Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1906 — Both Perfectly Safe. [ARTICLE]

Both Perfectly Safe.

Two acquaintances met at the entrance to a public dining room, hung their hats up in the hallway and went inside. “Higgins,” said the smaller of the two, “that’s a fine hatof yours. Aren’t you a little afraid to leave it out there, where somebody might make a mistake and walk off with it?” “Not a bit,” responded the larger man. “My size is seven and threequarters. If any other man should put it on his head it would come down to his ears. But how about you, Hawkins? Yours is a fine hat, too. Isn’t It a bit risky to leave it there?” “I should say not,” answered Hawkins. “Mine is six and one-half. There isn’t one man in a thousand that could get It far enough on his head to make it stay on. I shouldn’t lie afraid to hang it up In the anteroom at a ward caucus.”