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Show WAS HIS WIFE'S HATPIN. And He Had Wasted Time Trying to Find an Owner. In a theater recently a man down In one of tho front rows spied on the floor a large hatpin with an amber top. Looking about him, he saw that two women and their escorts had Just sat down. To one of tho former ho presented the pin. A shako of tho head Indicated that ho had made a mistake. Then ho tried across tha aisle. Tho women Bcemed to bo Interested. In-terested. Tho pin was a curiosity and Its amber of a unique carving: They hesitated, but tho pin was handed hand-ed back. Desperately, ho began tho search anew. Two ladles unattended seemed likely owners. To them he showed the pin. They took It and enjoyed en-joyed Its pattern. Just then tho man felt a tug on his sleeve. It was his wlfo and she remarked: "Why aro you showing my hatpin to strangers?" He, blushing, went over to the feminine femi-nine pair and explained. "It's my wlfo's hatpin," hu said, but in such consciously guilty accents that tho women handed it back with doubting em II es. |