Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-27
THREE DECKER HAT
LATEST FAD FOR
v NE n
INVENTION HAILED WITH
JOY BY SMART ORESSERS
Convertible Headpiece Can Be
Changed at viii to Suit 0c-
caSioni Saves journey Home
to Dress; Gotham Gossip,

Especial Correspondence Morning Journal
New York. oct. 27.-TueNe build
ings with an aggregate ,a1 OF more
than three-quarters OF "a mile and
having 29O stories, will Doe New York's
record in the skyscraprr line when
the construction now unNyt way Is hn-
ished. For a concenttaJiuu of lofty
buildings. this dozen, aIl grouped
within a few steps of ono another in
down town district viii surpass
anything OF the sort that AN The rest
the world can put forward, wen
though this chasm Of stone and steel
does not take into cons Iteration the
skyscrapcrs uptown. D. average
height of each building IS more than
tWenty-four stories and e would take
less time to walk from one to any
other than To- climb the stairs In the
shortest. which rises a mere twenty
one stories into the air. or just half as
far as its tallest neighbuI The value
of these twelve building is upward
Of $4,000 600. and their loor area,
more than $500. 900 spuafe feet. or
nearly ninety acres all ot which rents
on an average for something like two
dollars . foot. Fifteen. twenty. or
ven twenty-five thousand ions of steel
is no amount to go into
one Of these monsters. which often eX-
I'LL q I VI RAAH NAiA
low the street level, In spite of the
remarkable size of the group. how
ever, the average rate of construction
under favorable circumstances is about
four stories a week.
The three-decker feminine hat has
arrived-a fact which So far as women
are concerned. IL Of moro importance
than war or politics. Mere man viii
have TO continue TO get along with n
hat at a time. but thanks 90 the ingen-
iousness Of q New York millincr. from
who's fertile brain the triple hat FOR
women. was evolved his week. the
fair sex will no longer find IL uoces-
sary to rush home every few hours 10
make a change of headgear in keeping
with the time Of day. The new crea-
ton which is causing so much excite
ment is really a three-storN hat; that
is. Il is composed of three layers. one
for morning wear on top, below IL one
for the afternoon, and at the bottom
of all an evening hat. Al all times
il Is said Il has the appearance Of a
single hat. although of triple construc-
ton and al its FIRST exhibition here
II was hailed by women enthusiasts as
the greatest achievement since the
building of the pyramids. II is popu-
larity received only a temporary set
back from the query raised by some
unsympathetic masculine critic as 10
what the owner of three-storv hat
could do NTH the top layers when re-
moved. obviously she could not GO
home to take them OFF, as II was IN
rented 10 obviate the necessity of rec
turning to ones home, but its tnVen-
tors had entirely overlooked this point.
IL was finally decided, however, that
the sections could be sent home by
messenger boy and SO New York viii
HaAH he $50 IA N-- 500 -NLH ~ 1La
sions of uniformed youngsters passing
along the avenues with installments Of
the new sectional hat.
Both hands on your pocketbook,
has become the attitude OF the average
citizen toward Standard oil. or the
other great Industrial enterprises that
have recently been on the rack. But
If John ID. Rockefeller and his associ-
ates have no other supporters they
still find defenders among the ranks
of the clergy. Following on the heels
OF public utterances by DIR. Macarthur
and Dr. II. Benjamin Andrews In sup
port Of the methods Of the men behind
the big oil corporation. Chancellor Day
Of Syracuse university has returned To
the fray. The Syracuse educator has
discovered that We are living under a
monarchy in the United states
and he sets forth his view IA a scath-
attack on President Roosevelt ana
his policies In the current lumber 81
Appleton's under the heading. The
on Prosperity" While declining
to become as excited as Dr.. Day over
The coming Of monarchial rule. New
Workers enjoy a good scrap, especially
in which gentlemen OF the cloth
participate because n h. pretty certain
to be acrimonious. and II must be said
than Chancellor Day handles his sub
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