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Show HATS IMPROVE WITH AGE. Economy In the Purchase of First-Class First-Class Silk Headgear. "A silk hat, like wine, Improves with nge," said a clubman. "The oft-ener oft-ener you have It Ironed tho sleeker anc more brilliant it becomes. It costs a good, deal at tho outset, but in the end It Is the cheapest hat to wear. It lasts, you see, so long, and to iron it costB so little a dime or so. Some folks think the topper very perish-ab.. perish-ab.. If it gets soaked with rain, if somo one sits on it and crushes it Into In-to an accordion, they think it must be thrown away, tho same as if it were a Derby. Dut not at all. A Bilk hat can bo taken apart and put together again like a watch, and If it gets crushed, nothing Is easier than to melt off tho silk, straighten out the frame and then put on tho silk again. In England, tho homo of this hat, I have known men to wear tho same topper for 10 or 12 years. And the oftener the old hat is ironed the brighter and finer It. Bhlnes. Us luster Increases with time and friction fric-tion like the luster of good, antique furniture," |
