HEADS AND HATS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6296, 21 January 1882, Page 7

HEADS AND HATS.

The subject of the alleged diminution in the size of men's heads during the last generation has been very fully discussed in Nature by several correspondents. Mr. F. F. Tuckett says :—"The chief reason for the falling off in the dimensions of hats in the present day is the accession to the hat-wearing community of a very large number of small-headed persons, such as clerks and shopmen, who formerly did not wear hats at all; and, on the other hand, the defection of a large-headed class, the c J er gy> who have given up tall hats and taken to the use of soft felt ones. The only wayhatters measurements could be made for anthropological purposes would bo to examine the statistics of one class, say the pro fessional, who have always worn hats, ana then allow for tho change of taihion in the hair and the position of the hat in the present dav Mr. Tuckett gives some figures with regard to the sizes of hate worn by several eminent men which may interest the curious in these matters : —Lord Chelmsford, 4 full» Dean Stanley, 61; Lord Beaconsfield, 7, the Prince of Wales, 7 full; Charlea 74 ; Lord Selborne, 74 J Mr! Earl R ussell, 7J ; Lord . 7g ; Louis ?WUppe n , e '7!! ; Mf M* ll ' 7S; Awhbishop of York, 8 foil. ;