The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-19
TIE TALL SILK HAT.
IT COSTS a SMALL FORTUNE FOR A
FELLOW 10 DRESS UP TO CNE.


FELLOW 10 DRESS UP TO CNE.
Few Note. on This Deadly Head Cover
Ing In General. with word About
Judge Crabtrcc's First one In Particular.
Au Experience ON the Ncvburg Boat,
You look sad, " observed Major Dodge
70 lis partner as tho latter strayod into the
tflirc
Il am always sad after dropping In at
the hatter's TO have my hat ironcd, 50 an
swcrod Judge Crabtrcc. There are sad
scenes enacted in any place where silk hats
arU sold. %
Still, said the major, Il have stood
among these heartrcnding scenes, the floor
all sloppy with the tears Of the wretches
about me, and been comparatively un.
moved.
You may make light Of this thing II
you want to, " returned the judge, but
insist that there is to me something inf
nit,ly saddcniug in seeing young man
buying his first silk hat, with "a smile on
his facc and the proud fires OF youthful
buuyancy burning in his eye lie knows
not what Inc uucs--that he is forging the
trst link I'm % chain which he can never
reul usuudcr; that he is forming habit
which will cling To him so long as he lives.
Llt.Ig does he realize chat silk hats cost IS
apiece, and that the shape changes twice a
yaur l just saw Suickctt, that young
clerk i'm the Office Of Billydick, Putfer,
Porl,ins q Smith, take the first downward
step. Poor fellow, he doesn't know that
he win soon be paying 500 for a suit of
lo.hes In his effort to dress up to his SILK
hat
4 well remember" went on Judge
Cruhtrco, how l myself first forsook the
narrow way of the low hat and entered
int. the broad and easy plaisancc of the
sill hat Little did I know that the shape
changes twice year. with an occasional
extra. like an evening paper, If the hattcrs
get hard up l went into the gilded silk
hat palace and said carclessly to the clerk,
silk please, rs, and
Your head must have been bigger then
than IL Is now
cit was. This happened the next day
after l won my first case. seven and five
Gig tbs l say, and it was a snug fit !
won't ont, family catching the stealthy
footballs of the Goddess of Fame close be-
hind me.
of was at this time passionately inter
estod in young woman who afteryard
married a druggist, a walking scoundrel
who wore fur cap. had asked her tc
take "A water excursion with me and she
had consented The next morning We
boarded al Albany day boat for Newburg,
our intention being to come back ON the
boat we should meet there. My heart was
light. for the sinister shadow of that un
hanged apothecary had not yet fallen across
my pathway l talked gayly and leaned
. -, f,f ha h,,a wi 90
graceful air l was modestly illustrating
to the fair one the scene wherein had as
nishcd tho judge and caused the jury t
sit IN open mouthcd wonder when my new
hat tumbled off my head into the water.
looked over the edge and saw 1t pass un
der the port paddle wheel like IA cham
payne cork beneath tidal wave. | tied
pocket handkerchief over my head and sa
down on "a low stool beside the girl an
talked about the interest l felt in prise
refC I'M.
The corners of the handkerchief flu
tered about in the wind, and an lS-montl
old baby which a woman was holding /
her zap near by called Dranman every tin
he caught sight of me. \ deckhand can
and sympathlzed with me and offered I
lena me the hat Of man who the day b.
fore had reversed my experience, havin
por paddle wheel himself, but l decline
it. Newburg had moved up the river a
most to Albany that day, but we caugl
up with it at last. As we disembarkCd Il
deckhand came running to me with m
hat ON the end of boat hook. He explain
ed that IT had been caught in the padd
wheel and had floated out when the steam
er stopped. l took it, shook a small fl
out Of it, and we walked on to the 9th,
boat
1.-THE hat was not in good condition.
was much battered with the pounding
had got while going round with the whee
and it was water soaked, and its fur WI
rubbed the wrong way and in some spo
worn off entirely as If the hat was mol
ing. 1t occurred to me that it needed
be gone over with "A currycomb, like
horse But my handkerchief had becon
unbcarable, SO l battered the hat in
shape with a brick, brushed it with
broom which borrowed from the flremi
and put it on. 1t fitted easier since muC
of the cloth, paper, leather, burlap, lin
leun and other ingredients had come GU
fell that l presented the appearance of
passenger who had drowned himself
week before and had now repented Al
come back on board to finish his journe
We went up on the upper deck betwet
the mokestacks, where the hat would d
rapidly and | talked Of the necessity
extending outdoor relief in the slums. Ne
York retreated rapidly, but we caught
by hard steaming ! thought felt an c
wriygling in the hat once, but it was on
piece of gimp which had fallen down.
heard passenger refer to me as the 'su
marine wonder and another explainiI
that / was nineteenth century mermi
thrown up by the paddle wheels. l envi
the thoughtful tourist who had gone und
the port wheel and left his hat to bait
with the unkind world, We landed at la
and went home in IL cab, the driver loo
ing at my hat and collecting his fare
advance. We dropped the young lady
her home, and at my door l gave the h
TO the driver. Up to three or four yea
ago he'was still wearing it, carefully pu
ting a rubber coop over it when IL raint
SO that IL shouldn't get wet. l bought
new hat, but l was really nothing out
the mishap, as l found that the shape hi
changed while | was up the river, and
should have had to get new one anyho
or been mistaken for IA coachman evel
time I appeared on the street. Ne
York Tribune
A Knotty Case.
An amusing incident took place ON
while Judge David 7. Laird was holdiI