The curls of her bang, the feathers in her hat, the high collar of her jacket make more significant the fact that her lines are not artistic and that her face is unbeautifully round.  She can enhance her charms and apparently decrease the too spherical cut of her countenance by adopting the mode illustrated in No. 27.  The angular bows on the hat, the geometric lines of the broad hat-brim, the precise cut of the lapels on the corsage, the neat throat-band and V-shaped vesture—­all insinuate in a most engaging way a dignity and fine, high-bred poise totally obliterated by the circular style of dress erroneously adopted by the misguided woman in No. 26.

[Illustration:  No. 28]

For Women Who Have Sharp and Prominent Profiles.

In buying a hat many of the “unfair sex”—­as the modern wag dubs the progressive sisters who wish to have all man’s rights and privileges and keep their own besides—­never seem to consider their heads but from a front point of view.  In consequence, as sketch No 28 hints, a head seen from the side frequently appears, if not idiotically, very inartistically, proportioned.

[Illustration:  No. 29]

Occasionally a hat presents as comical an effect in a from as in a side view, as may be seen in No. 29.  The wearer was an elderly woman with gray hair which hung down in a half-curled bang on either side of her thin face.  Her hat which was simply “dripping” with feathers suggested a fanciful letter “T” and exaggerated the thinness of her face in a remarkably funny way.  The feathers overhanging the brim increased the broadness of the hat, and looked singularly waggish fluttering against the spriggy-looking projections of gray hair.  The rules for the wedge-shaped face, as may readily be discerned, apply here.

[Illustration:  Nos. 30 And 31]

Women who have sharp and prominently outlined profiles have a curious tendency to choose hats, the brims of which project too far forward in front, and turn up too abruptly and ungracefully in the back.

As shown in No. 30 the protruding brim gives the head and face the unattractive proportions of the capital letter “F.”  The length of the nose is emphasized by the line of the hat-rim above it and it appears unduly obtrusive.  The flat arrangement of the hair and the curve of the hat-brim in the back also exaggerate the obtrusive qualities of the features.  By choosing a hat somewhat similar to the one sketched in No. 31, the unattractive sharpness of the profile is modified, and the alert, agreeable quality of the face, that was obscured by the shelf-like brim, becomes apparent.  The observer feels, if he does not voice it, that it is a progressive spirit advancing forward instead of an ungainly head-piece that looks like a curious trowel.

For the Woman with an Angular Face.

[Illustration:  Nos. 32 And 33]

The woman with the angular features presented in No. 32 should not wear a sailor-hat or any hat with a perfectly straight rim.