Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-11-27

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Boston Trayellerl
AN sosn a. q man springs into public
notice hs at once seeks some distinctive
article 0.f headgsar. Il Is little difficult
70 tell Why this is, bat IL Is nevertheiess
fact President Arthur usually wears
tall silk hat. IL looks like Presideut's
hat Whoever made it. il is the only one
OF its kind IA Washington Ia tbs hrss
place, it is . very tall hat, with just the
shadow Of = curve near the crown The
brin Is brosd and nearly straight, and
hangs over bis eyes. IL Is a hat among
hats, aud one would ask the name OF its
owner among thousand Attorney-Gen-
eral Brews sfer's white silk hats are almost
historical. He has them made in Phila-
delphia, and it Is said he consumes sew
sral each season. IL is matter OF some
curiosity why he should want new hat
OF this species Certainly IL must be q
great puzzle for him 70 pick out his latest
purchase from among the large stock
which be must have on hand. His hats are
made 20 be brushed either or both ways,
and they usually are They are built very
high, with bulgfng crown and rolling
brim, something like the style of the head
gear worn in the pictures Of the allsgorical
''Unele Sam-s
Mr.. Blaine sometimes wears a stylish
silk hat, but his ravorite is black slouch,
which he draws down over his eyes until
it nearly touches his nose. General But
her and Senators Edmunds and Hoar also
run 10 slouches, all apparently made on
pretty nearly the same model. General
Logan wears a cavalry slouch hat about
half the time and respectable silk hat
the remainder. Senator Ingalls, hat is
tall and angular, like himself. 1t is a
keen and incisive-looking hat, and sits on
his head In a prim sort of fashion, as
much as sto say TO all the brother hats:
" Just have yourself made over into this
style." Secretary Chandler usually
wears Derby. He perches it low 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
rather low-crowned hat, which materi-
ally adds TO his judicial appearance.
Secretary Lincoln's silk hat is usually
stylish and dressy, while Secretary Tel
ler's makes him look like an Episcopal
Bishop. Postmaster General Gresham
has developed genuine fondness for his
old black slouch hat, which he throws
down anywhere.
Commissioner Loring wears che most
dignified looking silk hat in Washington.
No one would ever think of such thing as
rubbing that hat the wrong way, and as
for crushing it, the idea would be prepos-
ferrous. General Rosecrans affects the mil
/ 4 Il,
wears light Derby of fashionable
make. Before he was elected Speaker, Mr..
Carlisle always wore a slouch hat; now he
wears tall silk one with narrow brim,
which looks as though it were three sizes
too small Senator Malone wears a light
brown slouch hat on the left side of his
head, which gives him dashing appear.
ance. Judge Lawrence, the eccentric first
Comptroller of the Treasury department,
wears a fat-crowned hat with wide
brim. This is savagely pushed down on
his head, jnst as though he had
given an adverse deSsion ol
ten thousand words. 1t almost covers his
ears, but don't; that is, one can see the
ears. These are very few of the i'm
mense number of distinguished-lookin
hats which may be seen in Washington
The subject of hats suggests an incident
which happened at the White House du
ring Grants first term. General Butler
came in TO see the President one day, anc
deposited his new silk hat In large anc
comfortable armchair. AS he stood talk
ing, in walked Horace Greeley. Greeley
shambled across the room and sat down
fair and square upon Buffers hat. O
course there was a crash, and, as the grea
editor jumped up, General Butler took the
remains of what was his handsome head
gear In his hands and said: "Greeley,
knew that hat wouldn't fit you"