The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-11-25
THE MASCULINE HAT.
THOUGH VERY COM MONPLAcE
1T HAS a HISTORY.
Feathers. Lace aud Jewels Worn on the
Hats of Dudes Centuries Ago.-Adan
Must Have started the Fashion rs Mea
Wore Hats in the Earliest Ages.


marks about his ability to deck him
self out with stylish hat ut little
cost and as rule he enters into Il
long dissertation upon the joys of
wearing apparel as com
pared with the fal-lals Il fashionable
woman requires in order TO keep up.
with the procession. After all,
though, how little ne knows of the
real history of the headgcar he sees
fit to praise so highly
Though there is no mention in his,
tory Of any models OF millinery such.
as Gdorn the feminine head of to-
day, it is recorded in the earliest
ages that man wore some sort of COW
ering upon his head, and it is doubt
full if single generation Of mon ever
lived that did not wear Il certain
form of hat. IN early Asiatic times,
though no particular and separate
article VAS used distinctivcly for the
head, there was the hood, portion
of the outer cloak that could he
drawn up at will 10 protect from the
cold ana rain.
From Rome. we all know, comes
he model Of tho liberty cap chat IS
IS familiar to most OF us rs the ever
asttng derby, This cap was given
20 those slaves who were allotted
heir freedom. while another style
went 60 the graduates aud The fools
'ap 10 the poor mjScrcalt who Jagged
behind in tho race for educational
ionors.
On Grcci;sn coins one can sec the
'piicu~,' 9 style Of hat that rt sem
blcs greatly the bcavc, has OF mod
ern times. Il is conn-shapcd aud
was cyidcn;l. made OF felt OF some
othcr soft and p!iablc material, for
many historians declare that the
making OF felt was not discovered
until II Clement, the fourth bishop
of Rome ANA patron saint OF hattcrs,
IN his strolls a L wandering monk
found that the tow that he put into
his sandals was competed into Il
solid substance from the moisture
and pressure OF his feet This hint
Icd to the production Of felt though
a substaar resembling it in every
particular Is described by Pliny
Tho ''pcta=us" Of the Crooks had
vide briin and was something like the
sombrc"o III It's picturesque droop or
| flashing curve in the wide circles Of
| fclt that constituted the rim
C'hauccr speaks OF the hat in these
lines.
| And ~ ,h' rruch W. drove away The eat
| Ana latl adnwr" h:> potent, and his hat
| IL many OF tho English museums
arc shown pictures and manuscripts
that prove that hats were worn By
men in England as far back rs the
eleventh century. The carly Britons
wore skull caps and also hooded
| apps. in the fourteenth century men
wore q curious arrangement with
floating ends that was ncithcr pic.
| turcsquc nor convenient. In the
next century the soft round hat cams
into vogue. though ~ the Same timo
stiff. marrow crowned forms with Il
| single drouping feather were popular.
in the reign Of King Horny the
| Eighth ana also in that OF Elizabeth
! the masculine hcadwcar was most
picturesque. the various degrees of
recommendation marking the occupa-
ton and standing Of the wcarcr,
| writes Edith Townsend Everett in
the Philadelphia Times Satin, vel
vet, lace and pearls wcic all worn by
noblemcu. while the button cap indi :
Gated the countrgman. The beaver
| was at first worn only b. those of
| high degree, and TO this day is kept
largely for occasions of ceremony.
| The plain Puritan hat sans ornament
| and thc dashing cooked hat led up to
the present era when the high silk,
| unguinly tile and the stii. uncom-
| promising dcrbs are tho two distinc
| tive styles in hcadwcar Whether
the next fifty years will lead to any
thing moro picturesque il Is hard to
| say. but Of one thing we may b. GER
| tain. that il fashion demands fuss and
| feathers for masculine wearing tho
millinery bills Of husband ana father
will he "a large. II not larger, than
| those OF the feminine element in the
| home. for men are a. vain of their
appearance n women, and it Is Gus
tom, and no; economical motives. that
4 keeps them in check.