Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-07-18
MISC ELLA " EO US.
From the COrSair.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF HATS.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF HATS.
expect ofour Mr. ST. JOHN for the S1' trsSss sa%
ofthe following glorifcation of his trade, BY
French halter, M, Jony.-He communicates h
essays to Partisan journal under the title
HAS Of HStoryl
"From my early youth, have followed III
profession OF a halter. With what success, III
premium bestowed on Inc from the hands of III
King himself, sufficiently shews.
"The grand question is this-DoeS there eri.
an unqueStaOna6le relation betaceen Tie hat and N
human face !---and if so, Dhat are tie lars an
effects Of this relation?
"The hat adorns the head, protects it. brine
into relief the play ofthe features and the cas-
ofthe phisiognomy. The present round hat
comparatively modern, dating no farther bacl
than The fourth century. 1t represents exte
rorly, an eighth of the human stature, ant
should harmonic with the forehead, the char
acter of the temples, the hair and the figure
1.-THE head is di9proportioned TO the BODY. il i
the proper duty of the halter to offer such a ha
aswil remedy the defect.
1.-The Emperor Napoleon attached the ora
vest Importance to the hat. Ii was a trait O.
ms greatness to produce the most striking eff
iects from the most simple causes When the
terrible originators ofthe revolution named him
first Consul, he at one stroke signaized himself
10 the people, while he separated himself proud
ly from kings. He adapted the grey frock
coat, and created his immortal petit chdpeau!
81 have it directly from person attached at
that time to the service Of Napoleon, that when
he placed il for the first time on his noble front,
he tried with long and minute study, the vari
Gus ways in which it could be worn. After
several attempts, he set it en- c0lORne, Qength-
wise) but presently with an energetic move
ment, he shifted item batailIe, (frontwise) and
with a smile, made the pose immortal 1t was a
discovery of a noble simplicity, more severe
than graceful, but admirably suited to the habit
ual character Of his face. All! when this great
man traversed his gardens with rapid steps af
ter the councils Of state or the tedious sittings
of his cabinet, the frowns were seen to vanish
from his brow, and under his petit chdpeau, his
eyes flashed like the fire in the diamond
When he mounted his horse, and rode into the
melee the petit chapeau, which he stuck upon his
head with peculiarly bruSque movement of his
hand, was like crown of victory. 1t was to
the hero far more inspiring than the diamonds
Of Charles ", or the flag of Mansfield. This
sublime chapeau is one OF the great models
"Murat was beautiful in his youth.-IIisI
cheeks were of the brightest color, his eyes
were full of fire, and though little more deci.
ded in his manner than was quite thorough bred,
he had wild elegance that had its effect even
in the drawing room. But on horseback, Mu-
rat was Tancredi or Rinaldo! AS Field Mar
shall, his three-cornered hat, trimmed with
'SAite peluche, was placed nearly lengthwiseI
;aL ,chead, but he had way almost, coquet-
,";n. ~ , Ing his head so as to show 1t 'front.'
~'So " 'liose "'~m he addressed, and in battle
Il was SO worn as to have an effect highly mar
tial, and at the same time careless and elegant
1t was at this Period that Murat wore uniform
otwhite cloth faced with blue, and the epaulet
ties, glittering with diamonds which have be-
come historical. Afterwards Mura,'s hat took
the shape Of the shake (9) Methinks | can see
him at Moscow, laced with GOLD and diamonds
pushing his troops foremost lso the nhaIan YES
of the Cossacks, and exciting ham one mo,
ment by finglng among them ewel, torn from,
his uniform, and the next, by Indignant a.ra1.aa
Of his riding whip-his snowy hat consn;a,,n,,o
to the whole army. What was the momer,
which marked the moment ofthe battle of res
dent The appartion ofthe chapeau CT Murot
upon the Heights of Plaun! His uniform was
encircled by a golden belt to which hung su.
perb straight sabre-but the charms lay not inI
that? IL UaS the hat acith The ostrich plume! It'll
was this hat which his soldiers followed into
the fire of the artillery, and into the sweep of
the torrent, and it was with this hat in their
eyes, that they braved the deadly canonading
OF the Austrans. All! why was the crown bro
ken on brow like this!
:, "Desaix wore a long hat with long shabby
9 Dlue oVercoat, enveloping dmnutive figure,
Ills coat was always faded, and his thin and
emancipated shape was exactly in character
with his long chapeau.
"Duroc wore his hat with culpabe inatten-
''o li;r and it spoilt his countenance.
Inc bonnet of Kosciusko, q sort of hussar-
zap wound about with large handkerchief,
a,,u Dastened with an agrette, was perhaps as
,Luch aaored by the Poles, and as celebrated in
lnelr 'aEas battles as the petit chapeau of Napo.
.san, But have given examples enough to
prove mat u IS The first duty of a great man 10
cre0fe or discover The hat suitable to his phsiog.
nomy! " '''' I"""''S
10 return tony first question. A lone and
narrow face requires hat rather hiOhs and
with rim not too narrow lorna 9. -