THE MODERN HAT.
We know of nothing (said Mark Lemon) that can be said in favor of the article which we are forced to wear on our heads. It is hot in summer ; it is not warm in winter ; it does not shade us from the sun ; it does not shelter us from the rain ; it is ugly and expensive ; you cannot wear it in a railway carriage ; it is always in your way in a drawing-room; if you sit upon it you crush it, yet it will not not save yonr skull in a fall from a horse ; it will not go into a portmanteau ; you are sure to forget it when suspended from the straps of a carriage roof; it is too hard to roll up, too soft to stand upon; it rusts with the sea air, and spots with the rain; if it is good, you are sure to have it taken by mistake at a soiree; if it ia bad, you are set down for a swindler.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2736, 28 December 1881, Page 2
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171THE MODERN HAT. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2736, 28 December 1881, Page 2
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