Evening star., 1922-09-24
\ HE natural vanity. or egotism,
of men and women Is demon
strated to the nth degree by

of men and women Is Demon
strated to the nth degree by
the universal desire on the
part Of both sexes to secure becoming
headgear. That hat Is the thing. ANY
one who has to wear hat that he. or
she. knows Is unbecoming Is most un-
happy every minute while wearing II.
One reason that men take their mats
off every possible opportunity-asioe
from the fact that they are terribly
afraid Of becoming bald any sooner
than is absolutely unavoidable-ist the
fact that they so rarely feel that their
hats are becoming. The derby hat is
certainly the acme Of ugliness on
fed0fa is not becoming to some types.
The tweed cap is probably the most
becoming style that men wear today
and 1t Is increasing in popularity.
There are some men who confess to
perfect agony In the attempt to secure
just the right hat. They sometimes
take THEM wives along to help in the
selection but. while a woman is In
disputably supremely interested in
hats for herself. she seems to be rare
" good judge OF one for her hus-
band. Usually a hat chosen by her
walks speedily back to the shop for
exchange and the game of find the hat
Is renewed.
1t Is very amusing to watch a man
pick out his hat. He looks at himself
from the right, left and straight
front glasses: he Tits it first one side.
then another; he pulls 1t down over
his eyes a la detective; he swings his
cigar about like beam on a ship and
anxiously watches the effect on his
hats becomingncss: IN short. he does
everything possible except stand on
his head. Having only three colors-
black. brown and gray-to choose
from. he manages to make the most
of his opportunities and will invari-
ably choose brown hat to go with
dark green overcoat. II gray or black
itself. he insists the hat must be
brown because his shoes are brown.
X u 4 u:
WITH women the matter assumes
an entirely different aspect.
There is probably no article of wom-
ans dress which she SO dotes upon as
her hat and she usually engages in
prolonged preliminary tour of window
shopping before actually buying
hat
Whereas a man will bolt into his
hatter's with grim do-or-die express
sion on his face, girl or woman will
saunter into every available millinery
shop. be seated at each shop and try
On many hats OF every conceivable
shape and color. and then peacefully
go home without any intention of
buying single hat that she has tried
on her head.
Most women really buy their hats
on the inspirational method. The
surest plan of procedure for selling
one lady a hat is to have her come
into shop and find another woman
seriously considering the purchase OF
a particular hat. Quite possibly the
newest customer has no intention of
buying hat Of that color before
entering the shop but. seeing that 1t
Is wanted by another woman her bat
tie instinct is aroused and she swell
1y asks the clerk to let her try it on.
the other customer will invariably
clinch the sale.
On the other hand. a woman may go
downtown with ten dollars in her
socks and pay the telephone bill.
Nothing will be farther from her
mind than buying q hat. And then
she will see Just the hat have been
looking all over town for" and at
least half of the ten-dollar bill i'm
mediately goes as deposit on this en-
snaring piece of millinery. The clerk
will assure madame that 1t was SIM
lily made for her-suits her type per-
fectly and 1t would be a crime to see
her own. All will be we'll provided
that madam doesn't see her precious
hat duplicated in two or three other
colors at church Sunday.
TT has been truly said of women's
hats that they are so diversified in
form and materials that they defy all
definition" There have been some
outstanding types, however, that have
been a little more grotesque than
others. Everybody. except perhaps
the youngest iapper. remembers the
back was filled in with violets. Tin
types still exhibit the style Of hat
which resembles nothing so much as a
pancake resting on top of lady's
much pompadoured rats"
Pavlowa has kept the memory of
the coal-scuttle shape of the direc.
toire period golden in her hat which
she wears in the adorable Pavlowa
gavotte, and masquerades never fail to
bring forth at least a couple Of poke
Widow" hats SO popular generation
ago contrived to make all women
except the most statuesque look Hike
little toads under cabbage leaves. and
iaQieS WIN prominent nOSeSs even To-
day, in spite Of all tactful sugges-
tons by skilled shop girls, will insist
on buying some variation of the Ma
poleonic tricorn.
No longer does grandma wear the
inconspicuous. much-jetted little bon
net that tied under the chin with de-
muir strings while half-grown
black ostrich feather waved forlornly
from over one ear. Instead she wears
what resembles an inverted peach
basket trimmed with a gay wreath of
as many varieties Of stuffed fruits
as can be crowded into the space
about the crown.
PSrhaps the one type Of hat that
hasiwithstood the tests Of numerous
chaAging fashions in women's head
sea} Is the floppy leghorn hat Every
sprih6 around Easter time one will
see these hats sprouting all over town.
trimmed with dainty wreaths Of shep.
hertteas ros"huds. flaming peoples or
heaty black eyed susans.
Undoubtedly with the ladies the
hath rthe thing. and they consider il
so important an item that they will
eyeA ihave hats sent on approval in
rtmd to wear to some big tea. then re-
turd them and have them taken of
rheif charge accounts the next morn
inx.t 1t is a very complicated bust.
res9-beinH q milliner.