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A Hat Mixup Sparks Love in a City Café
In Martin’s Café a man in debt and in love clashes over hats with a rival. A Frenchman and a benevolent old gentleman swap headgear leading to a comic chase through New York. A hat, a letter, and a kiss seal a hopeful confession of love at last.
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Martin’s
Law Journal
Teddy-One- Boy
New York
Blackstone
James
Numbaire
M’steu
Chittenden
Martin's
Mr. Chittenden
Paris
M. de Beausire
Washington Place
Monsieur de Beausire
Lot
Teddy-One-Boy
Bob
Jersey
Monsieur de Beausireinf
Mouquin’s
Monsieur
Beausire
Fats
France
Nevaire
Seventy-first Street
Cabby
Gabby