Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-03
The FeminineHat.
he Chicago Inter-ocoan !


From the Chicago Inter-0coan
The average female is just now crazy
over hate. II she hasn't got soft felt,
with rakish crown and thievish look
ing brim, she is crazy 30 get ore; and II
she has got one, she is mad because she
didn't get the other pattern Not that
the present style, if it is style, is un
becoming, or foolish, or idiotic, or any
thing Of that kind. On The contrary,
we have no doubt it is immensely pretty
and economical and sensible But then
it is so unsatisfactory The charmed
and delighted woman VINO has just got
her new hat puts it on at the glass, OBJ
serves the effect in front, surveys both
sides and endangeFs her neck by trying
70 get peep at the rear, She smiles
comulacently, takes one more glance
sideways IS she leaves the room and
sallies out. She wears an air OF tri-
umph. as much as to say: Bring out
yoar hatsl Here one that rather takes
the shine off of anything on the street. =
Leave that triumphant female now, and
meet her an hour sfterward down town
You will see tolerably unhappy woman
Her hat Is ne longer an object OF pride
The rim is mOckery, and tbs teether
droops in humiliation. Another, and TO
her ewes a tastier, hat has been Geen, and
that very night a millinery rips the tucks
ont of the discom6tted piece of head.gear,
turns il up and packers it in another di-
rection. Yesterday it looked like an
ancient war vessel, With the prov turn
ing grandly over and coming dogn on
deck. To-day it resembles o modern
ierryboat, with the passengers and We.
hieles all on one eud and the bow tipped
up to effect a landing That the latter
style should please the lady better than
the former is mysterious; but 1t does.
aud she is well satisfied until she sees
another turned up on the side, ss II the
owner feared her chignon would tumble
of in that direction unless this barrier
was interposed, and then forthwith the
milliner has another job. No womsn
wears 8 bat twice in the same style.
Deluded husbands may think they do,
and be pleased when they are assured
that hats are ebesp this fall but
when they come to lock at the bills
of the milliners they will be sadder
and wiser men. And yet the ladies
tell the truth. Hats ara cheap In fact,
hats as hats, cost q mere bagatelle. As
they have notrinming to amount to any
thing. the unhappy husband is puzzled as
we'll as prieyed when the bill cones in.
Whence does all this expense ariseS Ah,
Innocent Benedict Il is not the bat, nor
he feather, nor yet the bugles, nor the
other jnuumerable aumadiddles. 1t Is
The extra york 1t is the daily labor OF
turning the rim Of that inofensive look
;nv hat up on one side sn5 down on the
ot6er; Of smashing in the crown ol Non.
day and pufiog it out on Tuesday Of
CATHERINE Nd the brim Wednesday TIL
Il looks Ike snOking cap, and letting
il out on Thursday tih Y reFem0les an
umbrella. And, without attempting
to apologize for this hekleness, or
In any manner defend it, what a
change ibis molding, punching and hat,
tening does mekel Upon the shape oi
that hat depends the impression which
the wearer creates on the beholder. 1on
meet a remarkably modest and timid-
appearing lady today, and you notice
that her bat has q meek and striking ~
deutation IN the crown II looks as II I
wanted to shun the wicked world and
'SasS itself up 10 nunnery. Tomorrow