The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-04

II would advise women to make
their own hats and let the ballot CO.
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 comparatively new chair
In the college world, but that it is a
popular course and profitable one
from the pupils standpoint one has
only to drop into the pleasant room
where the students work from o to IL
three mornings in q week to be con.
WINGED of the fact that the highbrows
are looking to their millinery laures
as we'll as to purely mental achieve.
ments.
The millinery course at this institu-
ton Is immensely popular for two rea-
sons-first, because it is practical and
meets everyday requirements and, sec
ond, on account of the charming per-
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 in
the college curriculum.
In the workroom there is an air Of
suppressed enthusiasm, an atmospher-
ic feeling of everybody trying to do
her best, and the ideal held I'D by Mrs.
Tobey is high one.
1--WE never" she said. "let 60 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 the
creation" And the weekly class crit
icisms are dreaded by the pupil whose
handiwork is the target for the aims
Of her sister workers.
Taking special course under the
expert guidance Of Mrs. Tobey are
college girls, society matrons, staid
housewives and pupils from fashion.
able finishing schools, The work starts
In with the making Of real hat; de.
signs are first made In paper and then
carried out in fabrics. The first hat
made Is the simple street model, and
next comes the dressy confectlon.
Rather good looking hat, is 1t
not?" said the professor with pardon.
able pride, holding UP for inspection n
stunning picture hat the recent work
Of an advanced pupil.
II was q study in Gainsborough lines
constructed from royal blue satin COW
cred with black malines and trimmed
simply with plated rufIles of cream
colored lace banded with narrow lines
Of sable fur and pale pink satin
rose tucked lovingly at one side Of the
wide brim.
But Mrs. Tobey considered the fac
ing Of the hat and the artistic manner
Of its manipulation the master touch
Of the creation. And not the least
interesting Of the many wonderful
things done in the school Is the making
Of frames from willow fabric that
is damped and pulled and clipped into
condition over the wire foundation.
Indeed, the material Is nodded and
shaped much as the sculptor models
his clay. Just before the holidays the
girls were bnsily working on fabric
neck and muff sets and lovely party
bonnets. Work Of this nature fills in
the hiatus between winter and spring
styles
Mrs. Tobey impresses upon her
class that the study Of millinery Ike
most woInen's work Is never done.
Each season brings It's special needs
in the basic laws of hats that the sue
yessful artist must accept or become
that dreaded Of all thingsa sartorial
back number One Of the girls pa
thetically remarked that she was sure
ly becoming one idea creature and
that her dominating thought was hats
every woman's chapeau, from a Bow
cry travestry Of the modes to Fifth
avenue masterpiece, claimed her at
tention.
Marriage Maxins.
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