Straw Hats of 1922

[kaosharper1]

I don't know if this old New York Times article has been posted, but I found it interesting. Among other things, the formal straw hat was not a Panama, but a China split-straw:

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=990CEEDE1439EF3ABC4F53DFB3668389639EDE

 

[RBH]

Thanks... neat reading!