MID-SEASON HATS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 105, 27 January 1908, Page 3

MID-SEASON HATS.

If you aro indulging in a now mid-season hat (says a wrjtcr in tho "Sydney Morning Herald") don't make the mistake of investing in 0110 covered, with tho cheaply, dyed farmyard ■ feathers. - Thesp adornments, striking, enough on thoir- first appearance, navo oxceeded all tho limits of good tasto and good senso, and nothing coula bo more grotesque than' fcho otfect Of a largo cart wheel hat Haunting a- regular barn yard, and' huhg at an absurd angle on tho back of tho head. It is a good rule, unless you aro. blessed with a very long purso indeed, to strenuously avoid all bizarre and startling effects. Any foshion that is striking ana distinctive on its introduction is immediately imitated in all _ sorts of materials and methods till it' is vulgarised and reduced to an absurdity. The woman of means can discard her hat before its counterpart appears on tho united head of the populace, but the average woman must continue to wear hers through thick •' and thin. Theroforo tho woman of judgment and good tasto* makes it a rulo to avoid the 'ultra-fashionable' and grotesque. Tho habit.of wearing tho hat on tho back of tho head is ono that calls for'more discretion than is generally apparent. Such fashions wero never rooant to bo followed blindly: Some thought should bo given to tho lines of tho hat, .and the linos of the faco, which wears it. • Only certain hats aro shaped to| suit that particular anglo, and only certain faces can stand tho strain. Tho girl with a long, thin', or a heavy nose, should avoid the-backward tilt, while tho short, straight nose, or tho ■ slightly retrousse ono borrows a fresh charm from it. And a big whoe! r liko brim resting flatly between tho shoulders gives nn appearaneo of deformity, and-«poils-the lines of tho most graceful figure.. The clever woman who'uses her -hand-glass will never mako such mistakes,- but judging by fcho extraordinary outlines so many women presont, it scorns as if tho hand-mirror and pierglass were unknown ■in moat bedrooms. >. Sing a song of blouses, White, or blue, or black; Four-and-twenty hooks and .eyes That fasten up the back. And tho language father uses, When clumsily ho tries To ..fasten mother's-maay hooks, Opens mother's ayes..