The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-11-26
TUeektp Gimes
TauR-DAY, NOVEMBER 90, 1874
The Feminine Hat.

The Average female Is just now crazy ovei
hats. Ii she hasn't go: soft Ter, "iti
r,kish' crown and ttievish-lookIrg brln,
she i. crszy to get one; and II she HIS 60:
one she is mad because she diG'n get the
other pattern. Not that the prese1t style, Il
!, il tvle, is unbec ,minE or iool-h, or
;aio.;c- or snythiug Of thar kind. On the
con rary. We have no doubt it IL immensely
,-a,,v and economical, and sensible. Bu;
Thai II is so unsatisfactory The charmed
and delighted woman Ssho has Just got her
new hat. puts it on az the glass, observes
the ef;, c. in front, ~ yeys both sides and
endangers her neck by trying TO get pep
at the rear. She smiles coDpl.ceE,ly, takes
one more glance sideways az he leaves the
room and salIiee out. She wears an ar OF
,riuu,ph. a. much 20 TO say: "pring Cut your
haze! Here's one that IA her takes tie shine
off o anything On tae stseet." Leave tie
triumphant female now, and meet her an
hour sfierward down town. Ioa Will see
a tolerably unhappy woman. Her hat is
10 longer an object OF pride. Tbs Tim i a
mockery, ard the feather droops In humilis-
ton. Another, end TO her eyes faster
hat has been seen, and that very night
millinsr rip. the tucks ont Of the disoomft-
ted p:ece Of hea5gear, and turns it up and
pucKers it up in ARCHER direction 1es-
lerday i, looked like an ancient war vessel,
with the prov tuning gransiy over and
coming down on deck. To-day II resembles
a modern ferryboat, with the passengers and
vehicles all on one end and the bow tipped
UP to effect landing. That the latter style
should please the lady better than the for
nDr is mysterious; but it does, and ahe Is
well eatis ed until she sees smother turned
NJ d the other side, 90 If the owner should
lear her cuix, On would Tumble of in that
direction urlss. this barrier was interposed.
add then forthwith the milliner has another
lob. No woman wears a hat twice the same
STYLE Deluded husbands may think they
do, and be pleased when they are assured
tina, hats are cheap this fall, kEt vixen they
come to Look at the bills of the miiliDers
theyOwiil be sadder and wiser men. And
vet the ladies tell the truth. Hats are
oh, ap In fact, hats, cs hasa, cost
a mere bsgatell. As they have 10
trimming 10 amount 10 anything,
the unhappy husband Is puzzled as we'll as
agr,eved when The bill comes in. Whence
does al this expense arise? All, innocent
Bensdset. 1t i not the hat, nor the feather,
nor vt the tugles, nor the other innumera-
bic humsdiddies. 1t is the extra work.
il il the daily labor of turning
he rim II that inofiensive hat Cd
one sio. and do sn on the other; of smash
ine IN the crown on Monday and puff
out IN Tue-day, IL Ga ring up the bin
on Wednesday tall il looks like smoking
cap snd let ing it out on Thursday ill il re
semhles an umbrella. And withou, attempt
ing to spnlcgze for this fckleness. or in any
ma, ner defend ii, what change HE mould
ing, punching and fattening does make,
Upon toe shape OF tina hat depends the i'm
preston which the wesre. creates On the be-
holder. You meet a remarkably mods
and timid-appearing young lady and you
notice that h hat has a meek and shrink
ing intention of the crown. Ii looks as il
il wanted t. shun the wicked world and
hang it-el; up in nunnery. Tomorrow
you NEE The same lady, and what a change!
She appears a. daring as Joan OF Arc and as
inds pendent as the President of womsn's
congress. And her whole appearance is
thus altered by pinning up the front of that
hat. Next d~y she appears like brigand. |
The brim Ia fatiened out and her eyes CLEAN |
furioosly from underneath as If watching IN |
opportunity 10 order you TO stand and de-
liver.
You zee her again and the rim Ia turned |
up behind, while II IL very HAT IN front, giy- /
ing her an Appearance of female Soon
Single trying TO find customer for that
'barl of apple sass" Again, ard it is pitch
ed On the extreme hack OF the head, remind
ing you OF i1eodl,s in his cups, ard when
he is assuring the ''sailor man" T. at v hen
his .ather heard of the sailor msn's death,
"he wert broken hearted TO his grave, and
died there"
With all these advantages il is M wonder
that the reigning hat is p pular. Il is COM
for'sbe to the hesd-so they ssy-aDd it is
An ornament or a Disguise as required. Ii
is demure, jaunfy, meek, saucy, bold, sly,
ob-tioa'e, conciIiating, tender-whateser you
p'ease-evsrything BY turns and nothing
long. II is the bat of the period, cunning
and deceitful, but above all things desperate
1y wicked.-Cicag0 Inter Ocean,