The Arvada enterprise., 1923-09-27

bowed to the burden with all due hu-
mllity, for she had been raised to be-
lieve that It was all right when her
clOthes-and especially her hats-were
not exactly comfortable.
Now, look ut the change. II only In
this one respect-and there are others.
Her hats pull down over her head and
hair. They fit with precision. and un-
less they do they are not becoming.
There Is no danger. II she IL smartly
clad, that her hat will fly away. for Il
70 anchored as firmly as any mans.
The Idea Of the modern hat. then, 10
that It shall be primarily comfortable
and easy to wear. After that come The
more important adjuncts Of style. be-
comlngness, beauty. gracefulness and
the supplement to the costume which
every hat at every period Of history
should he.
The hat. nowadays. is truly a supple
ment to the costume. Il claims at the
outset, nothing for itself and on its
own. II II merely the setting to which
the costume Ii keyed. Without It. he
It said, the dressing would he a. moth
Ing. bu: with 1t the styles Of the day
become important and lasting consid-
erations in themselves The tight little
hat that pulls down over the head and
shows a dropping brim IL called a
clOche. II started all this furOr about
hats that fit and are becoming. too. II
led the way to all this sure develop
ment In the way Of softness Of head
adornment to the place where lines
shall he the essential things that make
a hat show It's character and distinc-
ti0n.
Nsar.Taliorsd In Effect.
There has been one quite decided
change In the wearing Of hatS-that Ia,
in the ones that are worn along with
dress clothes. The hats are almost
tailored In effect. They would. indeed,
have been considered no a few Year,
ago. hut now they are the things that
are done In this respect. You will ss.e
. woman In very full and flowing
black crepe dress, for instance, and
along with that she will wear q little
clOche Of black French felt that has
nothing for It's Ornamentation but n
band Of the strictest. and plainest
Erosgrain ribbon In black also. Bui
somehow. considered In combination
with the dress. that hat becomes
dresSy and shows up AZ exactly the
right thing to be worn with the dress
II decides to accompany.
OF course. not every woman pursues
m uncompromising q course. II Ia only
the one far advanced In the art Of
modern dressing who dares 10 do II.
There are other and more intermedi.
ate sorts Of hats that MI the purpose
admirably and that are modern
enough to MI every need. bringing the
costumes ns u whole up 10 the last
word In smartness and It's expression.
So many OF the hints begin with the
clOche and end with trimmings that
are quite perky and smart on their
sides. There nre bows ind feathers
put on ut all sorts Of interesting x
angles, and then there nre ribbons In
tnilored chous and bows In fiat repre-
sentafIons.
Embroidery In llrsIieht.
Embroidered hats are all the rnge,
but they must be. In order 10 be Of the
smnr'cst style. embroidered over their
entire surfnces. Some of them nre
made IN little. tight shapes ihnt ~
around the hcnds like verltnble caps
nnd others nrc shipped into turbnns
and toqucs In the most amusing man.
ncr. They hive very little trimming
n my. nnd most OF them rely absolute
Iy upon their decorated surfaces "a
make them famous. The benuty oi
these little and colorful things IL that
they cnn be worn with almost any Oi
the street cIothcs-with anything from
the drnped crepe dress In wool or silk
10 the strictly tailored suit. they look
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