A Panama Hat

"The life oí a panama hat - that is, if it is a good odo to start with," remarked an adinirer of that style of headgear, "compares somewhat with the life of the owner of it. One can ron through either in a hurry or hang on for a long time if it is desired. If carefully kept, a panama hat should last all the way f rom 10 to 40 years. I know a gentleman who resides in east Washington who has owned and steadily worn during the summer months a panama hat for nearly 40 years. It has been bleached every couple of years since and retrimmed and relined, and it is today to all intenta and purposes as good as when I first saw it 30 years ago. "I knowof another panama hat, now worn by a physician in this city, whioh has had almost as long a life. Long before he got it his father wore it. I know dozens of them which have been in use from 10 to 20 years. The lining wears out, but the body of the hat keeps good. Of course care has to be used to keep them such a long time, but the panama itself is almost indestrnctibla The original cost of the hata that I refer to was not exorbitant, none of them ing over $14. "-