Putnam patriot., 1926-04-23
LOST HER S7.5G HAT
 KICKING AURORA
But the Hat Came Back
 Picked Up p Wise Woman
THEY SAY

She might have been school marm. THAT
 Perhaps she wasn't. l THAT
 Anyhow she became cnraptared with the beauties of the aurora bore. alis last week Wednesday night te such am extent that 1t is q safe bet that she had sore neck Thursday morning ! THAT
 She was returning from the movies with some friends and was walking along South Main street, stopping HoN and then to neck the northern lights, THAT
 Each time she stopped she grew more enthusiastic over the beauties ef the midnight sun. l THAT
 lt came to pass that a companion of the woman. who may have been a school marm asked her if, when she went te the theatre she did not have on a hat i THAT
 The school marm. if she was one. fe- piled that she did l THAT
 The companion said to the zcheol nars,. fl she was such, "l ou have no hat on now. THAT
 Sure enough. there were no frath- CTS or flowers or felt or straw or rih= bon covering her bob. if she had q bob THAT
 She eiggled. i FEAT
 That is. if school marm ever does giggle, if she was school marm. THAT
 she was sure that she left her hat in the theatre. 1 THAT
 She turned to retraee her steps. l THAT
 X seven dollar and half hat is worth retracing steps over seven and a half city blocks for. if the hat and l the head may be recovered. i THAT
 She did not walk a seventh part of the seven and one-half blocks to re. cover her seven and a half dollar hat l THAT
 About a block from where she he. gan to retrace her steps she met a woman. THAT
 She was a wise woman. THAT
 The wise woman had intuition ol uncauuy powers of deduction. | THAT
 The wise woman said Hal iiai see you haye ne hat. THAT
 Sur enouebi she hadn't. THAT
 Not being bind. the wise womaf could see.
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 The school marm. if she was one admitted that she had no hat. THAT
 She said by way of explanation and believing # to be true: T Jeff my hat in the theatre" THAT
 Being a woman. and daring to dis. pute lady, the wise one said ''l real. ly don't think you did; I just picked up a hat and you will find fl, well post ed. little farther on" i THAT
 The wise woman knew what she wa talking about. THAT
 The school marm, always remem bering to remember. if she was one found her seven and half dollar bon net on a post after she had taker about seven and a half steps hack ward.
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 The answer is this: Tr
 While the teacher, assuming tha she might have been teacher. hat her head thrown back lamping tho lights from the Esquime country th, hat dropped of. E Hs
 The hat being as light as the lights the miss did not miss it until il wa, called 10 her attention that it wa missing.
 
 In the days of long hat pins, the kind one used to dodge 10 save an eye or perhaps two eyes. this could never have happened #sEzHA
 Hat pins weigh, possibly, one or two ounces. TB
 Added to the present day iady's out l fit. one or two ounces is quite some proportionate weight l THAT
 That is why they have been dis earded. i THAT
 For the want of a hatpin the hat was lost almost THAT
 A professional man told newspa- per gem this story thinking it out of the ordinary. THAT
 His word Is absolutely reliable, THAT
 Had man lost hat there would l. 9sa. 4t