Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1898 — HATS AND HEADGEAR [ARTICLE]

HATS AND HEADGEAR

The brims of silk hate are said to bo eurled by hand, though In some tea* torlas this process is now accomplished by machinery. When the brim Is handcurled the workman relies altogethM on his eye for the necessary curve The coins iMuod by Brutus and Ousslue after the murder of Oaeear con* talnod as an emblem a cap between two daggers, an Intlmatten that Rome had regained Ito freedom, and a reminder of the means whereby liberty was regained. The tact operation of hat-making to “trimming." it ta usually dene hy flxto and constate in putting ta th* An* Ing and leather and putting on the band and bindings; these operations being greatly assisted by the use of the Mmtng machine. Y*o "cap of maintenance'* ta bene before English sovereigns at their mi* •natten. It is made of ermine and has two tails or pendants behind. Several dignitaries in England and a number of nobles also have the right to carry a cap of maintenance on state occasions. When hat making was Introduced Into America is not certainly known, but in 1782 the Industry had became so extensive that English hat makers complained bitterly that not only could they not »<l their hate in America, but that American hats were actually sold tn England. The tilting helmet, or helmet UMd at a joust or tournament, often boro as a crest the figures of birds or animals real or imaginary, and many in»t«TM»**< are known of tho knight having the head and bust of his lady carved in ivory or direr, and placing It on hia helmet as a crest A green turban throughout all Mam to a sign that the wearer is a descendant of the Prophet. Many persons who have the right to this, mark of honor are now in low life, and a traveler ta Constantinople or Oalro may have hia baggage carried to hia hotel by a genuine descendant of the founder of Moba mmedanlsm.