The mirror., 1921-03-31

has long hair 1t is glory to her, and what
poet is it who declares that Beauty draws
US by single hair?"
Absolutely Black hair in man or woman
is very rare except in certain races, for
example the North American Indians, the
japanese, and other Orientals, though
once saw an Irish-American with hair as
black as a Japanese.
Woman makes much of her headgear,
man very little. Ribbons and flowers and
plumes adorn her head. The monster hats
women wore few years ago have about
gone out, but the little affairs they wear
are often "fearfully and wonderfully
made" An old or shabby hat disturbs
woman much more than man would be
disturbed by one. She often brings home
the body of her hat and puts on the trim
ming; the trimming is the all-important
thing. The man wears his hat as it comes
from the halter, its only trimming being
the hatband.
The hatless indoor life of women evil
IDENTIFY favors the growth and preservation
of their hair. Yet men uncover their
heads under conditions wherein women
do not. We doff our hats as sign of
respect or reverence. Though we may not
take off our shoes on holy ground, we do
carry our hats in our hands, while under
the same conditions women carry theirs
on their heads. For the same reason, per-
haps, women's heads remain covered in
churches, and all the sisters of Charity,
and all so-called holy orders, are required
to conceal carefully their hair. Rarely
does a man sit down to lunch, even in a
public restaurant, with his hat on, though
women always do. Is it because our hats
are so much more easily removed? We
have no strings to unite nor hat pins to
extract
The badness of men is probably largely
due to their headgear. The scalp is so
protected that nature ceases to provide
covering of her own. The silk or "stove-
pipe" hat formerly so generally worn, has
much to answer for. When 1 was a
young man it was the vogue everywhere
on all occasions In England, remem-
ber seeing the boys at Rugby School play
ing ball with their "stovepipe" hats on.
myself wore one whenever "dressed up"
Ones new hat came in bandbox special
ly shaped for it, in which it was always
kept when not in use, and, one must con-
fess, men were then about as particular
to have their hats conform to the fashion
as women proverbially are about theirs.
But the "stovepipe" hat, like the swallow
tailed coat, has had its day, except on for
NAL occasions. 1t was later followed by
the derby hat which was ubiquitous until
a few years ago. have noticed but one
on mans head in several years. The
derby was as void of character as an iron
pot, yet I remember Mr.. Howells wore it
for a time. Can one fancy Mark Twain
in derby hat? Walt Whitman always
wore broad brimmed gray, soft felt hat.
OuC tulllkS VI 1llCOlu Will SlOVCplpC
hat on, as he wore this in most of his pic
lures. Roosevelt liked wide brimmed
felt hat, like that of the cowboys. While
he was President once saw him going
to church with shining silk hat on his
head. The first time I saw Emerson he
had on stovepipe hat, one much the
worse for wear. He probably never wore
any other kind. The broad brimmed,
light colored Quaker hat which I used to
see often in my boyhood was an improve
ment on the silk hat. The Cromwell hat
had character of its own, as did the
three-cornered Continental hats. When
a boy I remember the large black Kossuth
hats much in vogue after Kossuth's visit to
this country. But all such headgear is
undoubtedly unfavorable to the hair crop.
The use of cloth caps and soft felt hats
is now almost universal among men.