The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-30
Originality
High Note i'm
Ne70 Styles
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, March 30.-Easter
hats have a challenging, revolution
airy spirit well calculated to 60 to q
woman's headl
They have emancipated them
selves from their too-long subordi-
nate position. They faunt their
new Importance, by originality in
the endless variety Of cut, color,
and materials and in the way they
are worn.
Up and backward" is their motto,
one and all. Whether a formal
evening toque with trailing plume
or stiff sailor at home on a perma-
nent wave, new hats all join in 60
ing the same direction-up to show
the hair in front, tilted back to
show the left ear.
Straws to the Fore
Straws are seen and not felt, ex-
cept for sportsWear and on young
things. New colors. Gay colors.
trimmings include plumes, quilts,
flowers, pert linen and pique bows,
many ribbons and rich velvet ban
deauX and bows.
Hats have contrast of color and
materials. Many sizes. Many silhou-
cites. Hats are large, they are
small, they are round, they have
points, they swing out on the side,
they turn up in the back, they are
uniform, they are irregular.
Choosing the right one may be
difficult. But stimulating and more
interesting than it ever has been
before.
They're Just Your Type
If there is any classifying this
years hat crop, the division of types
is this:
l. Provocative tricorns and BIZ
corns, with upward-sweeping brins
using their own discretion about
how and where to point.
2. Demure and elegant toques, of
lacy straws, f1attering in their soft
ness, their trim.
3. Wide-brimmed cape lines with
Shallow crown and wide brims bal
anced just right on shining tresses.
4. The tiny untitled cloche, a cute
little hat, when the right woman
picks the right one.
5. Novelty cuts, like the sailors,
reminiscent of Gibson Girl days,
the 1881 Wattaeu hat, the romantic
Bhepherdess hat, the "stoyepipe"
bnd the square crown"
Gives Personality Variety
BY selecting different varieties of
hats, a woman can show a lot Of
different sides to her personality
this spring. For the first time in
years, hats have such definite char
Rcter that they suggest in their own
makeup what type of costumes they
properly belong with.
Some have a rather elegant for
mality about them, made to go with
afternoon ensembles, they would
have you know. Others have just
the right dash Of nonchalance suit
bible for the soft tweed frock or the
smart One-piece dress when warmer
days dispense with coats.
One and all, they demand to be
put on right, worn with suitable
apparel and contrasted nicely with
a costume.
The day Of limp hats that took
whatever character they had from
the woman who put them on her
head is gone.
Panamas Shot With Metal
New straws include a dozen
bananas, some shot with metal,
others lacy openwork; baku de
chanvre, perline, pedaline, pailla-
son, picot, shining bengal, horse
hair, basket Weaves, crocheted hemp,
Cellophane and straw jerseys.
New cOlors run from vivid reds,
billiard greens, penetrating blues
10 soft, dull plum tones and to the
baby blue and light pink combina-
bon.
Trimmings add more color, usual
~. The f1nesse with which two IN
usual tones are united in a single
hat determines its sophisticated
Ehic. Big hats are worn with suits,
small hats with chiffon dresses.
Each hat has its own individual
contribution to make this Easter.
1T is one year when nobody can
tell anybody else what to wear!
Your own type of beauty, your
Individual preferences in color, your
Dwn individuality in taste decide
what's to be worn on your head this