Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-02
HATS OF MONEY KINGS.
THE DAILY PROCESSION OF TILES
WORN IN WALL STREET.

sIIk Hats In Greatest Numbers-Few Straw
Hats wOrn-Peculiar Headgsar OF Well
Known FinancIers-Jay Gould Wears
Derby Hats Altogether.
The procession of hats in Wall street
is worth viewing. Everybody must needs
visit Wall street at one time or another,
so more kinds of hats are seen there per-
haps than anywhere else. 1t is, how
ever, to the hats worn by men famed in
finance that the most interest attaches
The hat never makes the man, but it
often betrays the characteristics Of a
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 millionaires wear de-
cidedly antiquated and rusty tiles
Jay Gould used to be very precise in his
dress. His clothes, while of modest pat
tern, were made by fashionable tailor,
and were always correct in fit and finish.
In the cold months Mr.. Gould wore a
high silk hat, and in the hot months a
high white hat. Oflate years Mr.. Gould
has been less particular about his dress.
He has worn dark clothes entirely, and
he has worn them out too. He has
ceased wearing high hats altogether. In
the summer his head covering is light
derby and in other seasons of the year a
black derby.
There was time when in the hottest
spells MIR. Gould affected Panama hat
Although this kind of hat was probably
the most comfortable one he could find
for the dog days he gave it up for some
reason for the derby. Mr.. Gould does
not change his hats with the styles, but
makes them do service as long as they
will. 1t is said that when Mr. Gould
was 4 young man he was almost fop.
He is still neat in his attire. His shirt
front is always immaculate and he is
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 Jay
Gould, is plain but particular in his at
tire. He is a young man of athletic
build, and is refutation of the saying
that clothes make the man. Most of the
time he wears derby like his father.
Occasionally he is seen with silk hat.
In the hot spells he puts on straw hat
Russell Sage wears high silk hat OIL
high white hat according to the season,
In rainy weather or when he is going fol
drive he dons derby. He generally
carries silk handkerchief in his pocket
with which he brushes his silk hat when
ever he puts it on. Mr.. Sage is very ex
act in his dress. Both on leaving his
house and his Office he carefully brushes
himself. He has shoe brush in one Of
the desks at his office, and he gives hi
shoes a smart rubbing at the conclusion
of business each day.
Cyrus W. Fields tall form is made tt
look taller by high silk hat, which
however, is discarded for straw hat il
the heated term. Mr.. Field is particula
to see that the nap of his silk hat i
) brushed the right way, but he is rathe
} near sighted, and rarely goes to meet
ing without picking up somebody else
: hat in place of his own. Once in
while he gets the best Of the bargain
. but as rule, he says, he is the loser.
Coils P. Huntington is one of the fey
men who wear head coverings both in
: doors and out. At home as well as il
} his Office he wears silk cap. The prac
tice is more from force of habit tha1
anything else. Mr.. Huntington has lii
tie to fear from draughts, because he ha
,, a splendid head of hair, and furthermor
, is a powerfully built man and ha
scarcely known day Of sickness in hi
8 life. In the street Mr.. Huntington wear
9 a silk hat, except on rainy days, when b
l puts on derby.
: D. o. Mills Is clerical looking mar
! and he accentuates his ministerial mie
by wearing silk hat of severe shapt
! In the summer he wears tall white hal
|. Sidney Dillon, the president of th
Union Pacific railroad, wears derb
y with broad black band, which he o.
e casionally, in the evening or on Sunda!
It exchanges for high silk hat. Mr.. Di
q lon is a very tall man, and silk hi
!. makes him look a giant in comparisc
with the average man.
]. Pierpont Morgan wears both sil
hat and derby, and one about as muc
as the other. He buys his hats in Lo
don, and they always attract attentio
by their contrast to American shape
Mr. Morgan does not let his hats g
rusty.
Addison Cammack, the bear leader
Wall street, generally wears high 81
hat in winter and high white hat
summer.
m DEACON WHITES HAT.
il Deacon s. V. White wears straw b
ne in summer, but the rest of the veal
is soft black hat covers his head. 7
le memory of Wall street runneth not ba
w to the time when Deacon White "
~ ever seen in any other kind of hat tn
fl those named. II he were to possess
70 silk hat he would probably from hal
try to double it up and put it in
ed pocket. He sits on his straw hats
I'd same as on his soft hats.-New Yc
gu Recorder.
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