, 1888-11-29
HAPPY HATTERS.
Doing a Land Office Business
on Election Bets.
Heavy Gambling in Silk Tiles
All Over the Country.
Factories Can't Mako them Fast Enough
to supply the Almost Unpre.
ssdentsd Demand.

ssdentsd Demand.
IL would not be at all surprising II some
winter In order to keep other people In
hats. The betting Of silk headwear was
carried TO the greatest extent during the
recent election that was ever known to
hatters, says the Boston Herald. The
trade in silk tiles had been very dull be-
fsre the flood Of ballots came, but since
that event the manufacturers and retail
dealeis have had all the business they
could attend to, and some OF them were
completely cleaned out of stock. A few
caught the drift of things faroenouRh
for the prospective demand, and they
had unusually large stocks in the
seasoning e process when the orders
began TO pour in. One or two firms
like jackson Of fremont street
made special bid through the Herald
for the election bet trade, and the result
was that they got more of II than they had
anticipated. The most imposing election
jubilee demonstration that could be i'm.
nen in shiny silk election winnings. II
would not be feasible to get them all into
one grand, polished column, however, for
they were not all democrats who lost. OF
course, the main part OF the betting was
done on the national result. but then there
were very many who bet on majorities
which did not materialize, and on congress
sional districts. and there were several
hundreds of gentlemen In Mr.. John +.
Andrews district who despoiled as many
confident Peard men. The magnitude OF
the hat speculation began to be apparant
just week after the voting. One cannot
70 into first. class hat store without find.
ing number of smiling gentlemen before
the long mirrors. striving to get the best
efTe ia possible at the
EXPENSE OF THE OTHER PARTY.
The regular OLD Yankee desire of get.
ting everything for nothing crops out
everywhere, and 1t is very rare for hat
seller to run across man whose disposi'
tion is 90 tempered with charity that he
will say: Guess III let him down easy,
q SO hat will do me this time" There is
q large amount OF human nature displayed
in the hat stores-everybody shows 1t but
the halter, who, Of course, urges the victor
to be merciful to the vanquished and buy
as cheaply as possible lin your mind).
The business 10 done in several ways
Occasionally the loser plucks up courage
enough 80 20 in with the winner and help
him to selection, paying the bill when
the selection is made. This Is not usually
Q very comfortable thing for the winner
however, who shows nervousness clearly
| indicative of q desire not to be influenced
by the man who pays. the bill. A good
read like this: "Mr. Cleveland will call
for hat to be charged to me. Please give
| him one, the price not TO exceed 8S. /"
Then again the loser will call and explain
that he has been SO foolish as to bet silk
hat with his friend Brown, who will call
in at bis pleasure and get ore. He is in.
clined to 70 into all the particulars. stating
why he thought Cleveland would carry
New York, why his reasons were ones
| which any one would have considered to
be onaple-why, indeed. Brown was @
view Of those reasons, and, after an elab.
crate ar9u ment, ending uD much to the
relief of the patient clerk, by saying that,
notwithstanding his bet was decidedly
more sensible than Browns, nevertheless
Browns burned luck was too much
FOR BRAINS TO COMPETE AaAINsT,
And IL he calls, why, confound 1t, give
him hat not to exceed S5 In price. 10
this case the loser, not having an account
at the store, leaves the money and just
drops hint when he 10 going out that II
Brown should happen to forget that he
made the bet the cash might be returned
through the mail. lf the clerks are at al
observant they have found out by thi'
time inst why Mr., Harrison WAS elected
why his majority was just what it wal
and all the other facts about the causes o.
which the great political leaders are still
arguing. The disposition. of th'
man who pays the bill is in sharI
contrast with the man who yet
the goods. The latter comes trip
ping in in chipper sort of a way. my
name il Brown and Mr.--"Oh. yes. TIN
clerk remembers all about it. He i
going to make no for the other fellow
verbosity by selling that hat just as quickl
as he can. and before Mr.. Brown has full
!. explained the object of his call. he has 40
a $5 tile over his benevolent brow. and il
!, a short space of time he is hustled alonl
to make room for the next man who be
on Cleveland. In Il store on Bodowi
square two or three successful gamblers II
hats bought S. tiles. and modestly SUI
Rested that, when the other chap called :
pay the bill. the clerk might just as vel
charge him 81 for II. for 10y way O
sauarinn the remark with his conscience
) he had no business to bet as he did. any
: way. This is peculiar illustration OF tn
desire which sometimes becomes apparen
! Of beating man as much as possible, a
long as you have got him down. There
a large class who seem to bet just for th
fun of the thing, and they appear TO TAX
some pleasure In walking into store an
j leaving an order for first.class hat to b
|, delivered to
THE SUCCESSFUL GUEssER
of election results. A man from countr
district walked into Aborn's q couple {
!. days after the election, and gave the prt
Y | ,,r;otor a lat of man IN whom he Wante