Show 5 GREAT MENS HATS The Distinctive Styles of Ute llcntl gear of Prominent Politicians I As soon as a man springs into public notice he at once seeks some distinctive article of headgear It is a little difficult diffi-cult to tell why this is but it is nevertheless never-theless a fact President Arthur usually wears a tall silk hat It looks like a presidents hat Whoever made it it is the only one of its kind in Washington In the first place it is avery a-very tall hat with just the shadow of a curve near the crown The brim is broad and nearly straight and hangs over his eye It is a hat among hatband one would ask the name of its owner among a thousand Attorney General Brewsters white silk hats are almost historical He has them made in Philadelphia and it is said he consumes several each season It is a matter of some curiosity why he should want anew a-new hat of this species Certainly it must be a great puzzle for him to pick out his latest purchase from among the large stock which he must have on hand His hatsare made to be brushed either or both ways as they usually are They are built very high with a bulging crown and a rolling brim II something like the style of the headgear worn in the pictures of the allegorical I Uncle Sam Mr Blainesometimes wear a stylish silk hat but his favorite is a black slouch which he draws down over his eyesuntil it neariy touches his nose Gen Butler and Senators Edmonds and Hoar also run into slouches all apparently made on pretty nearly the same model Gen Logan wears a cavalry slouch hat about half the time and a respectable silk hat the remain Icr I Senator Ingalls hat is tall and angular like him elr It is a keen and incisivelooking hat and sits on his head in a prim sort of fashion as much as to say to all the brother hats Just have yourself made over into this style Secretary Chandler usually wears a Derby lie perches It lov down on his forehead where it looks thoroughly business like like its owner Secretary Frelinghuysen wears a tall thin silk hat Secretary Folger on the contrary wears a rather lowcrowned hat which materially adds to his judicial appearance appear-ance Secretary Lincolns silk hat is usually stylish and dressy while Secretary Secre-tary Tellers makes him look like an Emscopal bishop PostmasterGeneral GiCaham has developed a genuine fondness fond-ness for his old black slouch hat which he throws down anywhere any-where I Commissioner Loring WCIT the most dignifiedlooking silk hat in Washington I Washing-ton No one would ever think Of such I a thing as rubbing that hat the wrong way and as for crushing it the idea I would be preposterous Gen Rose craiis affects the military slouch hat while General Sheridan wears a light Derby of the fashionable make Before I I he was elected speaker Mr Carlisle t always wore a slouch hat i now he wears i j a talf ilk one with a narrow brim 1 I which looks as though it were three i j sizes too small Senator Mahone wears I a light brown louch hat on the left side i I of his head which gives him a dashing appearance Judge Lawrence the i i eccentric tirst comptroller of the treasury trea-sury department wears a fiatcrowned hat with a wide brim This is savagely i pushed down on his head just as though he had given an advene decision of ten thousand words It almost covers his I ears but dont that is one can see the cars S I ear1These are a very few of the immense I number of distinguibhedooking hats I which may be seen in Washington The subject of hats suggests an incident which happened at the White House during Giants first term Gen Butler came in to see the President one day and deposited his naw silk hat in a largo and comfortable armchair As he stood talking in walked Horace Greeley Gre ley shambled across the room and sat down fair and square upon Butlers hat Of course there was a crash and as the great editor jumped up Gen Butler took the remains re-mains of what was his handsome headgear head-gear in his hands and said I Greeley I knew that hat wouldnt lit youBo Traveller |