Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1882 — The "Obelisk” Hats. [ARTICLE]

The "Obelisk” Hats.

“The “Obelisk” is the very lates ‘agony” in round hats. This new shape “done” in marble o granite would serve Amerioans ver well in the place of an obelisk, upoi which to inscribe a long poem setting forth the vanity of all earthly things especially of modern hats, provided we had not already “imported” a genuine article which has been set up with appropriate oeremonies. As it is, the “obelisk” hat is a creation fearful and wonderful to look upon. Its like was never before seen in these United States. A head covering somewhat similar to it may be found in old picture books, showing a Mother G ose flying through the air upon a broomstick—“ Gone to sweep the cobwebs out of the sky,” as the rhyme runs. Bat that the time should have arrived when this tall peaked sugar-loaf hat should adorn the heads of our sooiety belle, seems incredible. Its length from the tip of the peaked crown to the headband measures about fourteen inches and the broad brim surrounding it is five inches wide. A lady wearing one alighted from her carriage in front oi a leading business house in this city lately and became an object of special attraction. The dress worn by the lady Was in elegant Style, but the haL.' Shades of Macbeth and the witches thereof ! It drew such a crowd that it was with difficulty that the lady m* tered the store, and with greater diffi culty that she made her purchases.