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Show A HAT ON IN CHURCH. - An usher in the North Baptist Church, on Christopher street, caused a sensation one Sunday evening. As the pastor, Rev. J.J. Bronner, entered the pulpit, he was shocked by a sudden outburst of mirth in the choir gallery. Two young persons, wearing ulsters and Dorby hats, had been shown to seats. The usher was surprised when only one of them removed his hat. He waited some time for the offending head-covering to be removed, and then reached over the back of the pew and removed it himself. Immediately he discovered, as did many other persons, that the wearer was a young lady and therefore entitled to wear a hat in church. Above the noise of the organ's voluntary rose the involuntary mirth of many of the congregation. |