New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-06

straight or nearly straight !i1eS, 5u4H9 UP"ti u
ike tangents from the oval OF the face, and cut
off above BY another straight line the section OF
the crown AT right angles all such lines and
angles are foreign TO the face and head ne COM
mon nirhtcap is TOO familiar, the common nat too
stiff Observe the lines OF the tace and head the
protection OF the nose, the rounded angu!antY OF
the chin; the vertical section o the head afford
ing curves with decided yet harmonious iFFegu-
larities the horizontal section producing near
" regular contour. Well, it is upon principles OF
this kind that the covering OF the head should be
beautitied. Now, we profess ourselves unable 10
make any better reconciliation OF the useful with
the beautiful for this purpose, than IN the small,
flexible, light, and broad-brmned hat, which is
still to be found in some Spanish and Italian
pictures "a hat not Guite so large as that worn IN
the reign OF Charles l., yet wlth all lis freedom
and capabiity of assuming variety OF graceful
forms not so stiff as the beaux oil the Spanish
court, and the rakes OF our own merry monarch's
palace made it /; not so formal as we know James
l. and Lord Bacon used 10 wear; but something
between all these three types. The prevalence
of straight lines in it should be avoided without
It's appearing slovenly, and its dimensions should
be such as to consult convenience without relap-
sing into homely vulgarity. Such kind OF hat
dQillllS t dlF NiIlCh wv lH'iNF
of the wearer NAV induce him to add feather,
band, buckle, or even plain button tor oc-
casionally looping up the brim on one side or
other mot two sides, for it would return to the
old cooked hat)-any of these extraneous addi-
tons would harmonic, and would be in due cha
racter with Its shape. Sach hat would certain
" be useful and that it would be ornamental we
have only to decide by consulting our eyes, and
..t.
teenth century.
But there is another kind of covering for the
head which, for its peculiar purposes, seems to
US more useful and more ornamental even than
this hat VIC allude to the common round travel
ing cap, the officers undress cap in the British
army. Are you going journey have you any
rough work TO do have You got headache and
want something light would You put on some
thing that would not spoil by being pulled about,
sat on, slept on and stood on something handy.
useful, comfortable, and withal good-ooking =
Wha; do YOU do yOu get f0raging cap. Every
man looks well in forging cap; it haTmonizes
with everybDdys face: it makes the old look
young, and the young look smart it is without
pretencc plain in detail, and yet elegant In out
line it has no straight lines in il, and yet It's
curves are in contrast with those OF the head ;
they run in opposite directions and the shade o.
the cap, if it has one, cmulates the dccisiveness
of the nose, and gives character TO the profile OF
the head, just rs the nose gives point and force
10 the face Nothing so easily admits OF suitable
ornament: plain banda golden one-or even
coored one-makes it suitable to the various
ranks and occupations OF men: while It's mate
rial, admitting OF infinite variety, according TO
the taste Of the wearcr, never Injuries the source
of its beauty, lis form. The cap tails in only one
thing il is unfit for rainy weather; it will only
do for dry days. Do not attempt 20 put a flap be-
hind it, and tic il under your chin---you at once
convert it into an ugly nightcap its curves then
initiate those Of the head, and the ridiculous
takes the place OF the becoming. For three hun
dred days, however, ont OF the three hundred and
sixty-fye. such cap may be worn with the
greatest comfort and advantage; while, for SIM
pcity and elegance, il has no rival. We exclude
most vigorously all other kinds of caps: we ad-
init nothing but the common round foraging cap,
with small shade over the eyes we especially
set our faces against the little quirked Highland
cap, now revived and becoming popular among
the southrons This cap has part of lis curves
those behind the ehcad-approximaiing too close
" to the curve of the skull in fact, at the hinder
part, it is skullcap: whereas, the other part OF
the curves i'll troGt are too much i'll opposition TO
the outline OF the face they bend over and form
an unpleasant contrast with the nose and chin :
they are deficient in the shade or visor and there
Is not one man in thousand whose face they
suit All fancy-caps with whalebone, falling
tops, angular projections, sc. we utterly aboml-
nate: we PIN our faith TO the quiet, unsophistl-
Gated gentlemanike cap worn by our officers 1t
beats almost any other head-dress i'll the world.
The prevailing tendency of the ageis to avoid
distinctions OF dress except in the value OF the
material, and then only between the TWO great di.
visions OF society-the ailluent and the poor
Hence ell ornament seems 10 be q superiluity. ex-
cept upon occasions of public display or military
service: and men will not now listen TO any one
who advises them TO put feathers and gold lace
on their hats and caps they would rs soon tilink
OF returning TO the embroidered coats OF their
grandiathers. The principle is good one: III
the palmy days OF Rome, the differences OF dress
bore proportion the differences of station
distinction in dress was the failing OF the middle
ages, 4 consequence of some lurking seeds OF
northern barbarism, which are only now ceasing
10 be propagated We SEEM like the great men
of the Eternal City eighteen hundred years ago,
10 be looking more at the inward worth and in
tluence OF a man, than at his outward state and
dress and ii is good sign OF the times; it is a
fines the exercise of taste in dress. Men of the
present day are determined to be plain about the
head as well as about the body; all ornament OF
headdress they have left to soldiers and to the
fairer half OF the creation ;-sed h@c hacteaaS-
we reserve our remarks on the cOi6tTes of these
two classes for another occasion. H.L.J.
DEATH OF a NrN.-The Baltimore Sun aD-
nounces the death Of sister Mary Alphcnso, Of
ST Johns Academy, Frederick, Nd. after lin
gerng illness of several years, in the full triumph
Of faith, and the lively hope OF bissa Immor.
taity. The Sun says, . Sister Alphons9 was one
of those heroic daughters OF the Catholic church,
who, with devotion and utter forgetfuness OF
self, rarely found in the flesh, volunteered their
active services during that trying period OF oul
citys annals, memorable OF that terrible scourge,
The cholera Sister Aphonso was appointed TO
the Almshouse Of Baltimore city and county,
where in ministering 10 the suferngs Of the pool
and destitute, she was exposed to influences
which at that time very seriously affected heI