People, Dec. 6, 1937

PEOPLE

"Names make news." Last week these names made this news:

Capitalizing on news-accounts of John Nance Garner's criticism of his wife's new hat ("It makes you look like a flapper"—TIME, Nov. 29), Manhattan's publicity-wise Arnold Constable & Co. dispatched a representative to Mrs. Garner with a dozen matronly hats, offered them to her as a gift. Valued at $169, all size 23. the assortment included a black felt brimmed model with green, lavender and red bows, a toque with iridescent feathers and odd-angled quills, a visor brimmed type with veil in front, a bumper...

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