The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-11
HATS AND HEAD GEAR.


Compiled for the Globe-Demod. att
The standard weight Of an English silk
hat is four ounces
A hat is finished" by being blocked
and polished with hot iron.
Straw hats are believed to have been
first invented in Manila.
The size of the Turkish turban former
ly indicated the rank of the wearer.
Many royal crowns are merely silk
wadded caps ornamented with jewels
and pendants.
The conical cap worn at the time of
Alexander the Great is still to be seen in
Persia.
The helmets of the medieval knights
always bore the colors of the wearer's
mistress.
Bulgarian bearskin caps are still fire.
quently seen in the dominions of Prince
Ferdinand
Of willow, of palmetto, and many other
substances.
Taking off the hat or cap as a sign Of
reverence or respect was mentioned in
the time of Caesar.
The apex was a tall conical cap worn
by the Roman priests as a part of their
official regalia.
In the Encyclopedia Of Costume" 1928
different styles of hats and caps are illus
trated or described.
When the crest of the liberty cap was
pointed forward it was denominated a
Phrygian bonnet.
Bear-head helmets were common
among the American Indians at the be-
ginning ofthis century.
1t is stated that nearly 1000, 900 pounds
of fur for hatters' purposes are produced
in the United States.
A Turkish turban of the largest size
contains from 10 to 20 yards of the finest
and SOfteSt muslin
The earliest military head covering is
believed to have been a rawhide cap.
next a cap of iron.
The old-fashioned beaver hat was
made with body of rabbits fur, the
outside nap being of beaver.
The white stOvepipe often worn in this
country in summer is made of felt with
muslin backing.
Some specimens of mediavel helmets,
at least II pounds in weight, are pre-
served in the European museums.
The first hatmakers In France are men,
toned during the reign of Charles VI,
who ruled from 1880 to 1922.
The cardinals red hat is emblematic Of
his readiness to shed his blood in defense
of the church and it's doctrines.
The plated hats have an interior Of
wool while on the outside there is a plat
ing, or covering, of much finer material
The battle helmets of medieval times
were much heavier than the fitting he'll
NETS, often weighing five or six pounds.
Twenty-seven different styles Of Ro-
man helmets have been noted on the
COINS medals and monuments of the en-
pire.
A cap of the style now known as the
liberty cap" was worn from the earliest
times among both Greeks and Romans.
Seventy-two different styles Of hats,
caps and head coverings were adopted in
the French army during the wars of
Napoleon
A genuine Panama hat is so flexible
that it may be compressed into small
compass, and, being released, will resume
its former shape.
When slave was fmanumitted among
the Romans part of the ceremony was
liberty.
The cap of a Chinese mandarin sports
a button at the top, which by it's color
and material indicates the rank Of the
wearer.
The first mention of a beaver hat is by
Froissart, in the twelfth century. 1t is
supposed that this hat was made of the
beaver fur.
Furs for making the felt of which hats
are made undergo twenty-seven different
operations or processes before the felt Is
finished.
The Ottoman turban is made by wind
ing lengths of muslin around conical
cap, securely stitching the muslin in
place at every point.
Ten kinds of caps are found on Greek
coins and monuments. The variation of
style, however, was not so great as
might be supposed.
French "gossamer" hat has but one
thickness of muslin at the top and sides
and two on the brim. 1t weighs between
two and three ounces.
In the eighth century, and for a long
time after, Saxon and German mobiles
wore cone-shaped caps, close-fitting at
the head and about two feet high.
In the. fourteenth century, broad
brimmed hats, with the crown running
| up to a sharp point, became common in
France. Italy and England.
The largest Turkish turbans are foot
in diameter and a foot and half high,
| weighing, on account of the lightness Of
the material not more than four or five
ounces.
Silk hats have a muslin body as basis.
From two to six thicknesses of muslin
are employed for the brim and one or
two for the top and sides.
Sir Philip Sydney at a great fete sport
ed a hat worth 0,000 1t was felt, broad
brimmed and turned up at the side, with
a rosette of diamonds.
The antique Japanese headdress con-
sisted OF an oblong box fastened on the
top of the head by means of a strap
which passed under the chin.
After the death OF Nero, thousands of
citizens of Rome put on caps in token of
their belief that the liberty of the re-
public was about to return.
The first hatters mentioned in history
formed an association at Nuremberg in
1860. They called themselves filzkappen-
macher, felt cap makers"
The early Saxons seldom wore hats and
still more seldom caps Their sole head
! covering was the long f1axen hair, which
they cultivated with sedulous care.
In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
the French and Spanish nobility wore
hats profusely ornamented with gold
braid, feathers and sometimes precious
stones.
Competent authorities assert that the
American-made silk hat is superior both
in material and finish to any other hat Of
the kind in any part of the world.
The first mention of ostrich feathers on