The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

lHc SilSHleSt tOuCN Oh autumn III the
atmosphere gives the impetus. The
milliners are waiting. The purchase
is made. The hat is worn and the dust
and heat settle down again as though
August was yet to come.
The American climate is really quite
well understood by the inhabitants, but
they like to delude themselves with
thoughts of winter clothes. When the
first frost comes, the hat which was
bought In the excitement of a cool
hour appears bit the worse for the
weather, or, possibly, it has proved ut
terly unbecoming and unsuitable to
any frock in the wardrobe. 1t was an
attractive hat, yes, and it tempted one
beyond resistance that breezy morn
ing but nov'--well, il is impossible
for the winter, so says the early buyer.
If there are Mephistophees among
the milliners they must stand back and
laugh. The victim is theirs.
Again the counters are sought for
something lovelier, more available for
the clothes enc possesses. The hats
aiC iCd0ys ht SciitS 50 Aiy
on. Such are the tricks of trade and
the unceasing tricks of human nature.
why New Hats Are Needed.
There is really little to be condemned
In the process. New head coverings
are needed as soon as the sun gets
through fading summer hats and squalls
OF rain have ruined their shape. and the
Ing her head in apple pie condition no
matter how threadbare her frock knows
not the A p c of good dressing. Her
wiser sisters will convince her by their
acts that a frequent change of hats. all
equally attractive, permits money to be
saved en- the rest OF the outfit.
It Is a tradition of the wise, there
fore, that sends women into the millin-
cry shops on the first cool morning.
Here Is another thing the wise woman
knows: that the stampede for autumn
hats before autumn arrives will of ne
cessity commonize a large number OF
new shapes. fabrics and trimming. Two
months of wholesale repetition will put
such hats in the third class. The woman
who does not buy anything until now
Ia able to discard and select, and the
women who have given themselves the
Joy OF being anead of the season and
81 freshening an almost dowdy frock
with a new hat can feel they have had
value for money paid out and may hap
Sly go on toward another kind that
will serve until the new year. Let no
man think that even the present price
OF hats will keep a woman content with
the one she possesses day after jan
uary. 1921.
What are the hats that enthusiasm
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the soft felt or duvetyn colored hat with
the unstiffened brim turned fatty back
against the crown back and front and n
crown that IL pulled into many oblong
folds; the adornment Is a ribbon, "A brig
and's handkerchief with pointed ends at
the side or a few folds of self-colored
velvet. Not hat of any dignity this
but popular to the verge of irritation. II
takes the place Of the modified army hat
I'm beige OF gray felt with its pinched
crown and wreath of colored fruit that
Paris made a part of a uniform last
summer along with q chemise frock of
black crepe de chine which n cityful of
French women now wear regardless of
the weather.
This crushed felt hat. over here is re-
peated In the notable colors of the sea-
son. especially In Moroccan brick and
that brown called Chow by the mflli-
I'i ohtVubttuiy IL nus n10 1tS UaN.
There are signs OF WEAKNESS in wearing
Il. The young who like to repeat the
carelessness Of sport clothes on the
streets may continue 1t throughout the
winter. but the majority have turned
sheir eyes toward less universal shapes.
Adcrns Too Many Heads.
THO small tricornc is beginning also 10
run down as leading fashion from over
usage. In black velvet or silk plush
with the Chantiliy veil Il has adorned
too many heads so far to suit the taste |
OF the fastidious. In more conspicuous
size there Is small doubt that II will rest |
here for several months. 1t is in black |
where II Is at it's best. In colors IL is
unwiso. With a veil II carries n good
deal OF dignity. but Il Is not for the 1
woman who does not know how to pose I
hats. Its companion is an extra large
Bourbon hat with several indentations in
the upturned brifn, which r. OF n height
with the crown and formally touched off
With n cockade.
Tho newer types OF these kinely hats,
which were worn by mon and never by
women, appear IN the smartesv fashion
from France There Is ono by Suzanne