THE NEW HATS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21244, 16 August 1934, Page 9

THE NEW HATS

! MO TUB rutro;'. or TUB PKB»«. j ir, —llj the article on your leader ! paso, concerning the Grand National I mooting. the statement i.s made that the I .stands wen; crowded with pretty 1 women in their spring dresses. 1 sup- ; pose the .statement is made in all i .seriousness, and therefore one is jusi titifd in criticising it. i 1 may be accused of a lack of galj Inntry in doim; ;-n; but I lnist, as an old racegoer. .-ay thai I have never 1 .seen, even in the most ridiculous i pi,:...ex of fashion. Mich vile contrapI iions as the present mode of head- ; dress adopt'd by womenfolk. The | "scarlet --;n:-h."s'' complained of by a ! former correspondent, were notice ! able: and to this is now adderl the imi . peakable hoi'ror of scarlet, dyed linger j i.aiis, appropriate only for the harem : of some Eastern potentate. Pretty, in- ! deed! Shades of our gentle mothers 1 and pioneering fathers! Surely there ! must be :-ome remnant of their great i spirit in our children, which should prevent the offspring from adopting tlie bizarre i-tyles of tho-,r hanging on to tlie fringe of decent Society m the Homeland'.' And here let me say with shame that tne weaker sex arc not alone in these weaknesses. One could not fail to hear the lugh-pitched. idiotically alfeetcd tones in the voices of many men. Is not Chrislchurch, though, notorious for this sort, of thintf? Let me return to memories of olden day;-' when manliness and good manner:; ruled. —Yours, etc.. PIONKKI'v. Au:;u,:f i:>. 19:;}.