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Show THE PRIVILEGE OF WEALTH. Only Millionaires Can Wear Straw Hats in Winter. Apropos of the passing of the straw hat. Senator Stewart of Nevada once made a remark that throws an interesting inter-esting sidelight on the question of winter headgear for men. He and a newspaper friend were walking down Pennsylvania avenue during last Christmas week. The Senator's head was capped by the exquisite creation of Panama build that has come to be a familiar sight on the streets of Washington. The hat's cost ranged into the three-figure grade of dollars, and the Panama looked every incn of it. But it was in midwinter, with snow on the ground, and a thermometer well down the scale. It was the only straw in active use in town. "A straw is the only hat that is comfortable," quoth the friend, "and if I could, I'd wear one the year around. If I had one like yours, Senator, Sena-tor, I'd wear it winter and summer." "You couldn't afford to wear it now," replied the Senator. "Why not?" "Because if anybody but myself wore this hat in winter, he'd be stamped stamp-ed as too poor to get another." Washington Post. |