The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-15
SIZES OF HATS AND HEADS.
GIadstone's Number Was 7t-Quality
Rather Than Bisness Counts
With Most People.

when Mr.. Gladstone died the London
News stated that his head was of excep-
tional size. and gave an incident which
Gladstone told at Lord Ripon's residence
about a man who could not get hat
large enough till at last the halter called.
In desperation, for an Aberdeen hat. The
point of this was that Scotchmen have
larger heads than Irishmen or English
men. The News recalls the special study
in hats made by DR.. Collins, in the course
of which ii was mentioned that Mr.. Glad
stones number in hats was 1ss.
A No. hat is the average English size.
Sir Walter Scott's and Lord Beaconsfeld's
hats were of this size. The hats OF John
Bright, Robert Burns and Charles Dicks
ems with rs. Lord John Russell's TA-ail
smaller than Mr. Gladstones. But the
Gladstone hat was exceeded in size by
that of DIR. Chalmers. IA. Daniel O'Con-
nell. whom Gladstone styled the greatest
frishman who ever lived. wore a hat of
the size of s. The late Or. Thomas. arch
bishop of York. wore large $, and Joseph
Hume's was emphatically abnormal N.
At meeting Of the convention Of London
university DR.. Collins had l26 hats meas
ured, and found that between 20 and Al per
cent. were above the English average,
between rs and 30 per cent. were just the
, average ages siE and "a per cent. were under
When Bismarck died Herr Friedrich H.
Kranz the present head of the old Frank
fort firm of hat makers. Martini & Co.,
communicated some trade statistics to the
Hamburger Nachrichten, which the Lon
don Times published for the benefit of flu
ture biographers and psychologists. Fifty
years ago. according to the first record
Of the Martini "Koopfmass machine"
Bfsmarck's head had a width OF 5eit CEN
timetres. 1t Is obvious that this state
ment means not a width, but circum-
ference, for the 81 centimetres are equal
to twenty-four and forty-one hundredths
inches. which would give him a size of
about No. 8. Concerning his heads swell
ing. this would mean thickening of the
scalp OF two-fifths OF an inch all around
on reading these statistics II occurred
10 US to call at what Is generally sup
posed to be the leading hat store in this
country. and probably the most numef-
ously patronlzed of the big headed
class ,tpatronized in both good senses of
the world in this city. and to inquire of
the manager concerning the relative pro-
portions of size Of heads in a large order.
He kindly responded to our request.
showing us that In four lots OF twenty
four dozen each, a total OF 1l52 hats.
there were the following sizes: e,t, q;
s&, 3e; 6&. III; ex. 2is; 7. 27s: ~, 24s; NJ,
1855; 7ss. rs; ~. "A: ~. g.
The manager informed us that there
are calls for hats ~ Ave or six during
the season, and there are many with IN
size who have hats made to order. We
asked him II he had any objection TO v,y-
Ing us the names Of some OF the prorni-
nent men having the largest heads not
comprehended In the regular averages.
The result In extremely interesting. From
nearly 100 we select az follows: Each Of
the following wears hat Of size ~ ].
Pierpont Morgan. the banker: II. d. Hyde
or the Equitable Life Insurance Com
pany: Capt. J. Brogan, OF the police
force; c. b. Beaman, n member of the
bar; @. g. Hubbard. another LAWYER:
Prof. Moeller. J. 8. Barnes, the banker.
Col. w. J. Brown. publisher; J. n. Mi.
holland. of the New York Tribune: Dir.
Griffith. and Alexander williams, cx.in.
spector Of police.