No vegetable substance i able when exposed to all th the weather, as every perse i v\ who lias seen the fallen 1 woods, where, when the we has been decayed by time, mained sound and unchanj 1 hese hats, whether c» fur, velvet, or plain silk, or ! cd, possess the following at ver all other hats, viz. be made lighter than any and at tiie same time stro ry part ; particularly at tl the crown, where ail othc-When properly made they \ the storms in the wear of y admit tile water, grow soft, shape. Fur hats can be nthird less than what hats infry respect, are now sold fo patent water-proof sattin be. from eight to ten dollars, soft in the rain, lose their ? heavy and unyielding to tf ron, and are as brittle as birch hats on the con war strong and really water-pro tic in the brim, set easy i made for an i price. Six gi'ls can make American sattin beavers, plain silk hats a dav,begini i ing the hark and ending wl and lining—Hats of the lar thcr in brim or crown, cove : of the same quality as the i be made for less than sixty will be as light or lighter; \ ter proof, and will never s1* r\ t I f r . i • i . t. • ■ .--- a