HATS FOR DOGS

Evening Star, Issue 19658, 10 September 1927, Page 17

HATS FOR DOGS

With seaside policemen in elaborate straw confections and with horses in straw bonnets, it is not surprising that millinery has also been developed in Paris in favor of tho ** toutou, or tho “ louiou,” as tho pet dog is called. The “ teuton,” having a certain independence of character, has a much greater variety of hats than the human being of the moment. For one thing, bo wears his hair both long and short, straight or in curls. There is no conforming to a general standard of shingle. He can wear the cloche shape or tho picture hate the Dolly Varden or the tophat. A King Charles spaniel with his ears liko a full-bottomed vvig must obviously have a large felt with sweeping plumes if lie is to look his best. High boots go with this, even though they may only take the form of goloshes tor wet days. A Sealeyluun looks well in a bowler, slightly cocked over one eye, especially if that eye be decorated with a black patch. Skye terriers, on the other hand, wear something very much liko. a bonnet. Their hair is pulled down in front after the fashion of Geoj'go Eliot or Eliabeth Barrett Browning. The Yorkshire terrier has a cloche, and so has the “ griffon.” One of the most successful hats was worn by a Berlington terrier. It was one of the new stitched straws fitting v©ry closely round his tight curls. On the other hand, a fox terrier with his Eton crop had the severest kind of Mephistophelian hat. An Aberdeen naturally wore a beret as being the next best to a tam-o’-shauter, while a Pekingese had one of the new straw and felt toques. Here and there dogs have the same hats as their mistresses, but they must then be chosen principally because they go well with their mistresses’. An owner. with a very small face and peaked chin wore a picture hat, So also did her poodle.