Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-17

81 have always commended" re-
marked Loretta, that women if al
lowed to follow their own tastes,
would be really quite sensible. To-
day | have changed my mind some
what
You should have asked me in the
first place." her brother said complac-
emily. TT would have saved you a
possible brain flag"
There wasn't any danger of that,
Loretta laughed. Il made my obser-
vations at the concert this afternoon,
where I had no use for brains. All
used was my eyes"
'It must have been some concert!
What was the matter with you ears p
They became tired" Loretta de-
clared. 1.-The soloist was dainty
little man, whose voice didn't fill the
hall, so I gave up listening"
What did you see Them
Hats" Loretta said calmly. Just
hats and a few collars"
"Why didn't the usher tell them to
take take off their hats?'
'9There weren't any ushers. This
was q club concert and the hat is the
thing, they tell me. They would as
soon think of taking off their hair.
There was a collar in front of me
that was fairly human" Loretta went
on. 1T was q wired lace once, and
it showed actual intelligence. 1t would
lie down fiat on the Wearer's shoulder
when there was nothing going on and
as soon as the music began it would
stand up jerkily and listen. OF course
the moving was caused by the interest
felt by the woman herself, but it was
none the less spooky. 1 got to laugh
ing so hard at its actions that l took
to studying the hats in front of me
in order to sober myself"
"a serious enough subject / should
ina 2ine' said IOr6tta'S brother.
s'This is a year when women can
make their hats any old way, Lor-
eta went on. sit doesn't matter
whether the brim is high or low in the
front or back. or turned up on the SIDE
it's just as fashionable. You can
trim with ribbons or flowers, and
there is no way of telling whether a
woman is wearing last years hat or a
new one, fresh from the store.
TT is a good year for economy and
you'd think there'd be a great many
pretty hats, because each one can at
last follow her individual taste in the
matter, instead of accepting, the style
originated by some one in Paris. The
first hat I studied looked like a mans
old time stovepipe hat, and at the
back there was an explosion of tulle
and feathers that looked like a tur-
keys tell. There was another with a
whole owl on it's brim, and [ declare
that that hOrrid thing winked at me-"
Possibly" agreed her brother. 81 can
imagine that an owl might be wise
enough to see the humor of his sit
ting on a hat brim."
There were all kinds of flowers and
fruit, too" continued Loretta. And
some hats were tipped over one ear
just as if the women were playing
peekaboo while others were so far
down at the back that they touched
their owners shoulders. A woman
who will never see 10 again had on a
creation of pink and white lace that
was suitable for a girl of u and made
her look like"
~Wen, never mind that" Loretta S
brother said, as she hesitated. Il can
imagine what she did look like"
"One sallow bony woman had on an
emerald green thing trimmed with
yellow daisies, and g, girl with vivid red
hair wore a pink hat with vivid pur-
pie ribbons hanging down all around
it. The colOrs made me fairly dizzy
:Let us hope that the situation is
not as dreadful as you think" her
brother said. But what can you sug-
gest as a remedy"