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By David Dayton McKean
He is always well dressed. The flashy clothes of his youth
have given way to rather tight-fitting but conservative
suits, usually dark, often double-breasted. He likes an overcoat
with a velvet collar, and he wears a handkerchief in the
breast pocket. Until recent years he always wore a derby
hat, but since soft hats have been more popular he has taken
to wearing them. The whole ensemble is finished off with a
black tie and a pearl stickpin. On ceremonious occasions the
Mayor dresses as neatly and formally as an ambassador
high silk hat, gray gloves, spats, and all. The first citizen
looks his part.
He begins each New Year with a public reception on the afternoon of January 1 at the City Hall, to which any citizen
may come to shake the Mayor's hand and to exchange a
few words; but the press is too great to permit any extended
conversation. All Jersey City politicians and many from
other parts of the state regard attendance at the annual
reception, if not as obligatory, at least as advisable. If they
get no more than a moment with the Mayor, they may still
be able to talk longer to Malone, Moore, Milton, Potterton,
or some others of the inner circle. The New Year's reception
means so much to Frank Hague, and he knows it means so
much to the people of Jersey City, that he has not missed
ne in many years. He will go to great trouble and expense
to be present; to attend the reception of 1940, for instance,
e came back from Florida and returned after twenty-four
hours in Jersey City.
This Web version, edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
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