Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-18 | Page 14 | C. E. O' Reilly Searches Autos for His New Hat

C. E. O'Reilly Searches Autos for His New Hat Leaves It in an Unidentified Machine and the Owner Drives Away. F-RTEXDS of C. E. O'Reilly, formerly of ' of Salt Lake, now of fan Francisco, Fran-cisco, wondered mucli yesterday when they saw him peeking Into the tonneau of each of the many automobiles parked along Main street. Their wonder increased when he observed ob-served that he was looking for his hat. Mr. O'Reilly yesterday Invested In a new hat. When he arrived with It at the New Grand hotel the top piece met with the approval of Mrs. O'Reilly. However, finding that his initials were not stamped in the hat, she siiRgested that he take it back and have them afuxed. Mr, O'Reilly thanked her for the suggestion and proceeded pro-ceeded to act upon it. With the hat properly inscribed. Mr. O'Reilly was returning again to the hotel when he discovered that one of his shoes had become untied. Stepping to the curb, he lifted Ills foot to the top of an automobile automo-bile wheel and tied the wayward lace. Just as he finished securing the refractory refrac-tory shoestring he turned around and met Joseph Nelson, general manager of the t'altair Beach company. The two started down the street together, to-gether, both unaware that Mr. O'Reilly's new hat lay in a pack in the tonneau of the automobile, where he had laid it while tvlng his shoe. Before Mr. O'Reilly got back to the automobile after remembering remem-bering about the hat, it had been driven away. At least, he could find no car with a hat in it. Last night Mr. O'Reilly said that if the man who found the hat should find that it fitted him, he might keep It, otherwise its return to the man whose Initials were stamped in It to prevent its being lost would be appreciated. i