Porter chapeau. It is quite customary for French

working-girls to go to and from their places of

work, especially if the distances are short, en

cheveux^ ».e,, bareheaded; whereas a woman of

higher social caste, une dame, would invariably

appear in the streets coiffée, Thus in the mind of

Beine the présence or the absence of the hat in

the Street showed a marked différence of the social

milieu of the person affected.