Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-01

The man who remembers hats and theil wearers at the Fifth avenue hotel in New York city is just now basking in the bright sun light of publicity. A traveller in this country was struck by his unfailing connection of the right hat with the right man, and wrote to Nature about it. He sometimes has as many as 500 hats in his charge at one time. Most of them belong to persons whom he has never before seen. The owners go in and out in crowds. But without 8 moments hesitation, the servant returns each one his own hat. He explains his ability to do this by saying that he forms mental picture of the owners face inside his hat, and that, on looking at any hat the wearer's face is instantly brought be- fore his minds eye. The notice taken of the Fifth avenue hat man calls forth "reminiscences of another person who used to do remarkable things with hats at the Metropolitan Hotel in New York city. He was very genteel and intelligent looking colored man of middle age, who stood in the broad hall or entrance, near the dining room door. He was the wonder particularly of many Westerners who were then Tn the habit Of stopping at this house when in New York, and his doings were one of the things that they talked about on their return home. More than once did they con- spire to defeat or puzzle him by large num- Der hurriedly crowding into the dining room together, and at the same time thrusting at him their hats many of which were designed ly new and as nearly alike as possible. But whether the conspirators came from the din- ing room together as they went in, or in smaller groups, or singly, the ready and self
 possessed master of the hats promptly, court eously, and unerringly handed each one to its owner, whose face he now saw for the second time. Perhaps training does more for these hat and man rememberers than extraordinary natural powers
 The writer of 6 recent communication to the National Republican of Washington said: : ''The Hon. MT. Hoar, of Massachusetts, made telling speech the other day on Cadet Whit taker being left to himself, but the honorable Senator did not think how severely he has left Senator Bruce and his charming wife alone" This statement has been given wide circulation and has excited much interest as to its truth. It is now asserted by the relia- OAO UnoAAASlOA w SOAAOokOLl4Oug VI LA4C DOotOn Advertiser that it is without a shadow of truth, Senator Hoar and family having treated Senator Bruce and his wife with every courte- sy which social etiquette would require if they were as white as the whitest of senatorial families, and also with sincere friendliness. The National Republican has printed an edi- torial on the subject, and the correspon- daot Qhnva rafarre6 docIaraa that the following extract from it is strictly true: |: ''The attempt to convey the impression that Senator Bruce is victim of ostracism is too absurd to require any attention when the real facts are known. If he is ostracised he is not aware of it. He receives from his peers in the Senate all the attention and respectful consideration that he can desire, and from none more markedly than from Senator Hoar. He has been called to occupy the chair of the President of the Senate, we think, more than once during his term of office. Of once We are certain and upon that occasion on motion of Senator Hoar, circumstance which should silence imputation that he in any de- gree has ostracised Senator Bruce. The re- spect shown to this Senator on the floor of the Senate has been marked and to his own fullest satisfaction, and this is the case also with his social relations In this respect the Senator and his charming wife have all the society they desire, afact which should check all sympathy and all sneers that are indulged in by a class of society people on their ac
 count, as both are held in the highest esteem" This ought to set the matter at rest, for if Senator Bruce and his wife are satisfied even the editors of Democratic papers ought to be.