How to save a seat?

So, you've seen it all, right? Folks who put their coat over two seats to save them for someone who is coming later. Or folks who put their purse and a book on a chair to save them-maybe because they want elbow room.

                                                                                                  Photo from www.arizonahistory.org

 At church, you know the folks who always sit in the same pew and never switch for YEARS! Well this was the cutest way to save a seat in the pew that I'd ever seen.

Nobody's going to take this seat!