The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-30

SILK HAT IS LOSING FAVOR.
Il In Not So Popular, but II stiii .
swell Headxear.

IL the question were asked OF every
wsarer OF silk hat. If comfort were the
only question to be considered, would you
prefer 20 wear a Eel, or silk haif'' We
do not doubt that. without. exception. the
answer would be that fashion DEGREES
that silk hats must be worn by all men
who wish to look well dressed. and the
dictates OF fashion must be obsyed. not
wsihstsnding the extra comfort gained by
wearing a hard or sgft felt While fashion
rules thus. the hat trade benefits all
round A man wearing q silk hat when
on business, a social functions, or on
Sunday. naturally reysrts TO felt hat or
other occasions Az hatters know. a hat
suffers almost as much wear by being ex-
passed 20 light and dust while hanging on
a peg az when on the wsafsr's head II
follows that all branches u the trade are
helped and the more frequently the lead
ers o. fashion desire new shapes IN either
SILKS or feiss the greater will be the tgra-
over Of manufacturers and retailers.
Who are the mysterious individuals or
rather, who IL the mysterious individual
who DEGREES with what particular kind OF
covering lons-saffersng humanity shall
hide the brains We are all moro or less
supposed - passessf II Is said that the
Prince of Wales who Is a stanch believer
I'm the silk hat. has considerable hand
In tie matter. Bur whether that tie So
or rot. the prince Is undoubtedly respaa-
ssAfe sor the still almost iusaragnabse pe-
sgtion this article occupies IN our ward
raNsa According 90 8 London morning
paper tho silk nat IS losing ground with
a fveek coat II is DE- rixueur the world
ox.r with all who make the slightest pre-
tense even ~ knowing what IN wear"
says the writer OF The article. "But in no
ely. perhaps. IS the Doom Of the six sat
more patent than in London. Taea;y.
nav ten. years agn who bat 4 vulgar
cioahapper watsia dare wear a bowler IN
Bena street or tbs park What city wsan.
10 say nothing OF city clerk, would have
dreamed os goarg to his ofsfcc esceps in
the regulation hsa5gsars What fellow
ffasrs the reuusFy~-nsore especially e Re
wanted 20 Re taken for cocsney would
have ,-srste for a few DAYS holiday 20 Lon
dog, without his siik hiatt The shape or
rfxge or cat Gid nor matter. To his an
s,rsfts.ta eYa - saw no difference. TIE
faet tnai Sc had = six bat On waS mere
saan sBsressnt FER hSus. But ali thai has
.sanxess The silk bat - losing tts hold
sa ether paris - London, as & ID many
wears sga tn Fleet street.-The nae grea,
tnaroaghfare whefe hea8eesr + ~ 10 az
Grant. whera even = rsetical species cf
has - affected by some, > variable sans-
hfsya ~ saaYv Seville. whsa fer same ur-
sagharssbls reason isnAaasrs sreak a, as
= sssrlhYvgc haf' a~ fstgEa sanserera IL
sxls meant something else,
.Hat ia sps8s st AL this sAe SIX BAT
ssal gees a }pnw say 10 mark man The
silk hst ot tfs xweli--tlse snan ssoHs town
- ass ere sslk hat 81 the city merchant.
xs have n cahinss minister's silk hat a
elrrlesl SI5k ast. \ Journalistic sis hat
= tAwvas's SIX has. n cahnssa'S SIN Rat.
a e.ty esevks six Aat ana many faore.
These thsy asl are. prceiaiss1ng geuii 80
ssnsa sxsss; w issssr cassfsstan. nsit more
s,s,sY ey shssr sAAp~ - wa@i e5asvz af per
~cy. tsev s~sfoag es-.ssasfsrS' Gazette.