Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-05

We are taking to the small hat this
season with a degree of approval
that seems TO indicate the permanent
vogue of the little shapes that pos
sess at once chic, common sense and
picturesqueness
Where has it gone. the old-time
wide spreading hat with which we
used to associate the term picturesque
ana which, with its volume of plum
age and masses of flowers, used to be
considered the stylish essential of
"dressy-up" occasions? 1t has gone,
that is enough; replaced by the tiny
shape that, thank goodness, does not
occupy third of the space, yet into
which has been put all the elements
of picturesqueness and becomingnes5.
Of course there are always some
women who will declare that small
shapes are not becoming to them, but
this year their number is decidedly
less, for there is an infinite variety Of
small shapes, a type of hatNfor every
type of woman, almost.
Piquancy and pertness are the char
acteristics of the little hat as II is
now made that seem vastly more In
keeping with the woman Of 1914, with
her innumerable activities, than the
old, helpless, wide-eyed, ioppy head
gear.
Some brims would be wide if they
did not flare, but they do flare, for
that is about the most fashionable
thing they can do, Away up to one
side they go, straight into the air, fiat
against the crown, the opposite side
balanced by a wee-bit brim that
would hardly be noticed at all If it
were not tipped quite decidedly into
one eye.
Hats must flare to be fashionable
and to accentuate the flare the trim
ming is posed on top Of it, fiarinG
and Haunting still higher and giving
to the feminine outline that general
effect of height that every woman
yearns for. However much this af-
fectation of height may bespeak the
vanity Of the weaker sex in the milf
nerv Of the moment, it bespeaks the
assumption, if not the possession, OF
the virtue of humaneness. For no
matter how tall and flaring the hat
and the trimmings are, If they flare
up toward the heavens they are not
daring into the eyes of some fellow
'farer. or endangering the usually safe
posftion of his ears and nosel So let
us say: 'Long live the high flare"
As 70 the location of the flare, that
+. a matter OF personal taste or Of
personal becomingness. 1t may be at
one side. toward the back or toward
the front, or directly in the back; or
If it happens to suit your peculiar
style best directly in the front, by
all means have it so.
The feathers We are wearing this
season have to be adapted. They are
treated in all sorts of ways to suit
them to the tiny hats and TO give
them the proper degree Of smallness,
slant and slenderness. Old -timey ia p
yorites are striped and shipped. twist =
ed and singed, treated with glycer-
inc. until their own mothers would
never recognize them The pompon
Of silk or of clipped ostrich is fla
yorite type on turban shapes, giving
lust the right width in the spot where
"A becoming bit of width may be need .
ed. and is softening addition to any
hat.
or all the substitutes for feathers
ribbon is the smartest, the most sat
isractory. There is ultra chic in the
simple. small shape OF straw. with ITS
fariDg side and trimming only Of
one ribbon bow conforming to the
approyed shapes of the moment, inn
tatiue wings and quilts, devils ears
ANYTHING 70 long as it possesses
zeal Of dash and the slant that makcs
il most becoming TO you.
The chief difference between the
new hats and the winter bonnett
comes i'm the manner in which they
are worn. Tho couture must be ar