HATS INDICATE CHARACTER.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 157, 21 September 1880, Page 4

HATS INDICATE CHARACTER.

TUK hat makes the man, says Borthelier, a popular French humorist. A man without a hat, or a hat without a man, is an unfinished pillar—a lid without a jar. When you see a man running in the street without a hat, BerthoHer continues, you take him for a lunatic or a thief; and if you find a hat by itself on the banks of a river, or on the corner of the drawing room table, you instantly guess at a suicide, or that a man is hiding somewhere. Man and his hat' are two elements that—apart —-represent folly and chaos, and together make up ail individual. Show me you hat, cries Berthelier, and I can tell you who and what you are. He describes the hat of the Spanish priest, which leaves the ears free so that the priest may hear everything, but which throws the face into deep shade, the hat of the dashing mosquetaire, raised boldly and bravely from the face, and making no attempt at hiding ; the famous cocked hat of Napoleon ; the French kepi, <src., and in the course of his descriptions lie makes some admirable' observations. Men always retain, lie says, the habit of a style of hat they have worn for long when young. Borne, men wear their hat on one side to their last day; others tilt it forward the louts ram their hats down over their eyes, while the men of genius are often compelled, he says, to wear their hats somewhat on the back of their heads, because of the bumps representing all the noble qualities that rise- up on the forehead and prevent the hat being pushed on. The man whose intelligence is overpowered by his animal qualities is forced to wear it forward. If a man’s character can be guessed at by the appearance of his hat, how much more is it true of Jl woman. A youthful hat upon the head of a middle-aged woman makes her appear frivolous, while a sedate bonnet placed upon the head of a young girl ages her, apparently, many years. A very large bonnet or hat gives an air of bok.ness to the wearer, a very small one insignificance.’ The hoadcovering, therefore, should be chosen with great care. — Hatters' Gazette.