Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-11
GREAT MEMS HATS.
The Distinctive styles OF the Head
gear of Prominent Politicians.
Boston Traveller.

The Distinctive styles of the Head
gear of Prominent Politicians.
Boston Traveller.
As soon as a man springs into pub
lie notice he at once seeks some
! distinctive article of head gear. 1t is
a little difficult To tell why this is,
! but it is nevertheless a fact. President
Arthur usually wears tall silk hat
1t looks like a presidents hat Who
ever made it, it is the only one of its
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 1t is hat
amcng hats, and one would ask the
name of it's owner among thousand.
Atty. Gen. Brewster's white silk hats
are almost historical. He has them
made IN Philadelphia, and i is SAID
/ he consumes several each season. 1t
| is matter of some curiosity why he
/ should want a new hat of this species.
Certainly it must be a 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, and they usually are. They
arc built very high, with a bulging
crown and a rolling brim, something
like the style of the headgear worn in
the pictures of the allegorical Uncle
Sam
Mr.. Blaine sometimes wears styl-
ish silk hat, but his favorite is a
black SLOUGH, which he draws down
over his eyes until it nearly touches
his nose. Gen. Butler and Senators
Edmunds and Hoar also run to
slouches, all apparently made on
pretty nearly the same model. Gen.
Logan wears a cavalry SLOUGH hat
about half the time and respectable
silk hat the remainder. Senator Ing
ais hat is tall and angular, like
himself. 1t is a ken and incisive-
looking hat, and sits on his head in a
priEl 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 Derby. He perches it low
down on his forhead, where 1t looks
thoroughly business-like, like its
owner Secretary Frelinghuysep
wears a tall, thin six hat. Secretary
Folger, on the contrary, wears a
rather low-crowned hat, which ma
terislly adds to his judicial appear
ance. Secretary Lincoln's silk hat
IS usually stylish and dressy, while
Secretary Teller's makes HIM look
like au Episcopal bishop Postmaster
General Gresham has developed a
genuine foudness for his old black
SLOUGH hat, which he throws down
anywhere
Commissioner Loring wears the
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 crush
ing it, the idea would be preposterous
Gen. Rosecrans affects the military
SLOUGH hat, while General Sheridan
wears a light Derby of a fashionable
make. Before he was elected speaker,
Mr.. Carlisle always wore SLOUGH hat (;
now he wears a tall silk one with a
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 a dashing appearance.
Judge Lawrence, the eccentric first
comptroller of the treasury depart
ment, wears flat-cIowned hat with a
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 tn
ears.
These are a very few of the immense
number of distinguished looking hats
which may be seen in Washington.
The subject Of hats suggests an Incl
dent which happened at the white
house during Grants first term Gen.
Butler came in to see the president
one day, and deposited his new silk
nat in large and comfortable arm
chair 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 crash, and, as the great
editor jumped up, Gen. Butler took
the remains of what was his handsome
headgear in his bands and said :
Greeley, | knew that hat wouldn't
fit you.