Lincoln’s comical story of a man and his hat.

>He [**Lincoln**] was quite capable, however, of telling the story of the man in the theatre who placed his high hat on the adjoining seat, open side up, and becoming interested in the play, failed to note the approach of a fat dowager until she had plumped down upon it. Then, gazing ruefully at the rim of his top-piece, he reproachfully observed: “Madam, I could have told you the hat wouldn’t fit before you tried it on.” ___________________________ **Source:** Thomas, Benjamin Platt, and Michael Burlingame. “Lincoln’s Humor.” *"Lincolns Humor" and Other Essays*. University of Illinois Press, 2002. 13. Print. **Original Source Listed:** David Homer Bates, *Lincoln in the Telegraph Office: Recollections of the United States Military Telegraph Corps during the Civil War* (New York: Century, 1907), 197-98. _____________________________ **Further Reading:** [Abraham Lincoln](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln) ___________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon]( https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**