PUZZLE FOR A COURT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19292, 3 April 1926, Page 14 (Supplement)

PUZZLE FOR A COURT

FIT OF WOMAN'S HAT. For nearly an hour at Bloomsbury County Court recently, the registrar, Mr. L. M. Friend, made experiments with threo hats in an endeavour to decide whether a woman's velour hat was properly made. The dispute was between two milliners, and the defendant had brought the customer to court to point out an alleged misfit in the hat, which cost £2 7s. A model was produced, and the registrar, examining it, observed: It looks as if it would be all right if that " thingurnejig" (a silver arrow) were put in the front. The Defendent: That is all right, proporly cut. The Registrar: It looks as if it were cut with a knife and fork. What about that switchback arrangement around the sides? (Laughter.) The defendant: That is all right. The Registrar: (to the plaintiff): Can you chop off another piece ? The Plaintiff: Oh, that would spoil it. The customer was called and the hat was put, on, the woman stating that it was too large. The model was then brought to her, and she said that that fitted. The registrar took an inch tape measure to gauge the size of the two hats, and obsorved. " They are exactly tho samo." The witness took off her hat and the i registrar put the three hat 3 on his desk to measure them, but he was soon in difficulties, as he did not know the front from the sides. ' A woman explained how they should be arranged to take tho measurements. Ihis done, however, tho registrar found that his experiment was a failure. Then it was decided to bring "a large piece of paper, and for ten minutou tho registrar was .engaged fn cutting out patterns to fit the three hats. At the conclusion ho decided that there' was very little fault to find with the hat and eavo judgment for tha plaintiff far tha £2