The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-08
the Movement
iversal Dress Comes
npaign for the Univers
Bonnet That Any
Woman Can Wear at
Any Time and Still
Be Pretty

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
eountenance. The pale woman
would look her worst in the hat that
ls n foil for the high-colored one.
Oppression also enters into the sub
iect. The round-eyed woman of
childish expression would not be
adorned by a hat that IS a proper
foil for the person OF sedate visage.
The face is the index OF individual
ity. and It will 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 getT'
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 a 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 is not becoming
10 all women. For instance. II makes
The little woman look overweighted
II is not becoming to the tall. thin
woman. for Il causes her 20 look like
a lamppost which some mischievous
boy has crowned with a farmhand's
harvest hat The picture hat is oper
also 20 the charge OF lack OF durabil
ity. since Il IS usually built OF velvet
and TO the still more serious charg,
OF unhealthfulness. since. being TO,
heavy. II torments the nerves OF thu
scalp and overheats the head. Boil
effects produce the further one o
causing the hair 20 fan out.
"The hat on this page. one OF tn,
many notifications OF the pictur,
hat. is attractive; but, being made o
fur. f. too heavy and hot to be health
ful. Furthermore. II isn't practicable
because on a windy day the weare
would be tormented by the wind
that, being unintelligent. might mis-
take the big fat hat for a sail. Tn
woman who wears a large hat f. ger
orally in torment. II indoors. som
one is railing at her more or les
audibly because the hat obscures tn
, view OF others. II out OF doors, IN
elements tease her. Nearly Away
the large hat means discomfort.
Guided by less intelligence an
|, sense OF suitability is the choice G
what may be termed the tower hal
one which might in this case b
styled the Tower OF Pisa hat. II
crown a mere tight swathlng OF tn
head in silk. having no top or cove
ing. and the incomplete frame SUI
mounted by monstrously high pit
mage, 81 Is neither artistic nor becon
ing. an utterly senseless barbarisu
The hat that comes low over on
side OF the head, fitting closely a
though II had intended 20 be 2 cal
" and then. changing it's mind. ende
somewhere about the middle OF "a
crown, and was completed By a tai
, OF feathers OF exaggerated helgh
.I certainly does not conform 10 IN
Polymuriel idea % suitability. con
n fort and durability. The wispylib
q feathers would not survive one bris
= walk IN the face of a wind. II e.
very silly shape. and ifs high plum,
makes % unpracticable
- AS between the close-nttlng an
u the haring o. wide-brimmed shaJ
~ there 10 no comparison FOR utility ar
for beauty. n you regard neatness
The indispensaDIe form OF beauty
d. is. The hat among the four that
-e sensible and not uubeCOmiug fo aI
n woman is one Of medium high crow
10. The crown Is round and large euoul
y a. NJ the wearer'g head size. III
a trimming Is floral. Flowers are D
- coming 90 any age and any tvf
70 There Is enough % this trimming
in brighten the hot and the face OF q
,g WeaTer. and yet not enough 90 rond
10 The hat heavy. ~ lies close TO q
n. hat. 30 Offering no temptation To- q
a. wind TO rond u
h Moreover the brim turn up sIigl
N ~. affording q glimpse o. the hair.
h. every hat should.
"1 have iu mind hat that SEEM