Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-09

sidered from the standpoint of con
tour. but of coloring and expression.
The round.faced woman cannot be-
comingly wear the shape that would
be suitable for the woman Of angular
countenance. The pale woman
would look her worst in the hat that
la a foil for the high-colored one.
Expression also enters into the sub
ject. The round-eyed woman Of
childish expression would not be
adorned by a hat that is a proper
foil for the person of sedate visagee
The face is the index Of individual
ity, and It viii be no easy task to in-
close all the varying Municipalities
within one frame. But American
women are clever. We expect them
to furnish a solution of the long
vexed problem. what kind Of hat
shall I get?'
Ever since the Duchess OF Devon
shire was painted by Gainsborough
in a large black velvet hat. worn
very much on the side and crowned
by forest Of plumes. the picture hat
has been admired of women and
more or less worn by them without
regard for suitability.
THE picture hat 10 not becoming
TO all women. For instance, II makes
the little woman look over-weighted.
II Is not becoming TO the tall, thin
woman, for It causes her TO look Ike
a lamppost which some mischievous
boy has crowned with farmhand's
harvest hat The picture hat IL open
also to the charge OF lack of durabil-
ity. since It is usually built OF velvet,
and to the still more serious charge
OF unhealthfulness, since. being too
heavy, Il torments the nerves of the
scalp and overheats the head. Both
effects produce the further one Of
causing the hair 10 fall out.
1.-THE hat on this page, one OF the
many notifications of the picture
hat, is attractive; but. being made Of
fur, is too heavy and hot to be health
full. Furthermore. II isn't practicable.
because on windy day the wearer
would be tormented by the wind;
that, being unintelligent, might mis-
take the big fiat hat for sail. The
woman who wears large hat Is gen
orally In torment. II indoors. some
one is railing at her more or less
audlbly because the hat obscures the
/, view of others. II out OF doors, the
elements tease her. Nearly always
the large hat means discomfort
Guided by less intelligence and
!. sense OF suitability is the choice Of
what may be termed the tower hat
one which might in this case BIZ
: styled the Tower OF Pisa hat. IT.
crown a mere tight swathing of the
head in silk. having no top or cover
ing. and the incomplete frame sur
mounted by monstrously high plu
mage. II is neither artistic nor becom
ing, an utterly senseless barbarism
''The hat that comes low over ont
= side of the head, fitting closely a
though II had intended to be cap
: and then. changing its mind, endet
somewhere about the middle OF TIL
crown, and was completed by a tut
y OF feathers OF exaggerated height
" certainly does not conform 20 tn
Polymuriel idea OF suitability, CON
W fort and durability. The wispy-lik
'e feathers would not survive one bris
- walk in the face of wind. II Is
70 very silly shape. and Its high plume
40 makes Il unpracticable.
ie l"As between the close-fftting an
~ the iaring or wide-brimmed shap
le there is no comparison for utility an
10 for beauty, II you regard neatness q
the Indispensable form OF beauty
n is, The hat among the four that
re sensible and not unbecoming 10 an
m. woman Is one OF medium high crow
h, The crown Is round and large enous
~ to 1T the wearer's head size. II
"a trimming IL floral. Flowers are b
- coming to any age and any typ
- There Is enough of this trimming
IN brighten the hat and the face OF Il
he. wearer, and yet not enough to rend
hs the hat heavy. II lies close 20 Il
IN. hat. so Offering no temptation to Il
IA. wind 10 rend II.
is Moreover the brim turn up sligl
Al ly. aifording a glimpse OF the hair.
IA every hat should.
81 have in mind hat that seem,