The St. Louis Republic., 1901-03-17
.PECUl|pRITIES OF
STATESMEN'S HEADS
Outlines of Craniums of Men of
Note, as Taken by a Washing
ton Dealers Conformer.
LONG WEARS THE LARGEST HAT
Striking Similarity in the Dia-
grams of Harrison and Cleve-
land-Index to Char
acter.
LONG WEARS THE LARGEST HA
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
washington. March ia certain hat
gear for statesmen and famous men for
thirty.five years. and in that time has COW
cred the craniums Of most men Of note in
Washington. He has "conformer" which
takes the outline of the head and permits
the shaping of the chapeau according TO
the bumps of genius-or other bumps. The
conformer registers the lines Of cranial de-
yelopment in miniature on a card. which Is
filed away in book and from which fu-
ture shapings can be made: The dealer
and some Of them make interesting sub.
jects for the student Of phrenology.
Abraham Lincoln's outline is the one
most valued by the hat dealer. The great
war President had head which was Won
derfully well formed. 1t was an almost
perfect oval, leaving out Of consideration
slight wayinsss n;S OF u outline due to the ne
a greater or less degree on every head.
From the shape Of Lincoln's head a phre;;
nologist would infer firmness. caution and
the family virtues. with reasoning power
predominant. His hat size was rs.
stanton Had a Long Head.
Stanton, Lincoln's great Secretary OF
as broad nor as symmetrical as Lincoins.
though the hat he Wore was one-eignth
of size larger. On the left side of his
tenins. Ming and and on d II the right side. at the rear.
a curious depression. Phrenologically con-
sidered, the most striking characteristic Is
firmness. ri,
even and unusually large, calling for rs
hat Its contour denotes frmness and rea-
son.
symmetrical, but the forehead line is un-
usually nat. His hat size was LIS: ,,
1t took a very big hat to fit Garfield. Iss
being his size. The head is long and broad,
but uneven, one side being much tatter
than the other. The splendid frontal width
is a noticeable characteristic.
One might expect Of Guiteau, Garfelds
assassin, that his cranial contour should
show some marked eccentricity, but this Is
rot the case But for a fattening on one
side. which does not attain an abnormal DE- ueI
s""p Cleveland and Harrison.
President Arthur had a splendid head. and
its contour seems consistent with the char,
acter of the even-tempered. polished man OF
the world. with cultivated mind. that he
was He wore "a hat
gressiyeness are obvious In the chronological
design of President Cleveland's head. 1t Is
a very long head. fairly broad and the most
evenly modelled of any in the collection.
There is striking similarity in the dia-
grams Of the heads of President Cleveland
in that no person who has seen the two men
would judge their heads to be at all of the
same shape. The hat size is the same In
both cases. ana ND, the @ heaas are so 80 s1miias II
niaced over the other the lines nearly COIN
eide up to a point above the middle of the
ears. Forward from this point Harrison's
apparent in Cleveland's. and again there IS
a Slight bulging at the temples OF the Re-
publican which is absent in the Democratic
Uranium.
President McKiDley's cranial outline does
him scant Justice, for the breadth Of his
forehead Is below the line Of his IA hat:
His diagram makes the front Of. the head
link narrow and ptnched. =
There Is a salient difference between the
heads of James G. Blaine and Thomas y.
Reed. Blaine's is lbng and even; Reeds
broad and outlet with plenty OF ofaan