The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-06-20
Study in headaear.

WAS Will 0uu III Interesting SLuOy
IN examining the thatch coverings
tnat adorn the heads that bob about
there In the course of day.
Colonel New wears broad soft hat
that bespeaks the importance Of the
position he is occupying at the present
moment. Nobody could miss him II
told to look for that hat. Governor
Stubs may be found beneath funny
little white felt hat that is not at all
like the sort of covering one would OK
pect to find protecting a state execu
tive.
There are at least twenty Texan
sombreros, each having exactly the
same kind Of little strap around
them and the same kind of brown
and be-mustached face beneath them
Also. there is Colonel Younger, from
Alabama, whose hat looks as belliger'
ent as its owner. 1t falls off every time
he opens his mouth, which is about as
often as any self-respecting person
would desire to lose his hat
Deserted Wives RetaIiate.
Much dissatisfaction is expressed by
the wives Of politicians here assem-
bled for the convention, because they
haven't seen their husbands for tive
weeks.
What do you think of such and
such a measure, Mrs. Hayward" ask
ed some one of the pretty young WON
en- in her big suite overlooking the
lake.
Gracious me, haven't seen my
husband since that came up. Don't
come to me for any news of the con.
vention. When / hear it it will be
stale indeed"
In retaliation the women have in.
stituted what might be mildly called
boycott. They have appropriated
the machines rented by the politicians
for their stay in Chicago, and have
scattered to the four winds. Mrs.
William Hayward, in the temporary
family car, took her small son, LIE.
land. to the South Shore country club
for the day and evening. Mrs. Victor
Rosewater went on a sightseeing tour
from nine in the morning until weN
beyond dinner time. The latest seer
OF David Mulvane he was wondering
wildly where his wife was. Mrs. 10,
seph Healing went out into the sub.
urbs, where she would have some
one to talk tot was lonely to be
alone in big hotel"
Mrs. Joseph Dixon and her large
lamily had no complaint to offer and
remained ION the job" She and the
little Dixons, including two-year.old
Betty and Mary Joe, who is five, en-
tertained the reporter for more than
an hour. 1t was extraordinarily fine
entertainment, too, and led to the
formulation of an axiom, simpler is it
to manage presidential campaign
than to bring up one Mary joe"
Selects His Own Portfolio.
The secretary of agriculture has al.
ready been picked. No others need
apply.
| G. r. Werner of Brewster, Kan, is
to be the man. He also says he IL the
only man that can fill the place.
II am confident that Colonel Roose-
welt will be nominated" he SAID, anti
after he is l shall take the stump for
him. My work will have telling ef-
feet. When l go out for man it
means whole lot to him. 1t is not
going to cost me anything, for the
common people, l am confident, will
be willing to pay all my expenses, for
they will want me in the cabinet
There is no one can fill the place and
do it right except me-"
Green and Orange Decorations.
can Irishman picked it,"
That's the never-failing exclamat Zion
when d Republican convention dele.
gate enters the holy of holes where
the national committee sits.
BY "it' he means the color scheme
Green walls. green mating, green fur
niture, green palms and ferns are
seen, and last, but by no means least.
the grcen-bound lists of contests.
All but the ceiling That's orange
THAT son of Erin must have come
from the north country" was the caus
tic comment made by one Irish dele,
gate. '"The idea of picking green and
orange!"
] Teddy Hats In Drinks.
| Rough Rider" features in the cam.
paign received an added attraction al
the Congress hotel in the shape OF q
Teddy Hat" made of orange peel
which was placed in all drinks served
in the Pompeian room during the eve
ming. Look at the Teddy hat in the
lemonade" said one of the Taft fol-
lowers as he flushed the orange peel
from the drink. II guess they will
give us Teddy hats in our bread and
butter next"
! Hat-in-Ring Button Adopted.
The Mountaineering button now worn
by Roosevelt adherents has been
adopted by Senator Joseph M. Dixon,
! manager of the Roosevelt campaign,
as the official Roosevelt emblem
The inventor of the button, B. M
Jones of Muskogee. Okla, has fol-
lowed Colonel Roosevelt through
twenty-one states selling the button