The Daily Missoulian., 1912-07-30

are now some shapes which may be
worn equally we'll by either men or
women. The mannish hat is in high
favor with many women and II In
crcascs in numbers each year. Some
mtlliners credit II to the influence Of
the woman suffrage movement What
ever the cause, there is no disputing
the fact that the derby shaped hat
which some women wear adding per-
haps little stick up" on one side.
could be worn equally well by her
husband II the "stick-up" were
omitted. The real suffragist hats in
the shape worn by the women in the
great suffrage parade In New York
last May. varied little from the derby
style In being pulled down more In
front One firm In New York fur
nished no less than 10000 hats Of
this style for the parade and It IL
likely that with the numerous other
suffrage parades contemplated in
other cities this style will be uni
versally adopted.
Whether or not the similarity in
style between men and womens hats
Is responsible for II. cannot be de-
termined. but the fact remains that
growing number Of stores are hand
ling hats for both sexes and doing re
successfully, too. One Of the most
prominent Of these millinery shops IL
In st. louis and husband and wife
can go there together and each pur-
chase complete outfit OF hats OF all
descriptions, from an imported model
to straw sailor for the lady, and a
Panama to an opera hat for the gentle
man: Several other dealers In mems
hats In the western cities are con-
templating putting In a line Of wom-
ems millinery during the coming sea-
son.
The headwear OF men II becoming
almost as varied In Its styles and ma
terials as Is that Of women. and each
year the number OF models increases.
Not only women. but men as WE'LL call
into service the products of every part
OF the world 20 crafty their vanity.
During the present season each well
equipped store dealing in mems hats
had to have Panamas from Ecuador
and Porto Rico. Sennits and Yeddos
from Japan. Milans and Leghorns from
koks from Slam. Manilas from the
Philippines. Javas from Borneo
Mackinaws from Canada and dun
stables from England. In addition to
the felt and fabric hats which come
from France and Germany and our
own country. The styles, sizes and
shapes In which these hats for men
are made and trimmed is as varied
as their origin and the time when a
man had just one or two simple hats
to choose from each season Is passed
An economy In hats affected by many
men Is In the adjustable hat band.
Some men have dozen hat bands for
a single hat. They change them 10
match their neckties or for other rea-
sons. College men like to wear their
college colors on their hats, and when
a ball game is on between two rival
college teams there Is demand for
hat bands for the believers In each
team.
At a recent exhibit In hygiene. held
In Dresden. Germany. the results were
given of some tests made as to the
relative advantages In temperature OF
the different kinds OF mems hats
worn during warm weather The Pan
anna was registered at II degrees; the
straw hat at 70 degrees: the soft wool
at So degrees; the silk hat at so de-
grees; the cloth cap at "a degrees ana
the yachting cap at 9s degrees. These
tests were made partially with view
to regulate the provisions for the uni
forms OF certain classes OF police Of
ficers.
Tomorrow-The Economies Of FASH
i'm. V.-Styles and Underwear.