Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10
sor1 HATS IN FAvoR.
Don't Mash la and Yoa Can sleep In
the Cars.

the Cars.
aThe soft hat Is having a run that
II has not enjoyed for years" said a
Broadway halter The craze began
with the Evening Sun style two years
or 80 ago. IL did not take long for
the style 90 commend itself 10 wear
ers of soft hats. Then the stiif hat
users heard so much about the new
hat that they gave II trial They
found, what city people are begin
ming 10 find out, that a soft hat Is
bettor adapted 10 the needs Of city
life than 10 those Of the country.
Take one instance only. We spend a
great deal Of our time in street cars.
A skillful cOnserVer Of vital energy
will use every chance In the city's
rush 10 snatch moments OF rest Now.
suppose you live above the fifties. II
you get a seat on the Il. says the
New York sun. you can rest yonr
head on tho side Of the car close
your eyes and have a nice snooze till
the guard calls your station. Hun
drtds OF New Workers. have so trained
themselves that they can sleep till
the guard calls their station The
call acts like an alarm clock and they
are awake ia an instant.
You can sleep thus comfortably,
PROV ided you have soft hat. There
are two reasons for this: First, the
soft hat adjusts itself 70 the head IS
you lean against the side, and acts as
! a sort Of pillow, taking up the yibra-
Z tion of The car. or course the stin
I hat. silk or derby. never does
/ Always stiff as board, II IS on the
/ point Of falling Of whenever you in
/ cline Your head Second. you can
shade your eyes with the soft hat By
turning down the rim. Thus. no
matter what position you may be in
I relatively 10 the light. you can
always avoid the glare. To do this
with derby you must be an expert
balaneer 10 hold Il on the end Of your
nose rs YOU tilt Il forward.
but not only In sleeping is the
soft hat superior. In the city one
often finds oneself hat IN hand In
large gatherings, such az receptions
10 public men Then IL IS that the
stiff hat suffers. The slightest blow
may damage II permanently, while 10
such injury can come 70 soft hat.
II can 90 through tho worst crush
practically unframed.
Another thing: Men are finding
out that tho soft hat Is better for The
hair. Instead Of binding the veiu'
and arteries on the side Of the head
that supply blood for the hair, like the
stliI hat with Is solid edge, the soi
hat exerts no binding pressure any
where on the head The blood thu
/ flows freely, aud falling hair and !
. hot dry scalp are avoided.
The artistic feeling has, too, muci
/ to do with this growing demand iol
soft hats People are coming to se'
that the lines and curves OF a Hoi
, hat arc more pleasing than those o
a stiff one Why. ! can take sof
hat aud by turning the rim a littl'
or indenting the crown. or vice ycrsa
can change NV appearance almost &
the extent ~ disguise. The adapta
bility u a soft hat 81 what Is making
Il popular II on putting on you
hat at the hall-rack mirror befor
! going ont. you think deep crea s.
ia the top would hecoms you bette
J that day. you can make H. Or II yol
wish one side lower than the othe
or IN one OF many other ways wish {
conform the outline 70 your mood
: you have but TO make a touch her
/. and there Such changes are no
!. possible with tho stiffs, and that
5 why wearers tire ~ them SO easily
. Take but one example. How woul
a stiff hat become Buffalo Bills FLOW
!. ing hair and free.and-casy makeup
] His whole appearance would b
I. spoiled by the stiff lines 81 a derby
4 Now. there arc hundreds 81 men I
I whose looks a soft hat Is cspeciall
Z adapted. not SO markedly. perhapr
+ as ia Cody's ease, but still to marke
! extent
Soft hats are no longer what the
!. used 60 be. citiiied reproduction ,
4 rural popularity. The Eyenin
4 sun style shows that the soft hat ca
/ be made as drcssy as the stiff; {
there isn't tho least doubt, in m
/, mind that the soft hat has come {
!, stay. One needs only 60 stand q
= Broadway few minutes 20 coul
: hundreds OF soft hats. whore y fc
months ago but dozen or SO coul
be seen"