Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-29

York. and he also wears black SLOUGH.
He also has the same sized head as ex-
Senator Oonkling, and that is No. Il, so
that the same block isutilized for making
both these great mems hats.
ME-Too's Rat,
Ex-senator Thomas @. Plett wears a
u, and, except in rainy weather, seldom
appears in anything but silk hat, but
when he does make q change he wears a
low.croyned derby / saw the man who
is such an unrelenting foe of the ex-
Senator. David Bennett Hill, pass him
al the door OF the halter. The Gov
ernor purchases three hats year silk
hats OF the fall and spring styles,
and in the simmer months be wears
a white tile. He is very particular
about having his hats always APP
pear shiny. He wears "A, and his ha.-
ter says has very handsomely shaped
head. The Governor buys large num-
Der OF hats that he presents TO friends.
In the establishment where he buys his
hats is a young salesman from Elmira,
the Governors home. The young man
was employed on account OF his acqualnt-
ance with the Chief Executive OF the
Empire State, and the Governor feels
that he should bc one OF the Young man
most liberal patrons.
The Secretary Of the Navy, William
! c. Whitney, buys great many hats both
for himself and his friends He usually
wears a silk hat. He now wears bet OF
American manufacture, although / heard
that before entering MIR. Cleyelands
Cabinet he wore one bearing a London
trade. mark. He wears a No. z.
Three men who have exceedingly long
heads wear about the same shaped hats.
They are ex-senator Stephen w. Dor
sey. John Hoey, the head of the Adams
Express Company, and John O'Day, the
leader of the Missouri Democracy.
They have II heads. They have their
hats made off the same block. It's with
in the last few years that ex-senator Dor
sey and Colonel O'Day have worn silk
hats, and they discarded broad-brimmed
slouch hats to do so.
Stephen b. Elkins, the friend of
James G.. Blaine. seldom wears any
thing but low-crowned black derby.
He has a magnfcently. shaped head Of
the 7! size.
William j. Florence, the actor, has n
very large head and his halter has
standing order to make six hats for
him every year.
Mayor Hewitt wears a silk hat nearly
all the year round and he does not
average over one hat year.
John Jacob Astor, Secretary of-War
Endicott, and Frederick o. Prince, the
secretary OF the Democratic National
Committee, all buy the latest style of
hats, but they always have the brim
ironed down fiat, after the style OF the
old cheese box.
The Vanderbilt boys are splendid Gus
toners of the halter, and all of them have
large heads. They all affect the English
styles.
THE PRESIDENTS TILES.
President Cleveland has block at one
of the matters here. upon which his hats
are made. He orders two silk hats
wear, the fall and spring styles. During
the summer months he usually wears a
straw hat He treats his hats very badly
and they look old long before their time.
He has Il sized head.
One of the most liberal patrons of the
halter is Mr.. Cleveland's discoverer,"
L. Il. Butler, the Buffalo editor. He
has u head and spends about Sl00 a
year on headgear
Roswell 7. Flower is given to spend
ing a great deal of money for hats. Mr..
! Flower, who is known as the most demo-
cratic and charitable of New York's mil
lionaires, is very fond of presenting his
friends with orders for hats. Mr.. Flower
usually wears silk hat, and it is always
glossy. He has a % sized head.
man whose patronage is worth the
most to the halter is Dave Johnston, the
gambler. He will spend $1,000 year
on hats, which is in the way of bets he
has lost He also wears a great many
hats himself, and is known as one Of the
SWEETEST dressers i'll the city.
TWO SUCCESSFUL PLAYS.
There are two comedies on the boards
in New York at present that have had
long and successful runs. One is "The
Railroad of Love-" at Days, and the
other is "The Henrietta" at the Union
Square. The former is given by Days
excellent stock company ; the latter is in
the hands Of Robson & Crane, who are
well supported. The plays. however,
may be held chiefly responsible for their
own success. Between them there is
strong and interesting contrast. g The
Railroad OF Love" is an adaptation
by Augustin DAILY of the work of two
German playwrights; "The Henrietta
was written by Bronson Howard. The
former is essentially an imported arti-
Gle, the latter is intensely Anne rican.
Naturally it grieves man whose ances-
tors came over with General Paine on
the Mayhower Gas mine did to draw
comparison uufavorable to an American
product, but stern justice compels it in
the present instance. AS have said,
these plays are called comedies, both of
them. "1he Railroad of Love-" as its
name implies, deals with love-making
There is nothing more serious involved
than the affections and the purses of
the characters. In real life the
latter is always serious enough,
and the former occasionally so, but
on the stage they become the proper ma
terials for comedy. 1.-The Henrietta"
deals with stock gambling, ministerial
hypocrisy, the treachery of son to his
father, the base slandering of young
man by his brother, the most exalted he
roism of the slandered, marital unfaith-
fulness of an aggravated type, and death.
| With these is interviewer double-bar
relied satire on Anglomania and the
English nobility, picture of stony
hearted Wall-street broker, a susceptible
widow with $500, 600, and a virtuous ply
stefan, who is in love with another mans
wife From these few simple materials
MIR. Howard has constructed his comedy.
Whether its popularity has anything to do
with the American taste for mince-pie is
a question for the philosopher. But it is
interesting--desperately, unhealthfully
interesting.
DIMB NOVEL.
When the real "ticker" is knocking
Henrietta stock down five points at a
clip you lean forward in your seat, wiring
your hands, gnash your teeth. and feel