FOUND UNDER HAT LININGS.

Evening Star, Issue 9772, 31 July 1895, Page 2 (Supplement)

FOUND UNDER HAT LININGS.

“ You would be surprised to hear of some of the things which we discover beneath the inside bands of hats left with us to be renovated,” observed a West End hatter to the writer the other day. “They seem to make use of their hats as a safe place for things of great importance, and then to forget all about them. For instance, a few weeks ago a well-known member of Parliament, who was to speak on an important Bill, called in here on his way to the House of Commons, bought a new hat, and left the one he was wearing to be ironed. When, about an hour afterwards, one of our men proceeded to do this he discovered beneath the inside band a folded sheet of notepaper, on which were jotted down a list of heads of subjects on which the member proposed to speak. I at once saw how it was, and despatched a messenger with the paper to Westminster immediately. When my man arrived at the House he discovered the hon. member in an awfnl fright in the lobby, searching his pockets in vain for the missing paper. Next morning one daily paper observed that Mr was not in such good form as usual in his speech, but seemed somewhat flurried. And I didn’t wonder at it. On other occasions we have found stamps in considerable quantities adhering to the inside of the hat, a gold sleeve link which had somehow hooked itself to the lining, and once we discovered a twenty pound Bonk of England note folded inside the band of a certain wealthy duke’s hat. When I handed the owner this valuable article be surprised me by saying : ‘ Ah, yes; thanks. 1 put the note inside a week or two ago so that the hat might fit me tighter. 7 ’’—‘Cassell’s Saturday Journal.’

Richard Jordon Gatling, the inventor of the famous Gatling gun, is a doctor. A Mild Hint.—-Mr Smiggs; “Well, (his pie is equal to the best my dear old mother ever made.” Cook : “ And I’m only getting 4s fid a week.”