The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-13

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of spring hats with blizzsrds blow
ing. and Christmas bills just paid,
but nevertheless, Dame Fashion has
issued her decree which sounds the :
death knell of the merry widow
and the long hat-pin. The following
is from the New York Herald con-
corning the new hat; 4,
Some of the new models do not
require any hat pin. Women who
feel they need this extra device to
insure safety are ast7unded at the
new French hat pins which are be-
ing sold with these hats. Nothing
ike them has appeared outside
florists shop In fact, the newest nat
hin is a corsage bouquet pin measur-
ing hardly four inches in length, /
and with a head too ineouspicuous
to make it seem like a real hat pin
What, use that scarfpin in my +
hat?" exclaimed a woman, who was ,
trying on one of these new taifeta
hats. 'Never can | come TO this tiny !,
affair after using whole set Of ra- q
pierlke pins, she added f
1t requires exactly twenty-three y
long dangerous looking hat pins TO +
hasten Oh H6t bitAdIt Ate-N '7-.7N e
time devoted to this part of her per-
sonal adornment counts up anaz- a
ingly, IL
IN almost every state ia the union W
some effort has been made to res al
train women from using the eX-
tremely long hat pins which nave tn
been fashionable until now VI
course. many who belong to the con-
servative set of shoppers disdained
to wear anything SO conspicuous as n,
the three inch knobbed hat pin, with bo
its sword-like pin measuring TroIa no
eight to twelve inches in length. but Mr.
in spite of their refusal to buy Wea- fro
pons of defense with which to orna- W.
nent and secure their hats, thous-
lnds and thousands of these hat ~,
inns were sold, while reformers con-
tnued to protest against the dan -
erous mode. But they protested, IN ~ ~.
he majority of cases. in vain. 1p
A few states succeeded in passing a."
law prohibiting the use of hat pins liie
f more than a stated length, usual
the limit being placed at five in -
hes this being deemed a sufficient so
, long pin to serve its original pur- ene'
ose without endangering the eyes ~ ~
nd other features of street car pas =
engers.
IN this city the public safety COM pe
mittee OF New York CITY Federation ~ ~
81 ornens elutg vet %. "A
sare an alaermautc committees 70 n
prohibit women from wearing long tt
hat pins Women who were working y
for this reform met in the alder n
manic chamber and told OF the hor- Il
rors and accidents which had al o.
ready resulted from the use of long al
hat pins, and they explained how ca
lives were being risked daily by per-
hitting this fashion to continue
The aldermen listened with inter
est, even with amusement, and RI
some of them examined carefully ch
the exhibits OF hats and dangerous tn
hat pins. They even showed desire Sa
to understand the working plan of We
model sheathed hat pin recon- CT
mended by the public safety com an
mittce But the measure was not de
put through and the inventive mem ri
beIs and their friends continued 70 Ia
design harmless hat pins with or NJ
namental hat pins and use for their tn
headgear pins with tiny jewelle1 kor
knobs Of delicate filagree disks &c
After all, their wasted effort II
here comes the model hat pin, 10 P
which women take as though they NJ
never had worn one a quarter of an 7
inch longer or a fraction of an incn a
larger in circumference. OF course, il
men are going to take the credit of fl
this reform to themselves, They will Il
claim it was on account of their fire. f.
quent protests to wives, mothers 9
and sisters which finally induced a
women to abandon the long pin t
But women themselves VIII know v
that II was the French milliner who +
recommended the reform and who t
are responsible for the introduction +
of the short hat pin, because long c
one would be out of place in the +
new small hat. close fitting silk hats n
which he has made the fashion.
MiIliners and dressmakers can all
ways succeed in bringing about
costume reform when aldermanic
and public safety committees al
The new fad proves the truth OF =
this staement. For Paris has sane ,
toned the tiny hat pin and every y
body is getting rid of large orna-
mental barbaric looking ones and
using the inconspicuous Tower pins
Philo Literary Society. =
1t was my pleasure TO accept the 4
thoughtful invitation of the presi- n