Good old days

8 years ago

July 20, 1888

Now that the Cleveland hat craze has extended to Colfax, it may be of interest to our patriotic and democratic lady friends to know what the Mrs. Cleveland hat is to be like. The following from an eastern exchange may explain: Mrs. Cleveland wears a new Gainsborough hat of leghorn in her afternoon drives that is highly becoming to her girlish beauty. The hat is trimmed with ostrich tips and has a wide curled trim. With it she wears a simple dress of white muslin. The president has donned his white hat with the black ribbon band.

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