Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-05

New YOrk.-The refOrmers who ar
que against the buying of hats as well
as gowns are arguing against human
nature. A woman may economic on
any other part of her apparel. but the
change of season sets her whole ma
ture throbbing to get new head cover
ings. declares a prominent fashion au-
thOrity.
When the black of winter may be
exchanged for the flowers of summer
the tide of purchase sets In, and the
current runs strong. Hats we must
have. They may be part of new cos
tunes. or they may be accessories TO
redeem and enliven old costumes. but
we must have them.
A good deal is said by the refOrmers
these days which we wish could be
left unsaid 1t Is difficult to approach
this matter without suggesting that
many of us are not sincere and that
our patriotism. fine and strong as it
may be. runs away with our tongues
One feels that it is well that there is
no earthly wartime judge before
whom we must all come. who puts our
talk in one scale and actions in the
other.
Hat With Brim Replaces Turban.
France and America have each seen
the fitness of the brim that shades the
eyes at time when the sun pOurs
straight down. instead of Obliquely.
The turban is, after all, the between
season hat. 1t is not entirely elimi-
mated from the scheme of things, but
it has yielded first place to the larger
hat. The high crown. however. has
are the new sailors which. with their
high crowns and three-inch brims.
threaten to Overrun the continent like
q swarm of lOcusts.
These are both cheap and expensive.
well draped and badly draped; they
are in midnight blue, black. beige and
red; they are made Of rough straw,
and although they are excessively
smart, they have hard. uny. ,lding
line. On the hard face they aTH ugly ;
i'm juxtapOsitiOn to small, cO2uettish.
frail face they are alluring.
Mind you. the hard. stiff hrim is not
the only one. If it were. thousands of
women would give up the struggle to
be good looking. for the woman who
realizes that hat makes or mars her
face is the one who knows how to
dress. All the good-lOOking gowns in
the world cannot affect the eyes. the
nose and the skin. 1t is the hat and
the neckwear which lift you. to the
pedestal of prettiness or throw you
down into the ditch Of ugliness. There
are immense. sweeping brims in fash
ion which you may choose If your face
needs softening and irregular lines.
There is an ultra-smart hat which
leads the way. 1t is made of pleatet
strawberry geOrgette crepe faced witt
black straw, with wide band of straw
encircling the crown. Wherever II
goes this hat is copied in various col
Ors and worn in the afternoon.
Those who feel that the brim mus
hide the forehead and nearly ECLIPSE
the eyes may still cling to the mush
room shape, which is permitted in thu
best society; and those who feel {
thrill of happiness at the mere men
ton Of English garden hats may q
i'm for this particular type Of pictur
esQueness with the realization that the.
are striking the absolutely new not
in this summers fashion.
1t was Jeanne Lanvin who brOugh
out the huge Organdie hat with its rOs
on the brim, and since then the Amer
lean designers have tumbled over them
selves in their effort to Introduce chit
fOn and Organdie hats made In paste
colOrs, combining old blue and dec
pink. The rose and the long streamer
which trim this type of hat sugges
the garden party. so let us hope tina
the average woman will realize tina
the hat cannot be worn on the street
The lace rufile at the brim Of tn
large hat is another fashion which Ia
been revived from an older and NOR