New-York tribune., 1881-12-25
THE hats OF CELEBRITIES.
From The London World.

Alfred Count d'0rsay had a true feeling for art;
for, rs Mr. Henry Melton tells us in his Hints on
Hats" the Count had, on the occasion OF his brst
interview with him, fourteen hats lying all ready
for wear IN his dressng-roOm" The reason for this
number of hats was that D0rsay's hats varied In di
mensiOns to suit his coats. For his lighter cutoff
sions than for the thicker overcoats especially that
magnificent sealsl1in coat first introduced 10y him.
Although wearing hat for every coat, DOrsay
had distinctive character in all Of them. In his
equestrian portrait, by Grant, he appears in ele-
gantly propOrtlOned hat, with flowing rather than
curly brm. HIS hats were also made somewhat re-
markabie by thick broad-rlbbed silk bind
ing aud band tied In a bow instead of
being fastened by the ordinary buckle. But
despite the influence OF DOrsay, the Anglesea bell
top has held its ground, with some notifications,
even unto this day. 1t yet adorns the handsome
head OF Sir Peel" who puts ii on at iiye-tO-two
angie IN consequence of having been struck on the
forehead by floating spar while swimming aboub
the wreck of the Ercoano. Lord Abergayenny also
wears remarkable hat put on with peculiarly
knowing "iont-try it-on-with-me" KIND Of air. The
hat worn by the great Duke Of Wellington had the
pecuilanty of being very straight, and appearing
larger at the crown than at the line Of the head, ana
was very smartly turned up 81 the brim. The late
Lord Harrington, who married beautiful actress,
Miss tO0te, also gave his name TO a hat, well as
to Il rough cloth, stll called PeterSham. lie was an
odd cAaracter-an amateur tailor, who used to cut
out his own servants overcOats and who might be
winters day among the Old furniture
shops III Wardour-st, dressed in striped duck
trousers, pea jacket OF the cloth which has mmor-
tallzed hini, and the hat which he also invented
turned up sharply at the sides. There Is decidedly
Tatsh about the Harrington hat. it is fit for
SIT Mulberry Hawk and the like.
In our own time Lord NcstmOrand has figured rs
great hat-relOrmer Being of majestic height, no
became aware of the nuisance OF tall 3tOyeplpe IN
ANY close carriage ana set the fashion OF wearing
the lCW-crOWntd hat which lasted all through that
period in which the green-aud-whIte braid often
came the rescue Of pungers; Ii will be recol-
lccted HAT matters suddenly lowered, not their
prices, but their crowns, and that this operation
lea 10 tue detection of the murderer Muller. Per-
haps the Muller trial had a baneful influence on the
" NC5tmOrand hat. az the execution of Mis-. Manning
ruined tue black satin trade; for bats have grown
taller again. The Prince of Wales has given vogue
to an improved ,Orm of wldeaWake; but still tho
sioye-Ppe lodS IT'S own, and the hats 0I many emil
ncnt Drllons are wonderful TO behold. Batlng the
extraordinary white, rather trcoloI, hat worn by
the eccentric Joey Jones at Paris year, there IS
nO, hing in the world OF hats like that worn by prO-
fessOr owen, which iOr natness of brlm and rlgdty
OI crown IS unTivalled. 1t looks as II, ike
tine haas OF the Lord Harrington just spoken of,
II wa, made thick and strong enough to bear
the rest of being stood upon. Ar. Glad
stone wears hat which always appears
OLD and sIapeless, bike the gloves which he never
succeeds IN putting on properly; ana Slr Chamber
lam puts On the extreme top OF his Uranium
stTaigD -brlmmcd object which looks as II tho
slightest reath Of air would blow II OFF. Mr. George
Lane FoAs iuSeparable stOye-plpe Is "a ample and
charac terisc r. the swallow tailed coat and ev-
eIythlug else about that famous VI. +. H.; and the
Duke Oi BeauiOrt remarkable for the elegance Of
his gray bIach-banled felt. Lord harrington is an
other with the white hat" and wears IL at a
peculiar down-oYer-the-eyes keep-your-dstance an
gle.
the shape OF his hat, but very much IN the way he
put IL at the end OF DISCOURSE As ne sat down.
the hat appeared almost to leap upon his head ny
some liud OF invisible agency. Around lesser inca,
tres than that Of 81. stephens, ODDLY shaped and
worn haas may be found. Mr.. Irving has achieved
the cat Ci getting his hat further down the Oack or
his neck thau would be deemed possible, lIst as
Lord uaTdWlCk attained an almost IncOncelyaDle
pitch OF gUsslneSs.