta. Striking contrasts are considered very mod1sh. For instance, "a hat of mauve, dull, un- finished straw, is wreathed. around with American beauty roses Chat de- licious shade of pink that verges on lilac, as if the gorgeous big blossom were just shade chilly in all its beauty, and at the back is daShlng big bow of richly deep purple velvet, the loops fined with satin of the same shade.
 Mauve and yellow are seen in some of the flower hats and the pretty com bination of roses and forget-me-nots