Word: hat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...inform Mr. Bassett that I have just completed a 2,285 rnile hop from San Diego to Minneapolis clad in my seal and ermine coat, satin dress, white hat and corsage of roses, for I made the trip in a Ryan monoplane-brougham type, sistership to the one Lindbergh now owns...
...President Coolidge don his frock coat, silk hat and cane and fly with Lindbergh...
...Gosh." Candidate Smith participated personally in Smith Week almost not at all. Leaving his brown derby in his hotel room at Biltmore, N. C., he wore a floppy felt hat and continued his golf. He said he had not changed his June plans: "When I said that I would not go to Houston, I meant it." Upon his fellow New Yorkers' action in presenting him to the nation he made no comment. Observers were thoroughly satisfied that he will exert himself to obtain the nomination no more overtly than he did last week in one action and two characteristic...
...pole, navigation is a matter of genius. Because the vast area is unexplored, landing in case of emergency becomes a matter of prayer. No ship patrols the frozen reaches of the Arctic; no lighthouse points the way. Said Commander Byrd: "I congratulate him most heartily." Added Lincoln Ellsworth: "My hat comes off to the pluck of a brave gentleman...
...outstanding property of the Smith trip was a brown derby hat. That is the Smith insignium. Asheville haberdashers caught the idea quickly and their windows were soon filled with what one correspondent referred to as "copper war helmets." In Manhattan, seeking to find out where the original Brown Derby was bought, newsgatherers found no less than three hatters claiming the honor-Knox, Young and Truly Warner. The Knox company said that Candidate Smith purchased four or five of its hats per annum. All hatters look forward to a boom year, not even counting election bets...