Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-30
EVENING STAR.
Making Her Own sIss

MT. Howard Paul, IN his entertainment SAYS
that when . sudden sharp fever OF economy
hat or = bonnet for herself, for q brief period
between the formation OF the resolution and tee
oonsUm alton Of the deed her mind pss-cs
through various amusing stages OF agitsuoa.
First, she gets her-eif mp In her most attractive
gulse, snd proceeds - purchase q 'shape'-n
believe the fragile Outline or framework OF ne
future structure Is cAlled-then, taking the has
home, she drinks in the details q every hat that
enters, and learns them all By heart, aud dees
nlehe~A 50 ma over the cost OF the ribbon, .ad
makes mp her mind % have fowors in hers like
those worn by the woman In the corner and lace
hke that gaudy looking crestsre in the middle.
Inc heht DAY she walks down the street. ana
studies all the hats thst come along. and. when
awoman passes her with one on, she tsists her
neck round 20 see how 10 locks behind anf n
o.sesstsd to see th., the womsn Is Alss dl-ae-
When she arrives in front OF a muiiaef's she
fingers until she has anAlyzed ali the hats IN
the window, and she deter m mes 90 trim hers
nineteen different ways, and decides not 70
nave flowers like the woman VINO sat in the cor
ner. Then she shoots into the shop, aud AsAs
70 see hats with the air OF person Who ui-hos
10 invest . small fortune ia head-gesr she
examines every hat in the establishment over
haGis ten bushels OF flowers, gets about afteea
sSlvswomSn, and then SAYS she viii sloss
farther. Then she gets home with hnr
mind hNed on thrty-eight OF nine dia~-
eht styles IA which she wants 20 trim .er h.t
After \ while she begins TO think she oasht a.
have a feather in it, and she passes tSo OF TIRE.
sleepleSs nights try Ing 70 decide whether % pat
one in or not. A. last she resolves she wtu.
Then she lies awake for two more nights en-
dtavoring 10 determine whether tt shall be red
or blue. She settles on blue. She buys the ri m
mines, aud sews IL on In twenty successiv We posi-
uOus, her mind filled with deepest anxiety As 90
whether the leather should 20 ON the right side,
the lett side, OF on top. She puts 10 on the rget
side, but just then Mrs. DE Boots passes the via
dow With feather on the LETT side OF hers ana
80 she changes tt the next morning. Mrs fits-
brown calls, and her feather IL on The right side
and then another change Is male. At church
next day Mrs SMITH has feathers on beth
sides, and Mrs johnson has enc on she TOP.
Then more Sleeplcss nights and paIufn. uncer-
tain'y. AZ last, IN utter despair. she takes the
hat 10 a milliuer, aud pays thirty shulings 60
have 1t trimmed. When it comes home she pro
nounces Il hateful. and picks IL all 20 pieces
and broods over it, and worries ami frets asa
loses her appetite. and feels life % be = burden
for two weeks longer, until suddenly she has
Just the right thing, and becomes once more &c
rene and happy, aud puts the hat on and goes
out and makes millions Of other women M sera-
BILE because their hats are not trimmed exactis
like hers. As = wife, woman is a blessing; IS a
mother naught can compare with her; As an
organizer Of new hats, she is simply an object
o4 amuSeme Mt decomposition"