| Show AN AMUSING HAT STORY it resulted in ilea ung tb heads instead of cooling coo ling necessity is the mother of invention cad among g those which this hot er has called into existence chapeaux a glace are perhaps the e roost most ingenious and extra this new article is is neither more nor less than a top hat fitted with an inner apartment for the reception of a fair sized lump of ice which freshens the layer of air about the head and is yet so thoroughly waterproof that you may wear it for hours after the ice is thawed without experiencing e the slightest discomfort an individual who wise in his generation was provided with one of these head refreshers took his seat outside a cafe on one of the boulevards the other afternoon 0 0 F shortly after the dinner I 1 hour T the h e seats on the sidewalk were almost all taken and he was about to retire in dudgeon when the waiter espied a free table and invited him to take it after he had freely indulged in bocks of munich beer it occurred to him that now was the time to renew the ice in his hat hal no sooner thought than done he poured out the water from rom the receptacle and then noticed that there was no ice about whereupon he replaced his hat on the ground and called out to the waiter who usually takes a good deal of calling at that busy hour of the day Ilean meanwhile while another individual whose curiosity was moved by the strange spectacle of water issuing from a silk hat surreptitiously took the headgear in his hand inspected it and put it back but not as it c chanced in exactly the same oliue now there were many top hats on the ground at the moment for the heat was excessive dessive and the bulk of the visitors had indulged in abundant dining and were eager to be refreshed when at last the ice came the gentleman for whom it was intended was busy conversing with a friend who had just ar arrived ved so he took the ice in his bis hand and without looking under the table temporarily placed it as he thought in the watertight receptacle of his patent topper intending to arrange it properly lter later on but the conversation was long and interesting and might not have ended as abruptly as it did but for an unforeseen accident A neighbor of the possessor of the patent hat having paid the waiter leisurely donned his own silk headgear rose up stretched himself and then exclaimed hurriedly to a friend biens it is killing hot this evening the perspiration is coming off my head in torrents 1 bah ah yes its enough to make a man melt where he stands and leave nought but a stagnant r pool to mark the place he occupied replied the friend do you know what it is nion mon ami said the other in a sepulchral tone as he slowly resumed his seat 1 I am seriously ill that accursed fever ferer that I 1 contracted ir in greece is on me again and I 1 feel as if good heavens look at that be exclaimed as little streamlets stream lets of icy cold water flowed rapidly over his eyes nose and chin on to his white pique waistcoat his companion looked in sheer amazement at the horror stricken face of his friend which was war as pale as a sheet then he said we had better drive home at once whatever have you been eating for dinner not mushrooms I 1 hope but first take off your hat bat and unbutton your vest the moment the hat was removed a 1 large chunk of bluish ice dropped into the wineglass on the table knocking it on to the ground where it smashed a s bed with a loud crash that arouse aroused a t the he attention of the public millie ton nerrell ner resl cried the white vested tested individual what mauvais arole has been trying to play his practical jo jokes kes on me what the is this he continued looking at the patient patent ing and then in a fit of passion he caved in in the unoffending crown against his humid knee nom dune pipe shouted the owner of the chapeau a glace how dare you treat my property in that unceremonious fashion I 1 will teach each i you manners and with that he seized upon a hat that lay near the offender and reduced it to a shapeless pulp mais mon men dieul dieu my property exclaimed a third tod and putting his face provokingly up beside I 1 that of the other what right have you monsieur he is a madman madin an who carries ices and soups in his bis hat and poc pockets liets exclaimed another then he should bo be sent to charenton clarenton Ch arenton remarked a bystander 4 no francois no lighting fighting whispered one man to his f friend the hero of the hat it was with extreme d difficulty that tat a free fight was avoided but the gentlemen duly exchanged cards and having nearly lost their heads went boie hatless and cooled to bed loudon london telegraph |
