The Washington herald., 1911-10-15
GIRL WHO CHOOSES
HATS FOR WOMEN
Has Made Her Talent a Pay
ing Proposition.

A girl who Found herself face to face
with the problem Of self-support has
utilized her good taste in millinery. She
Is not particularly adept at trimming a
hat, but she can fit it to a face, which
is, after all, the chief art OF the milliner.
When she decided to take up the work
she went directly TO her man tailor and
to her dressmaker. who had made her
clothes in more prosperous days and
asked them IL they would permit her to
suggest a suitable hat To be worn with
each coat and gown which they might
make. The tailor and the dressmaker
both saw the possibilities OF the scheme
and gave her a chance Many a time
they had seen one Of their choice suits
ruined by an unsuitable hat.
The girls idea is to study the gown and
the customer and then take a commits
sion to provide hat TO suit both. She
first gains some idea of the customers
wishes, whether the hat should be large
and picturesque IN effect. smartly tailor
ed, or in whatever form. Then armed
with samples Of the gown or suit and
It's trimmings she visits shop after shop
until she secures exactly the right COM
binations in colors and materials, after
which she places the order and delivers
the hat in person to the customer.
Occasionally changes have TO be made
in the hat. but so admirable is her taste
and so pronounced her faculty for fitting
the shape Of the hat to the customers
face that few complaints are received.
VIII Extend Business.
Naturally she caters only to high-priced
trade and charges s. for her trouble and
talent, and the women with whom she
deals are only too glad to be relieved
Of the task OF matching gown and hat
with all its attendant perpIexities. She
has been so successful that she intends
extending her business ana choosing hats
for women Of lesser means also. and in
that case lowering the price. Her posi-
ton with her tailor and dressmaber is
so secure that they would pay her a
salary rather than have her leave them.
as they are well aware that she can es-
tablish herself anywhere by using the
talent that she possesses.
She does not count the time lost which
is spent in studying the effects Of har-
monious colors. While she always con-
suits her customers as to their likes and
dislikes regarding the choice OF a certain
hat and its trimmings, nevertheless, by
tact and diplomacy she succeeds in hav-
ing her own way in the matter.
She does not think that a brunette
color for a blond is blue. She often re-
verses the order. She finds that some
brunettes can wear all the light shades
Of blue and a certain type OF blond is a
symphony in bright red, but the girl
with red hair she restricts to green,
white, or brown in oak and copper tints
that make her a model for any artist.
Every one has DAY colOrs and evening
colors. dark and light colors and you
must know wnat they are for each in
dividual customer II you would be sue
cessful in the business OF choosing hats
for other people. She says a hat is the
article of attire more than any other that
brings out the good points or accentuates
the bad ones not only of the eyes and hair
but of complexion and the shape of the
head. She also goes so far as to say
that II the hat is suited to the wearer
all else IS forgotten and forgiven.
She never at:emptes to have an elab-
crate thing in a cheap imitation. If the
money she has to spend for the purpose
is not adequate 10 buy the best plumes
and velvet for al hat she chooses in place
ribbon.
When choosing hat the profile on each
side has to be considered. and the gen
eral shape of the head as we'll II the
/ face is wide the hat must be wide. An
aquiline nose takes kindly to the hat
that bends over the face. and the re-
/ trousse nose is at its bes; under a more
or less uptilted hat. These are only gen.
eral rules, however The individual face
must be considered.