The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-04
GREAT MEMS HATS.
The Distinctive Styles of the Head
gear of Prominent Politicians.


As soon as q man springs into public
notice he at once seeks some distinctive
article of head-gear. 1t is little diff
cult to tell why this is, but it is never
theless 4 fact. President Arthur
usually wears tan silk hat. 1t looks
like presidents hat. Whoever made
it, it is the only one of it's kind in
Washington In the first place, it is a
very tall hat, with just the shadow of
curve near the crown. The brim is
broad and nearly straight, and hangs
over his eyes. tits hat among hats and
one would ask the name of its
owner among a thousand Attorney
General Brewster's white silk hats are
almost historical. He has them made in
Philadelphia, and it is said he consumes
several each season. 1t is a matter of
some curiosity why he should want a
new hat of this species. Certainly it
must be n great puzzle for him to
pick out his latest purchase from
among the large stock which he must
have on hand His hatS-are made TO be
brushed either or both ways, as they
usually are. They are built very high,
with bullying crown and rolling brim,
something like the style of the headgear
worn in the pictures of the allegorical
"Uncle Sam"
Mr.. Blaine sometimes wears q stylish
/ silk hat, but his favorite is a black
SLOUGH, which he draws down over his
! eyessuntiI 1t nearly touches his nose.
/ Rrrt1o Ganatrlr.S nd
! Hoar also run into slOuches, all
! apparently made on pretty nearly the
| same model. Gen. Logan wears a
cavalry sIouch hat about half the time
and q respectable silk hat the remain
der. Senator ingalls, hat is tall and
angular, like himself. 1t is a keen and
! incisive-looking hat, and sits on his head
( III a prim sort of fashion, IS much rs to
/ say to all the brother hats: Just have
yourself made over into this style. ~
/ Secretary Chandler usually wears q
! Derby. He perches It Low down on his.
/ forehead, where it looks thoroughly
! business like, like its owner. Secretary
| Frelinghuysen wears q tall, thin silk
hat. Secretary Folger, on the contrary,
1 wears a rather low-crOwned lat, which
materially adds to his judicial appear
ance. Secretary Lincoln's silk hat is
4 y
| tary Teller's makes him look like an
( Episcopal bishop. Postmaster-Genera
1 Gresham has developed genuine fond
/ ness for his old black SLOUGH hat,
which he throws down any
! where.
Commissioner Loring wears the most
/ dignified-looking silk hat in Washing
/ ton. No one would ever think of such
L thing as rubbing that hat the wrong
way, and as for crushing it, the idea
would be prepOsterous. Gen. Rose
Grams affects the military SLOUGH hat,
while General Sheridan wears light
Derby Of the fashionable make. Before
he was elected speaker, Mr. Carlisle
always wore SLOUGH hat; now he wears
Il tall silk one with 4 narrow brim,
which looks as though it were three
sizes too small Senator Malone wears
a light brown SLOUGH hat on the left side
of his head, which gives him q dashins
appea rance Judge Lawrence, the
eccentric first comptroller of the trea-
Surv department, wears Il tlat-crOYned
hat with n wide brim. This is Savagely
pushed down on his head. just as though
he had given an adverse decision of ten
thousand words. 1t almost covers his
ears, but don't, that is, one can see the
ears
These are a very few OF the immense
number of distinguished-lOok hats
which may be seen in Washington.
The subject of hats suggests an incident
which happened at the White House
during Grants first term. Gen. Butler
came in TO see the President one day
and deposited his news silk hat in a
large and comfortable armchair
As he stood talking, in walked Horace
Greeley. Greeley shambled across
the room and sat down fair and square
upon Buffers hat. OF course there
was a crash, and as the great editor
jumped up, Gen. Butler took the re
mains of what was his handsome head
gear in his hands and said
flGreeley, knew that hat wouldn't fl
you. Boston TrGreiter.