The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-08
His Adams Apple!
Style Experts Glorify Attention Zone of Mir. Man Claims We'll Dressed Chap Needs No Less Than 12 Hats!-Count Elm Folks! Hatless
 Youths Fugitives From Convention.

The average high school youth goes hatless these days! Some adults imbued with an enthusi- astic belief in 8 health theory or just to be different also go about without hats. It may be news to them to know that they are not only "out of step" in fashions march, but just 12 laps, we mean hats, behind the well-dresSed leaders. As a matter of nearly a column of type may be used to proof the contentious claim that the accepted style setter must have no less than a dozen hats in his wardrobe.
 Says the chapeau propagandist without smile:
 '"To be perfectly groomed at all times during the day and evening, the Well-dreSsed man needs twelve hats in his wardrobe according to a study recently completed by the Hat Style council.
 While off-hand, twelve may seem like good-Sized number, 1t isn't when one realizes the impor- tance of a mans hat on his ap- pearance. To the casual public eye, his hat is at least 50 per cent of his personality because it flat ters his face. reveals his taste and judgment. and reflects his position in life. It has been said also that a mans hat can do more for Cor against) his appareance than any one item of his clothing.
 For an average man of affairs, there fore, it has been ascertained that twelve basic hats will answer his requirements on all occasions. These hats will vary from season to season in style, color, finish, trim and dimensions of brim and crown, but they will still retain the characteristics which make them basic types of hats.
 For late fall and early winter, the well dressed man will want these daytime hats: Homburg, a derby, an off -the-face hat, snap brim felt and a knock-about sports hat. The Homburg was Orieinally designed in the sos for Kind Ed- ward VII and named after his fa- vorite vacation resort. Its arto- cratic curl-brim has had Strik- ing modern revival as one of the smarteSt hats for town wear. The derby is a must" in every we'll planned wardrobe. It is needed for dressy day wear at business espe- cially with the topcoat or overcoat and for evening wear about town. It is never proper with the dinner coat.
 The off -the-face hat provides a real contrast to the derby and Homburg, yet it is more formal than the easy-going snap brim. It's good social and business judgment for a man to change his dress manner from day to day and this smart hat with up-turned brim helps him do it. The snap-brim although unused for business dress prior to 1925 is one of the most popular types for all-round infor- mai wear today. It is favored par ticularly in the semi- -Tyrolean shape, with tapered crown and kicked-up back brim, modified from sports for town use. The strictly sports hat on the other hand, is for active and spectator sports wear. Every well-groomed man chooses his sports hat from 8 wide variety available to suit his distinct personality and pref erence. The Tyrolean is in great favor this year and looks smart with rough tweeds through the hard knocks of country wear.
 Holiday Formals
 The well-dressed man about about town who often lives in his dinner jacket after seven needs a black or midnight blue soft hat. The very fact that the silk under