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Two tips o' the hat

As inveterate collectors of paper ephemera, we thought it might be fun to share some of our stash with Cladrite Radio readers from time to time.

We picked up the following pair of hat labels recently. We wondered if they weren’t ads meant to be pasted about town, in the manner one found (and still finds) them in large cities.

But a post at a blog called The Haunted Lamp suggests that they are labels meant for hat boxes, and it’s entirely possible that’s correct.

Either way, we like them. Though the Linney homberg’s a bit banker-y for our tastes, we’d wear that Owl brand fedora in a heartbeat.

24 Feb 10 | Tags: ephemera, fedoras, homberg hats, Linney Hats, Owl Brand Hats
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Are You Having Any Fun?
Hey fellow with a million smackers
And nervous indigestion
Rich fellow, eats milk and crackers,
I'll ask you one question,
You silly so and so,
With all your dough...

Are you having any fun?
What you getting out of livin'?
What good is what you've got
If you're not having any fun?

Are you having any laughs?
Are you getting any lovin'?
If other people do,
So can you, have a little fun.

After the honey's in the cone,
Little bees go out and play.
Even the old grey mare down home
Has got to have hay. Hey!

You better have some fun.
You ain't gonna live forever.
Before you're old and gray, feel okay.
Have your little fun, son!
Have your little fun!

Why do you work and slave and save?
Life is full of ifs and buts.
You know the squirrels save and save,
And what have they got? Nuts!

Better have a little fun.
You ain't gonna live forever.
Before you're old and grey, still okay,
Have your little fun, son!
Have your little fun!
Are you havin' any fun?

---Sammy Fain (music) and Jack Yellen (lyrics), 1939