Evening star., 1940-07-24
BY HELEN VOGT.

Not that anybody cares particu-
larly, but it has long been our per-
sonal and not too private opinion
that a hat is just as important as
a dress. While we realize full well
that you can. and do. appear in
public without one much more
easily than you can discard the
other, it seems too bad that this
hatless vogue has reached such
proportions.
All the milliners who don't know
where their next yacht is coming
from are worried. All the hair
dressers suffer sleepless nights and
fall into an exhausted slumber only
to dream Of every woman going
without hats and letting her tresses
run wild and uncared for. We can't
blame the poor, haunted souls. For
the past year or so this move to
place millinery in the same class
with grandma's antimacassar has
grown alarmingly, and it's a great
blow to good grooming.
Now We don't mean to imply that
you have to slap on your Dache'
every time you dash down to the
corner grocery for the baby's cereal,
but it's smart idea to go to Mrs
Uppington-Smythe's musicale with
something more than a IS perma-
nent on your head. In other words
compromise Is the answer. For very
informal occasions, for dashing
somewhere in the car or borrowing
a cup of sugar from Mrs. Brown
60 without a hat. But when you're
out "in public" meeting people, din
ing, dancing, shopping and gen.
orally making a noise like a young
matron, do don one of those funny
creations that your husband thinks
looks like a potato masher.
And that brings up another ques-
ton Do you really think that
you can attract as much attention
without a good looking, though
slightly goofy, chapeau as you can
with such an attention getter? And
what is there left beside mother
in-laws to talk about If you take
away mans greatest source of
"corny gags?"
This fall you're going to see some
really beautiful hats and it's going
to be pretty difficult to eye and not
buy these models. The hatless vogue
may be all right for the sub-deb, but
the woman who finds herself wish
ing to be on the 40 best dressed"
list is not going to neglect the mil
lnery angle. Moderation is the
keynote, SO while we're all for your
going hatless at the proper time
and place, it's obvious that a really
smart outfit is just as incomplete
without its accompanying bonnet as
the Capitol would be without its
dome.
Its perfectly all right If you want
to skip the hat on occasions, but
If you think this also entities you
to neglect your coiffure we'll go into
our screaming act that can be heard
within a radius of five blocks. Your
head may be as bare as Mother HIS
cupboard, but that doesn't mean
that your curly tresses should look
like an animated version of trees.
Pay careful attention to your hair
Keep your visits to the hairdressel
timed to the calendar, not only te
those special occasions. Make q
regular appointment with the cur
and comb expert and be Just al
punctual about keeping 1t as YOU
are about sending out the laundry
Get q permanent suited to your hail
and one which will guard its soft
loveliness.
Recently We chatted with an ex.
pert in the art Of permanent wav.
ing. Properly arranged hair, shl
believes, can become your "crownint
glory" It is the zone point of beauty
that can, at a glance, proclaim yol
young and vital or destroy you
chance for happiness" Particu.
larly mentioned in this conversation
was an excellent permanent wav,
which leaves no room for gues
work. The pads used In this pro
cess have little guardian "eyes'
which change color and enable tn,
operator to know how each pad 1
functioning.