Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-10

In this street suit Of green and gray,
the nnIIllner has made cap, cape and
muff to match Of bright green broad
cloth, after 4 fashion Of 4 quarter Of
century ago. It 10 trimmed with
gray fur, and the cape IsIfastened with
one gray button.
important gown and rise to heights Of
snrtorial success IL she wears an im-
p0rtant hat. Interview dressmaker
and she will insist that the gown
should be purchased before any other
part Of the costume and that all other
things should beaded thereunto, with
or without care.
In looking at the whole scheme Of
dressing from the point of view OF a
reporter Of clothes, the safe assertion
Is that the milliners are right. No
gown can justify itself, or its wearer
for choosing 1t, If 1t Is marred by the
wrong hat. On the other hand, good
hat which is admirably posed and
which brings out all the best there Is
In face, can redeem a gown that
would otherwise be deplorable fail
ure. That is the way to Judge the
merits.
Standards Have Changed.
There was once a time when women
and the public gave more attention to
| the face than to the figure, or to that
vague and elusive thing called style.
A woman had to be pretty, and her
prettiness of the kind that women I'M
derstood and men admired. Her figure
might be unshapely, her gowns chosen
at random and often ill-fitting, but the
lovely face was featured and exploited
above everything else.
Surely. but imperceptibly, the view
point of the. world toward good-look-
ing women changed. People demand
ed more than lovely face; they grew
artistic and wanted a lovely silhouette.
Then they grew insurgent and an
nounced that they cared little for pref
tiness in the face, unless it was ac-
companied by, and often overshad-
owed by, style and well-fitting clothes.
In short, women today have greater
task forced upon them, If they would
commend their appearance to the pub
lie. A woman was born pretty In
other centuries, and she used art and
nature to continue this facial attrac-
ton. but she left the choice of her
clothes, the lines Of her figure and the
making of her corset to chance. To-
day, Ii is not the least necessary for
her to be born with trace of beauty
to commend herself to far-fiung pub
| lie and be considered woman OF
striking appearance.
The silhouette is the thing.
This Is accentuated, or probably, 1t
Ills better to say, 1t Is nearly embodied
In the hat. The woman who does not
strike the top note clear and strong
might as well consider herself out OF
the running In fashion and in attrac-
tiveness Of personal appearance.
MARRIED by Hat.
II women In mass could only he
made cognizant Of the truth concern
Ing hats, the mllliners would talk less
and women would look better. Ii IL
the ignorance Of the majority Of WON
en- as to what kind Of hat they should
wear that gives the milliner who must
sell hats chance to mar face that
might be made attractive and ruin
gown that has been admirably exc
cuted.
4 It is not possible to lay down laws
for the buying Of hats. The tilt of d
noses~the droop Of an eyebrow, would
smash every rule conceived and ex-
pressed II a woman cannot learn how
to buy a hat, she should take up thu