New Britain herald., 1930-08-19
Hats and Jewels Must Be Wse ey
 Chosen to Complement Glasses

New York, Aug. 19-Glasses need not be an unsurmountable hln- drance to beauty Accept them at their face value, and pick your hats. necklines, jewels and other orna- ments with direct relation to them,
 By experimenting with this type of hat or that, you will learn just what is most becoming and what is distinctly out, so long as you wear glasses.
 First. the lens must be perfect of professional fitting. Second. select the frames as carefully as you would pair of earrings. necklace or any other accessory, with a view to their flattering you. Third, never but a hat or jewels without considering them with re- lation to your glasses.
 Rim Shade Important
 So far as frames are concerned, shell has long been prominent for eye glasses because of it's durabll- ity and it's comfort in hot weather. But choose the right shade. A concensus of stylists have deter mined that an amber shade, mod eled to blend with flesh tones, is becoming to the average person.
 For general style directions,
 the following set Of rules has
 been worked out: For dress,
 wear rilnless glasses ard OK
 lords; for business, rimless
 spectacles and eyeglasses with
 metal and shell combination, or
 light weight metal rim spec
 tacles or shell ones; for sports
 a substantial frame spectacle,
 metal, combination or shell; for
 study, reading or close hand
 work of any kind, comfortable,
 light weight spectacles in shell
 or metal; for street wear, shop
 ping, the theater or wear with
 evening clothes, oxfords or
 lorgnettes. Children should
 have frames of rigid construc-
 tion. either shell or metal.
 pink gold, rather than the white gold. because it tones in with the skin. A convenient new oxford tyep has a shell frame with 3. pink gold bridge across the nose which leaves no impression whatsoever upon the nose. being held in place by two short, straight temple pieces that extend only to the ears, not over them. This oxford toldsup, like lorgnettes. and can be worn or carried easily
 For evening, lorgnettes and nosa glasses are growing intricate and lovely. At recent wedding, the brides mother wore a pair of eye glasses with the nose piece and frames of engraved platinum, set in diamonds and sapphres to match her silvery gray hair and blue eyes and making an ensem- ble of her sapphire necklace and ring and glasses.
 This autumn's hats apparently had in mind the woman who wears glasses. The long sides, draped styles and oft-the- forehead mode fit well with the lines and con- tours of glasses, But, watch out for the extremely small hat, the too-tight turban, and the beret on the back Of the head-they all ac- cent glasses unbecomingly, A close fitting mushroom, also, should be stunned, because 1t casts a shad- ow over the glasses. A very wide brimmed hat, worn pulled down makes the eyes and glasses lose their proportions in an amazine manner and therefore is bad. But for soft grace and beauty, the draped, fabric hats, those with the new double brims, made of trans parent or silk velvet, are tremend i ously successful and flattering. Ornaments Hold Peril 1 Be careful of hat ornaments. | made of gleaming rhinestones oI crystal and worn near the face you get a double reflection iron your glasses, which utterly ruln your personality.
 The jewels you wear with you glasses are very important, too l Avoid earrings; your glasses con flict with most of them and vol lose distinction. The long, pend ant kind are best, if you yearl for them. Heavy, long necklace and those with many strands usu ally are not so effective as simpl 1 ones.
 Glitter to Be Avoided
 Never wear crystal or othe clear glitter, if you can help II f you can't keep from buying 1t i have it of the frosted variety. Tn plain crystal necklace is wors than hat ornaments for doubl reflections. Amber and plasti compositions and all of the color ed translucent jewelry is avail able. You must try 1t to knos which is good and which is ou' The crucial tests of jewels an hats, too. is whether, with then and your glasses, you have a qual ity of softness and pliability i your face-charm, in other words,