Show tho the derby lint hat it if the derby hat is to be crowded out by the easier and softer styles of headgear there wont le be much regret over its ita going in spite of its advantages as a cross between tween lie the silk hat and the th slouch it has never had the merits of either of those styles it has always had the discomforts dis comforts of the silk hat without having its ita dash or beauty and it has not been much dressier than a neat soft hat although it has alwayn been more uncomfortable it is a bad thing for a hot day and it much for a cold spell and heaven help the man who wears it the morning af after ter a banquet the tendency now is goeasy to easy hats and it ought to be encouraged men have laughed a great deal at slavery to fashion fasli ion but they have never been able to point to a more forcible illustration of that slavery than their own adherence to the derby hat supplied philadelphia inquirer |