The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-10-02
Great Mems Hats.

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As soon as man springs into public
notorety he Mt once seeks some dis
tinctive article of head gear. II is a
little difficult to tell why this is, but It
is nevertheless fact. President Ar
thur usually wears high silk hat. 1t
looks like Presidents hat. Whoever
made it, it is tho only one of its kind
in Washington. In the first place, it is
a very tall hat, with just the shadow of
a'curve near the crown. The brim is
broad and nearly straight, and hangs
over his eyes. 1t is hat among hats,
and one would ask the name of its
| owner among q thousand. ATTORNEY
General Brewster's white hats are al
most historical. He has them made in
Philadelphia, and it is understood con-
sumes several each season. 1t is
matter of some curiosity why he should
want a new hat of this species. Ger
tainly it must be a great puzzle to 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 and
they usually are. They are built very
high with bullying crown and a roll
ing brim, something like the style of
head-gear worn in the pictures of the
allegorical Uncle Sam"
Mr.. Blaine sometimes wears stylish
silk hat, but his favorite is q black
SLOUGH, which he draws down over his
eyes until it nearly touches his nose
Ran Rattan and Garatpr a..
Senator Hoar also run to slouches, all
apparently made on pretty nearly the
same model. General Logan wears
cavalry SLOUGH hat about half the time
and respectable silk hat the remain
der. Senator Ingalls, hat is tall and
angular like himself. 1t is keen and
incisive looking hat, and sits on his
head in prim sort of fashion, as much
as TO say to all the brother hats, Just
have yourselves made over into this
style" Secretary Chandler usually
wears a Derby. He perches it low
down upon his forehead where it looks
thoroughly business-like, like its own
err. Secretary Frelinghuysen wears a
tall, thin silk hat. Secretary Folger,
on the contrary, wears rather low
crowned hat, which materially adds to
his judicial appearance. Secretary
Lncoln's silk hat is usually stylish and
dressy, while Secretary Teller's makes
him look like an Episcopal Bishop.
Postmaster General Gresham has devel-
oped genuine fondness for his old
black slouch hat, which he throws
down anywhere.
Commissioner Loring wears the most
digniiied-looking silk hat in Washing
ton. No one would ever think of such
a thing as rubbing that hat the wrong
way, and as for crushing it, the idea
would be preposterous. General Rose
Grams affects the military SLOUGH hat,
while General Sheridan wears light
Derby of fashionable make Before
he was elected Speaker Mr.. Carlisle
always wore SLOUGH hat; now he
wears tall silk one with narrow
brim, which looks as though it was
three sizes too small. Senator Malone
wears light brown SLOUGH ON the left
side of his head, which gives him q
dashing appearance. Judge Lawrence,
the eccentric First Comptroller of the
Treasury Department, wears flat
crowned hat with wide brim. This
is savagely pushed down on his head,
just as though he had just given an ad-
verse decision of 10000 words. 1t al
most covers his ears, but don't; that is,
one can see the ears. These are very |
few of the immense number of distin-
guished looking hats which may be |
seen in Washington. The subject OF |
hats suggests an incident which hap
pened at tho White House during |
Grants first term. General Butler |
came in to see the President one day,
and deposited his new silk hat in a
large and comfortable arm chair. AS
he stood talking in walked Horace
Greeley. Greeley shambled across the
room and sat down fair and square on
Buffers hat. OF course there was a
crash. and rs the great editor jumped
up Butler took the remains of what was
his handsome head-gear in his hands
and said: Greeley, / knew that hat
VIC ldD't fit Won n-BOSf0l Tynjeler