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Show HE SHOT THE HAT. A Custom In Oklahoma That Savta Time In a Sandstorm. "A whole lot of Ideas with which wo grow up change when wo get Into another an-other country," said a Now York man who his Just como back from a three-months' three-months' trip In tho Southwest. "Now, ono of tho things wo havo heard of all our lives is that It a man's hat blows off ho Is a fool to run after It, for thoro Is always somebody around polite enough to pick It up and hand It to tho owner, If ho has to walk a block to do it. "I havo seen It done. I havo read about it moro times than I havo had hats. "But It Is not tho custom at Reno, Oklahoma. I was sitting on tho voran-da voran-da of tho hotel in that town, watching tho various articles which ono of thoso sandstorms whirled through tho air. "Tho hat of a citizen was raised and carried against a placo on tho other oth-er stdo of the street. A strapping fellow, fel-low, who had been picking his teeth with a match, whipped out a navy ro-volver ro-volver and fired a shot at tho hat, nailing It to tho fence. "Tho owner camo up, pulled tho hat from its Impalement, waved his band at tho man on the veranda and pro-1 cecded on his way. " 'It saves time runnln' after It,' said tho man on tho veranda, 'and It don't hurt tho hat.' " |
