Imperial Valley press., 1913-04-01
BILLY EDWARDS AND HIS
TRICK MULE MICKEY"
With Alabama Mins,reIs (under
canyas) Ei CentTo, tonight
HOW THE WORLD DRESSES
" rittcn for the United Press by
Margaret NasonI

NEW YORK, April THAT femi-
nine inevitability has arrived. Mi
ladys penchant for something tight in
the matter of wearing apparel, after
lowering about the waistline for years,
then sinking to the knees. only to drop
clear to the ankles within the last
year, has now gone to her head. We
have with US this spring the hobble
hat.
or course, this name has not been
formally sanctioned by the Rue de la
Paix, or lower Fifth avenue. but what's
in a name? II you planning
spring creation you had best consult
your jeweler and if he supply
you with shoe horn and can opener
to match your lip stick and your vanity
box. You will need the shoe horn TO
get into your petite chapeau, and the
can opener to get out of it-that is, if
you are counting on something chic.
Really. everything In the hat line
minutive, and at the present writing a
tiny turban with just hint Of an up
turned brim is leading. II appears in
the most hectic of hues-royal purple,
and Chinese blue-any one of which
may strike you favorably If your com
plexion is fine, but sorrow be yours If
you're sallow. And If by any chance
you be a moon faced maiden. you may
as well bid an early adieu to all hopes
of looking well and being fashionable
in the same hat.
But it's an i'll style indeed that shows
no good. For those with faces-to fit,
the shapes are so quaint and fetching
and the dyes SO brilliant and varied
that little trimming is needed. A sim
gle long feather. set at an angle to
poke out the eye of the passerby. or
tiny bunch of art nouveau fruit Is, like
Mother Eyes travelling gown, not much
And speaking of fruit trimming, ap-
ples-iitting adornment for a daughter
of Eve-seem destined to have a tre-
mendous vogue. Wierd little pippins
rise. deep purple, royal blue, apples
of every conceivable color except their
proper hue, are mounted atop, tucked
underneath or dangled over the edge of
the little pill boxes in reckless fash
ion. Or, If your taste does not run
to apples. you may have your choice
such as burntorange cherries, tur-
ouoise blue strawberries, or most any
of your favorite fruits done in a new
compiexion to suggest the genius of a
masterpiece of futurist trying for a
press notice. The less apt Pomona
herself to recognize these fruity fads,
the more likely their success.
But II by chance your husband may
think that millinery by the atom is
less expensive than on an average ba-
sis; break it to him gently that his
for, and lest paying for the large
shapes grows monotonous, Nils. Mo-
diste will let him pay heavily for the
small shape for a season. Consequent
ly. this season, the smaller the hat the
larger the price. Tres sample, nest ce
pas? OF course, little thing like my
ladys crowning glory cannot be al
lowed TO stand in the way of fashions
decree. So it's "a bas" with all your
Bunty buns and Peggy puffs. The 1913
model chapeau isn't built to cover
multitude of sins.
Don't wait for a rainy day. Pull out
grandma's trunk today. If she was a
thrifty lady you will find the dernier
cri for your wear today among her
fr96el1ws oeGn ;nof Of yesterday Perhaps the
knees may prove as effective for your
1913 swain. Anyway, the old rich silks
and velvets will be a saving, for like
cannot swathe yourself in many yards
If you have to save the price out of
your housekeeping allowance. Neither
vii! Mrs. Wilson and her three girls.
they possess dressy ancestress also.
In more subdued taste are the crepe
de chimes. blooming in tiny garlands
and nosegays of old fashioned flowers.
ingenue type, but you had best refrain,
II you are veering toward the buxom.
In antithesis is the mad riot of bar
baric color In the Egyptian. and art
long way. If you possess the gift Of
chcness. you can fashion a vest,
sash girdle or overdraPe for these and
But unless your touch is deft, beware.
Coates of these bizarre silks will
turn you into an old print or a DASH
ing poster maid. but for arts sake and
you would be mOdfSb.