Show A Chapter on Heads The heads of men are growing larger said a Broadway hatter a he sold a 7K hat to a small man Thirty years ago he continued vrhen I first went into the business busi-ness the average size ranged from 6X to 6 Of course there were plenty of men with larger heads but that was the average aver-age size Most of our customers buy hats nowadays in sizes from 7 to 7 and yet the men thirty years ago seemed to have just a much braixs a the men of today The most singular thing about the hat trade is the ability of a first class salesman to judge of the nationality of his customer by the shape of his head We Americans have long narrow beads It used to be that when an American head came in for a hat if it was long enough for him it would be er likely too WIde at tne smes or it it tt ted at the sides it had to be pulled out at the ends But we now have hats for heads of all nationalities When n German head comes in we jump for the boxes filled with hats especially espe-cially made for round heads The heads of Englishmen are irregular in shape notwithstanding not-withstanding the conservatism of the nation na-tion Irish heads are the most easily fitted They are oval in shape Most small men require large hats and there are a great many large men who wear small tiles I is a noticeable fact however that a the world grows older the heads of English speaking people are growing more and more alike and the shape is tending ward the long headed American head New York Telegram |