AMERICAN HAT TRICK THAT FAILED.
(Sun Special). LONDON, May 20. American, pushfulncss is proverbial, even to the exieril of audacity, says the “Sunday Times. The latest example is the arrival of a representative of an American firm of hatters to present. to the King a hat, which, Avitli cool effrontery is named The Bognor. It is not necessary to advertiee the firm, but a - announces that the hat is a light .weight-snap-brim felt, trimmed Avith a narroAV black band. It is a 40-dollar line, made from Canadian fur by British Avorkmen. “If the promoters of the enterprise were better informed regarding English tradition,’ ’ says the article, “they Avould be aAvare that the Royal Family doe i not accept personal gifts from anvone outside its own circle.”
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Shannon News, 24 May 1929, Page 3
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126AMERICAN HAT TRICK THAT FAILED. Shannon News, 24 May 1929, Page 3
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