The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-05-27
GLOSSY TILES OF The BROKERS.
The Way In Which Thsy Are Kept Shiny
Afi,e Uuttcr,s Little Trick.

The Way In which Th,y Are Kept Shiny
The Hattcr's Little Trick.
@These brokers' are queer cattle, as a
fule,rs remarked dealer in hats ON
lower broadway the other day. They
want their silk hats to shine all the time
rs If they were just out of factory.
Swell young men about. town have that
sort of desire, but it don't seem to be a
characteristic of business men generally
sxcept in the case OF brokers. Some of
thcsa. brokers have their hats irnned or
think they do, two and three times
day, anu have got so into the habit &C
that sort of thing that / have to keep
two men who don't do anything else
but keep hats in order, either by block
ing or ironing"
The shiny tile of tie average broker
would seem to indicate either that what
the hat man said was true, or else that
tie brokers are lavish and frequent pur-
chnscrs of new silk hats. The former
was proved by inquiry to be the fact.
Nearly every downtown halter has a
similar experience. Brokers are liberal
buyers Of high mats. They are also
economical in caring for them after they
once buy their tiles, however. 1t costs
from 50 cents to 81 to block them. So
the broker escapes the necessity of this
expense by going to his halter daily to
have them ironed. There is no charge
for this service. Ironing is supposed to
be the running of a hot hatter's iron
over the glossy surface of the hat, and
this always gives a lustre to the tile. 1t
don't take much time even when thor
oughly done, but it does help to do away
with the necessity for blocking hat,
suid does, In a measure, help to eat up
the profits of the halter. So the willy
chatter has found a way to get even with
the broker.
Some of the brokers'" said one of
these, come in here as soon as they get
down in the morning and have their
lrats ironed. Then they go to business.
Knocking about in the crowds they run
up against spoils the appearance of their
hats. So, before they go up town they
either bring or send around tIeir hats for
a fresh polish. Sometimes, too, they put
in an extra polish at lunch time, especi-
ally if they are to have ladies down town
to lunch with them. Now, that sort of
thing gets monotonous when it happens
sz days in the week.
"Ilatters know, but the public gener-
ally doesn't kow We get even with these
brokers, whose custom we naturally
value too highly to offend the men in
any way. Once in a while VIC iron the
iron the hats, of course, i'll order to keep
them IN good shape, but generally all we
do Is to rub them over with a bit of silk
warmed until it is quite hot. That gives
tue hat the necessary polish. 1t saves
Us the trouble Of ironing, and the polish
ni,ikes the broker happy. If the people
knew low easily they could burnish up
their silk hats by simply rubbing them
"a ia heated silk handkerchiefs l suppose
~" should lose some money, but it would
save US lots of time and trouble. 1t
would be great scheme for us if brokers
@y~.I Ike informed of the fact without
icttiAg fellows who pay for having their
hats Hacked and ironed know anything
about i. Wed save much trouble if
such a plan could be carried ut."-New
York Times.