Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-09-16
HATS OF MONEY KINGS.
THE DAILY PROCESSION OF TILES
WORN IN WALL STREET.

SILK Hats in Greatest Numbers-Few 81
Hats WOrn-Peculiar Headgear of Well
known Financiers-Jay Gould Wears
Derby Hats Altogether.
The procession of hats in Wall straat
Is worth viewing. Everybody must needs
visit Wall street at one time or another.
so more kinds of hats are seen there per-
maps imam anywhere else. 1t is. how
ever to the hats worn by men famed in
nnance that the most interest attaches
Inc nat never makes the man, but il
oIten betrays the characteristics of n
man. Asa rule the money kings are less.
particular about the hats they wear than
are their clerks. They have more inn
pOrtant Things to think about. Hats good
enough for them in one season are good
enough for them in another. The con-
sequence is some milionaires wear de-
cldedly antiquated and rusty tiles.
Jay Gould used to be very precise in his
dress. His clothes, while of modest nat
tern' were made by a fashionable tailor
ana were always correct in fit and finish
In the cold months Mr.. Gould wore a
nigh silk hat, and in the hot months n
high white hat. Oflate years Mr.. Gonld
mas Deen less particular about his dress
de has worn dark clothes entirely. and
ne has worn them out too. He has
ceased wearing high hats altogether. In
the summer his head covering is a light
oerDy and In other seasons of the wear a
black derby.
tnere was time when in the hottest
spells Mr.. Gould affected a Panama hat
Atnough this kind of hat was probably
the most comfortable one he could find
Tor the dog days he gave it up for some
reason for the derby. Mr.. Gould does
not change his hats with the STYLES. bnt
makes them do service as long as thew
WILL 1t Is said that when Mr.. Gould |
was young man he was almost a fon
he Is still neat in his attire. His shirt
'front.' Is always immaculate and he ia |
always carefully brushed, but he has re-
lapsed into staid and conventional WAYS
of dressing.
MOSTLY SILK TILES.
George j. Gould, the eldest son of law
Gould. is plain but particular in his al.
tlre. he Is young man of athletic
build, and is REPUTATION Of the saving
that clothes make the man. Most of the
tlIne ne wears derby like his father
occasionally he is seen with a silk hat
In the hot spells he puts on a straw hat
Russell Sage wears high silk hat or
9 high white hat according to the season
In rainy weather or when he is going for
dE1ve he dons a derby. He GENERALLY
carries a silk handkerchief in his pocl,et
with which he brushes his silk hat when
ever ne puts it on. Mr.. Sage is very ex-
act In his dress. Both on leaving his
house and his Office he carefully brushes
He has shoe brush in one of
the desks at his Office, and he gives his
noes smart rubbing at the conclusion
IT business each day.
cyrus w. Fields tall form is made to !
ook taller by a high silk hat. which
however, Is discarded for a straw hat in
The heated term. Mr.. Field is narticpIar
% see that the nap of his silk hat is
brushed the right way, but he is rather c
lear sighted, and rarely goes to a meet
ng without picking up somebody else's
lat IN place Of his own. Once in a f
While he gets the best of the bargain. y
nut as a rule, he says, he is the loser.
COILS Z. Huntington is one of the few
nen VINO wear head coverings both in i
oors and out. At home as we'll &C in n
rs office he wears silk cap. The prac- r,
ice Is more from force of habit than 4.
nythlng else. Mr.. Huntington has lit y
Ie TO fear from draughts, because he has u
splendid head of hair, and furthermore b
powerfully built man and has
;arcely known day of sickness in his h
te In the street Mr.. Huntington wears T.
SIX hat, except on rainy days, when he
uts on q derby. %
u y. Mills Is clerical looking man. 10
nd ne accentuates his ministerial nien if
wearing silk hat of severe shane. 70
the summer he wears tall white hat.
Sidney Dillon, the president of the
mon Pacific railroad, wears a derby !"
18th broad black band, which he oc- Ot
IsionaIly, in the evening or on Sunday. tn
for high silk hat. Mr., Dill m
n Is very tall man, and a silk hat az
axes him look giant in comparison No
18th the average man. -
j. Pierpont Morgan wears both a sill, 10
1t and derby, and one about as much
the other. He buys his hats in Lon ia
N, and they always attract attention no
their contrast to American shapes.
r. Morgan does not let his hats get
sty. Sd
Addison Cammack, the bear leader in be
all street, generally wears a high silk no
t in winter and high white hat in
MINER.
DEACON WHITES HAT. va
Deacon S. V. White wears a straw hat ha
summer, but the rest of the wear a wi
It black hat covers his head. The tn,
smory Of Wall street runneth not hack T.
the time when Deacon White was
or seen in any other kind of hat than yei
ose named. If he were to possess a
< hat he would probably from habit ant
to double it up and put it in his fin
cket. He sits on his straw hats the mo
ne as on his soft hats.-New York 49,
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