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Show MIL Hat Mjlci lo Loidtm. fYea n.HKr.sJ yin,uerl There aro always to kinds of silk hats, each of the tail quality, ou sale In IxiiiJoii. Una It Ihe strictly Imh-lonsblo Imh-lonsblo mudcl, "Ihe Istitl," or whatever what-ever onu may choose to lall H, which la retailed In Ihe Went l'.nd at from a guinea (3) to IS shillings (1 1). Lo otlnrlalhe stylo which Immediately prucedvdlt ana haa "gone out," although al-though Iho quality Is unchanged. This Is usually called Ilia "city" and costaJMIuslillllngt). The illtlliictlon Is a very itcullar one, i.uiployisor largo London C3m merclal liouteaarenot excited to bo up to the hilt In fsihiou, in I If they are It Is sure tu I o rctinted by their em loyrrs. A l.ondon city magnate would not bu scsii wearing thu same shape hat as onu of his bookkeepers, and so Iho great army of salary drawers keepjutt a sbalu behind tho liotidholdlug cinimunlty. Kor instance, in-stance, now tbat the bell crowned topr Is au fait, the "city" hat Is a "taper crown," and as such Is strictly correct. I bellcvu there Is a song somewhere txtant to tho cflect that "llnltous noiali, nev-ah will bo slat ii." |
