St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-20
MINNEAPOLIS.
HATS THEY WEAR.
Headgear Affected by the Public
Men at the Court House.

A court house furnishes a fruitful
field for the student of character in
headgear. There are always men OF
brains to be found about a court house,
and they are frequently given to pecul-
iarities in their head coverings. Then
lawyers are often more or less eccentric,
and their eccentricity manifeSts itself
as much in hats as in anything else.
Among the men who are in public
Offices and who do all OF their work in
the old ruin down by the Jail in Mime
apolis, there is to be found wide diver
gence when it comes to hats. And as
for studying character, the StetsonS
and Dunlaps and MillerS which wander
through those echoing halls are as good
induces of character as their brothers
found elsewhere.
Sheriff Eye is never behind the times.
He manages to keep well up with the
boys in the matter OF styles, but ne
never makes himself conform to the
fashion. He adapts the style to his own
ideas and uses. Recently, when the
warm sunshine began to extend greet
ing to the fioweretS and the leaflets OF
the treelets to come forth from their
hiding places. the sheriff went forth one
day, and when he returned he carried
under his arm new hat. 1t was
poem in its way, with graceful, curving
lines and of the delicate pink peculiar
to little mice which have not been long
enough in the world to become used to
it. Longitudinal!y, in the center OF the
crown, was the regular military crease.
But Eye wears no frillS, so he bulged
that hat out until now it looks like a
fresh mushroom, and in that way he
wears it. 1t. evidences his plainness
and his position in the front rank of
progreSSioniStS at one and the same
time.
Capt. c. B. TirrelI, too, wears an in
teresting headpiece. Like Eye, tn ere
is no air of the perfumes of Araby
clinging to the captain. His clay pipe
would drive them away. His hat is
soft felt. If it ever had shape, the
time was far distant from the present.
Seen from one side, it looks like tur
ban; from the other, like a SLOUGH. The
front elevation is like that of cap; the
rear is like nothing on earth. The raw
ages of time long ago caused the ground
plan to disappear from view.
The captains efficient deputy, G. n.
Dickey, is one of the gay boys in the
matter of hats. Dickey's hat is not
large one; neither is Dickey large
man. But his chapeau is impressive.
1t strikes the retina of the eye with all
the force and glow OF an Alpine sun
| rise. It stays there, too, because
| Dickey wears it all the time while he
works. He says it adds dignity to his
| appearance and impresSes the lawyers
so that they won't kick ABOUT fees.
County Auditor COndit, while not a
| lawyer, belongs to the court house, and
his hat deserves mention. 1t is we'll
built, TRIM. self-assertive stiff hat.
| When all is quiet in the county auditors
| office this hat has frequently been heard
| to give vent to certain peculiar noises
which, translated, meant: THAT'S
| ball. YOU chump," 'Smash the umpire
| in the Jaw, Carroll" "Good STOP"
| pretty play,"''A corker." "Hi-i-i-
ah-oo-ooh!!!w The hat goes to ball
games.
Judge Rea wears the most free and
easy hat that appears in the court
! house. 1t was once a soft turban, its
| color is a cross between that of mule
| and a st. Patrick'S day parade, and it
| the world. 1t is free-and-easy, plauS-
! ible, insinuating, jovial, affable, all
| around-good-fello sort of hat, and
seems to rest lightly on the broWs of
| the judge.
Judge Hicks headpiece is another
which betokens the love of the wearer
| for ease and comfort. 1t is a regulation
| SLOUGH, and gives away the fact that the
| Judge has been soldier, which would
| never be found out but for the external
evidence offered by his hat. The judges
| hat is not a particularly communicative
| one, but there is some of the Soldlerly
swagger clinging to it still.
Register of Deeds Peterson always
wears Derby, but it is smooth one,
| always free from dust, always we'll
| quiet satisfaction with the world. 1t is
| not ostentatious, not snowy, but is the
| hat of man for whom the world is do
| ing we'll, and who is well satisfied with
what he is doing for the world.
Judge Young usually wears plain,
understanding stiff hat, not of the latest
style, but not sufficiently cut of date to
make it noticeable. The same may be
said of the head covering of Judge
| Hooker He, however, frequently wears
black silk tile. Judge Smith, too, is
satisfied with an ordinary Derby. His
hat, however, always looks just Il trife
| rusty, although that cannot be said of
what lies under it.
Judge Lochren probably wears the
| most remarkable hat seen in the court
house. 1t is large, o'er-Shadowing, SUBJ
stantial. and the judges affection for it
seems to be as Interchangeable as one of
his decisions. Next to his meerschaum
pipe, Judge Lochren loves his Yener-
able hat. 1t was built, it is said, IN
1861. But it answers his purpose, and
looks not out of place over the Shout
ders of the solid-looking judge.