ABOUT HATS

NZ Truth, Issue 1214, 7 March 1929, Page 16

ABOUT HATS

Details That Are Important DO STUDY SIZE

Why will women with long, thin noses persist m the wearing of small, closely-fitting hats? Cloche . and similar headgear is delightful when affected by petite folk with regular features. C\N the head of 'anyone else the effect may be appalling. Be yourself; ' understand and use styles which suit you— true style is individual. ... Wider brims are on the horizon. Watch for them. Big women should choose materials more carefully than is their wont. Barrel and striped effects are the sort of thing one ought to avoid. Shirring and smocking are m the same category. Here's a problem for those who scoff at dust-caps. The dust and dirt of domestic early-day chores wreak havoc upon hands and coihplexipn, despite dust-mops, vacuum sweepers and work eliminators. Many -women be-glove their hands yet leave their hair unprotcctccl. Let 'the doubting Tibithas rub their scalp witli tissue-paper when the morning work- is over. There'll be a garnering of converts to the cap notion. Most of us enlist some elaborate precautions against freckles and sunburnt fanes, do we not? But while we are sweltering over cook-stoves all thoughts of complexions and things seem well "suppressed. Too well submerged, as a matter of fact! The steam and vapors rising from beneath the lids of pots and cauldrons tend to dry and ruin the most schoolgirlish of skins, bringing dismay and wrinkles. A faint smear of cold cream applied to the skin before the cook-stove vigil, is a good preventive against parchment skins and long bills for repairs. \ ywho ever heard of an architect matching, chimney-pots with the roof, without reference to the -.-general' scheme- of -the. house- itself?, I