Parigi stessa di nuovo nel 1878-9 . d coda come maniglia. Severaltablets di fantasia, con monogrammi illuminati in ogni varietà di stile, e che Messrs Leuchars sono stati i primi tointrodurre, anche ornamento della vetrina della ditta, che sono altrettanto ben noti a Piccadilly e la Ptue de la Paix. Alcuni dei miei lettori naturalmente ricorderanno, e saranno anche stati indossatori di, il vecchio cappello castoro, notevole per itpeso, il suo calore, la sua costuttezza, e la sua fluidità di texture.Esemplari di esso indugiare, credo, in una condizione quasi-fossile quartieri agricoli remoti, dove essi

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Paris herself again in 1878-9 . d tail as a handle. Severaltablets of fancy notepaper, with illuminated monograms in everyvariety of style, and which Messrs. Leuchars were the first tointroduce, also ornament the glass case of the firm, who areequally well-known in Piccadilly and the Ptue de la Paix. Certain of my readers will of course remember, and will evenhave been wearers of, the old beaver hat, remarkable alike for itsweight, its warmth, its costliness, and its flufhness of texture.Specimens of it linger, I believe, in a quasi-fossil condition inremote agricultural districts, where they have been handed downas heirlooms, and in theatrical wardrobes, whence they are trans-ferred from time to time to the head of the actor who plays the 146 PARIS HERSELF AGAIN. part oi Paul Pry and similar characters. Moreover, certain noble-men ami gentlemen of sporting proclivities, who adhere pertina-ciously to the fashions of their youth, may still be seen wearingthis antiquated headgear in the paddock at Doncaster and on the. lawn at Goodwood. As a rule, however, the beaver hat is littleelse than a tradition with the existing generation, whose obliga-tions are mainly due to the well-known Piccadilly firm of Lincoln, Bennett, & Co., for having relieved their heads from this weighty GOLD MEDALLISTS. 147 load. To the firm in question, established as far hack as the yearof the Treat}- of Tilsit, we owe the introduction of the perfectedsilk hat, which is so much lighter and cheaper than its flocculentpredecessor. One of the earliest hats of velvet-piled silk, the pre-cursor of the velvet-napped silk now in general use, was made forthe late Lord Lyndhurst, who is said to have been the first Englishnobleman to adopt the silk hat. Originally the material on whichthe silk was fixed was of stuff or felt; but after a time these weresupplanted by the perforated willow body, giving rise to the well-known gossamer hat. The famous Piccadilly firm, however, werethe first to have recourse to

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1870
• bookidparisherself
• bookyear1879