The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-04-02
me HistorT Of Hasa.

r. The Paris oorfsspandentaof the Lon
don MoEniHg Standard thus Summaries
tsOne Erenehss gossip on hats lsAD, ia.
genloua arch@oleEisb supplies, the
lDebats with an interesting. paper, from
| which may be inferred that the histors
of revolutions is also the history
Hof hats. Accordiug to this iearhed per
son the1ss chimney pei, (which, though
universally wnEn. .lis as general ysabused
aa tkezn1ost iReonFeaieuti Of all head
zeoEeriRgss is "a institution venerable
Tor .lt9 antiquity ChimneY-pOb hats
we're commonly worn. IN Thibet long
before the days Of Magma Ghsrta. There
were, however, distinctions A native
/ OF Thibet IN those days c0al2 cell who
aud what the weaver was from the color
Of his hat u Was white for civilians,
! black fer officials, yellow for monks aud
[ DebRJs assures us still retains@fhP
privilege OF Wearing q 'ehapeau- Of the
finest ret1. Tlie' Dehats regrets 10 -lfna
taks the Hebrews have Ilss in ans. way
contributedis to - hatoloecy ;lb but. the
waiter surely goes a. little too Tar ] an
fering from the fact that he has, been
unGble to, discover. any Hebrew name
| for hat, that the Jews entirely discarded
that useful article of dress. The Spsr-
tans wore felt hats, not that they par
tieulariy aHec, ed amy covering for the r
heads, but as a distinguishing mark.
ighe felt hat vas the outward sign which
Distinguished. the freeman from, tie
helot, The NATIVES Of Egina wore hats
Of q peculiar character they were 50
thick that shey might serve for shield,
and SO heavy That they formed a dan
geroas offensive weAp0n. When DEeco
read out his code of laws. The Cretans
lsdetermined that he should be summari
| ly. extinguished, and forthwith, they
threw their hats at him Draco did not
recover. The hats had proved too much
for him. I was not myself a%are' Of
Pthis curious episode, bat If it be
founded onifaUt, tits T'beliebe ths only
instance on reeordssg The lonaens-seli
ssilalei peooley-oaly wore hats, for use-r
not for ornament broad brimmed straw
hats, to Keep on the sun and rain. In
France hats appear to have been worn
toward the cIos6 of the Z" Hundred
Years War" The first kingnthas 5ib
represented with this civilian head gear
rs 0hsrlesf Wiz When he went to
Rome he wore on his solemn entry q
'saimneysp04 hat with "a piece of gold
braiding round it, not unlike nthe hath
.nowoeeasiensllyI worn by fpotmens louis
AI.-Ta sensible man n-zeiscarded hats,
and resumed the convenient and picturr
'esque cap Of maintenance " hich had
been the favorfte head. dress Of most OF
his forefathets. &c wR5 not, however,
until the days of the league and the
religious war that the hat rose into
pelitisRl impeEtance. The Huguenots
wore tail felt hats, not unlike those now
worn by tourists, ornamented with 3
single feather the Catholics wore short
felt hats, adorned by the double cross
adopted Hby the Household Lorraine.
Under Louis Kill and IIouisDXIY. the
hat become once more a social symbol,
The hat in, general use vas a threercor4
nered affair, like that worn by London
eoachmen on. levee and drawing room
days. But doctors wore chimney pots
about two fest high; priests vote, on
the contrary. shove4 hats of the same
pattern as that of Dan Rasidfo in the
tsBarbiere.p Under Louis XIV. the hat
was an article for ornament, not. use
people used TO. Yeag if not on their
heads, but under their arms. The reYo4
luton came, and made very short work
of hats and the heads that wore them
When Napoleon fell, and 'fiLouis 10
DesifeE' returned to 'sthe throne of bis
fathers, 1.-THE hat again be came %, poliu-
cal emolen.s The pRrtisans, of Nape1
leon wore huge machines with a broad
turned up brinl, Weighing over pound ;
tbe. Legitimates donned light tail silk
hats tapetfng to "a point, With a very
narrow trim. DuelsLfGtal duels-tOO,
we4e then very frsquent; and ut WRs
suffidient to bring about a deadly ren-
centre for the Wearer of ~ narrow brim
to ask, the IresreF, Of the broad brimr,
Z. Who is your hatteE2 ,..,