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Show SURPRISED THE CLERK. Ural nutate Mnn veltli a Ministerial Look Creates Con.tcrnntloll lu a Chicago Hat Store, Ppcnklnff of n vvcll-knovvn clubman, the Chicago Tribune savs that bis friends a-sirt that ho inlic.l Ms vocation vo-cation when lie went Into the real estate es-tate business. He looks like n large and amlnblc minister, and for rcnions known only to himself lie carries out the delusion bj dressing entlrclv In ti'.jek Ills business rivals savs thnt the benevolent aril ministerial f.mile which he asslduouslv rit'tlvatcs lias been the chief means of closing a num. mW? "I LIKE THE HAT, I'CnSONALLY." bcr of blp; elcali, and tho Commuters' Cinch club acknowledges him the bevt player In Its membership. 'Ihe other day lie went down-town and went Into a big Stnto street hat store to buy a new silk hat. A wise ciern, one ot tnosowno is able to read human nature at a glance, carne to vvalt on htm. "A silk lint? Certainly," said tho clerk, taking ln tho ministerial op-penrnce op-penrnce of his customer. "Now. here is tho style which most of the ministers nro buying this spring. lb seems to bo popular mi th all our leading ciergj-men." ciergj-men." Tho man from the weitcrn suburb emllcd I1I3 slow, ministerial smile. Ho put on tho hat anil stood before tho glasi for a moment. Then ho turned again to the clerk. "I like tLut lint, pcrsonallj," be said, "but I'm afrnid ray congregation would think It vvns tho devil of a note to sec me flaih a dicer like that. ThcjM tell me I looked llku a four H111I1 in u Jackpot nnd hurt ray feelings in all sorts of ways. When wo preachers buy glad rags jou know we nlwn.V3 have to think how tho congregation will like them. Can't you sliovv me something else?" Hut tlio cleric told the manager he felt suddenly faint, and asked to be excused ex-cused for a few minutes. Since that time ho hna been slow to jump at conclusions. |