Show THE MERRY WIDOW HAT OF ap V n A I 1 15 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 y I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 W k Y I 1 I 1 0 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 14 1 i I 1 F i C xa 1 ju I 1 t 4 7 J 10 11 i 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 V I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 lug is 4 I 1 av fr 11 WN iva t M W 1 I 1 t Z w I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 a fro from m 11 harpers alpers weekly of 1857 in harpers weekly of 1857 appe appears ars the following note under the above cut the quaker is much chagrined at the recent general adoption of hla his hat by tho public and has now nov originated a design which seems beyond imitation history repeats itself perhaps more in fashions than in any other department of life it was genera generally ily supposed that the merry widow hat so popular this season was of recent origin but it seems that the simple quaker of 50 years ago adopted a form of hat which Is closely related to the present stylo style the fiaker Qi Ciu aker however was driven to it in order to date himself from the rest of the world but the ladles who adopted tho the prevail ing style did so BO for an entirely different reason namely nar nely t to bo be like tho the rest or of tho ina world |