The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-02-24
LIFE OF A SILK HAT
WITH CARE ONE MAY sE MADE TO
LAST a HUNDRED YEARS.
A.a II Gas Ne Msae Over aaa over
AE.i. as Lsns as he Fra.e nsIds
Tsgeshsr : New Its Tweaty-aine
Pieces Are NODDED late oas.


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Actors use ap the old six hats
said the halter. .Aeterssp asked the
listener.
Actors said the halter. pansing in
the act or lifting chunk or iron out
OF the stove and dropping 1t in The lol.
low fiatfon he carried. Actors
mean variety actors. o. course. They
need them IN their business. Haven't
you ever wondered where all the Old
silk hats Come from when you've seen
the comedians kicking each others tiles
all ever the stage: Well. such places
AZ mine supply them.
at takes a good many years 10 wear
out silk hat. With proper care they'll
last 10 be a hundred years old. or
course before that time the siik win
turn red on top. where II is exposed to
the sun. but thar resiness can be over.
come for time. You can make over
silk hat so long as the frame holds
together.
There are twenty-nine pieces in a
silk hat They are the brim, which is
in four pieces; the silk lining, In two;
the foundation, In tive; the gossamer
tips between--there are two OF these
also; the two coverings for the side
crown. the two fer the tips, the three
pieces OF plush, the three rubbers, the
underbrim, one piece; the two pieces
OF the band and binding, the leather.
one piece; the bow braid, one piece:
the label. one piece: the eyelets. tive OF
them: the sticker. or niece Of court
plaster, joining tAs swsatband together
in tho back.
Cotton cloth Ia the foundation OF the
silk hat. Ii 10 stinened with shellac
cnt with ammonia and hot water. The
cloth is cut up In strips. cut ON the
bias. and then stretchsd ON the block
In four thickaesses. one thickness he
ing stretched and permitted to dry he
fore another Is put ON. The lining IA
put In first. the cloth being stretched
over that and then. after il has been
permitted 10 dry II Ia ironed on tbe
block. pordered e,,n demar beins
dusted ON 10 prevent the iron from
,tickinr 10 the cloth soaked In shellae
.sThe bl,ck "a an Ave pieces the cen.
ter. the two aides and the two ends
which are renewed In this order when
the cloth body has dried IN shane The
leading m,lers ret ouf their hats on
the block they adopt far the STYLE OF
the season. and block makers then imi.
tate tbIs black uatiI any halter NAV
bny from 4 Kew York or Boston block
maker The Seasons latest block nj .
,res,oaable priee
.sThe bIock 1. tb.s r.meved from III,
shellae cloth shelI. and 4 iiofrer IA IN.
sertsd "a stretch the hat 10 IN. reou,rea
size. the block being a tribe small
This ,doffer il xlmnlx felt shane
which ais closely Ia the BLOCK. ana
TING nuts a fhIctnes. ~ felt betveen
the hat and the block. The hat In iron,
ed AZ soon as tlle doffer Il inserted
this melting fine .beIlse and permittins
the cloth shell TO adapt itself to III,
changed conditions. After the ironing
II n covered with coat az shellat
yarnlsh. for which the halter now has
to pay IS a quart. When II is dry
again the silk pIush IA nut ON with 4
hot iron. steamed on. In fact.
.Thls plush comes In rolls like any
other and IA sold by the ward II Is
cut In strlps seven inches wide for III,
crown and two and one-haIf inches 10,
the brim. The tep piece having beer
cut out. Il is sewed TO the crown nice,
and is then out on the cloth shell, One.
ON the plush nap is turned back al iii,
Joint. cut OF and stuck on and then
brushed back. which makes a Joining
SO neat that it Il almost Impossible 10
detect.
.4Tae hat is nut ON n potanee block
and potanced. which means simply tina,
il is hung ON a round block of cloth