Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-11-22
Making -. Ow. Aat.

Mr. Howard Paul :. in his entertainment, says
4" that when q sudden sharp fever oi economy
attacks wOmaf, aud she determines TO make
a bat or bonne; for herself, for brief period
between the formation of the resolution aud
the cousummation Of the deed her mind passes
through various amusing stages Of agitation.
First, she gels herself up in her most attrac-
tive euise, aud proceeds TO purchase a shape
-as believe the fragile ontine or framework
of the future structure is called-then, taking
the bus home, she drinks in the details Of
every hat that enters. and learns them by
heart, aud does mental sums over the cost OF
the ribbon, aud makes up her mind TO have
fnwers in hers like those Of the woman in the
ruer, aud lace like that saudy-looking crea-
lure in the middle The next day she walks
down the street aud studies all the hats that
come along and, when a woman passes her
with one on, she twists her neck round 10 sec
how it looks behind, aud is dissusted to see
that the woman is dislocatiug her neck to see
how she trims her hat. When she arrives in
front VI mlIiner's she fingers until she has
aualyzed all the hats IN the window, and she
determines Ia trim hers iu nineteen different
ways aud decides not g. have flowers like tho
woman who sat in the corner. Then she
shoots into the shop, and asks TO see hats
with the air Of person who wishes TO invest
a small fortune in headsesr. She examines
every cat in the establishment, overha0lsntn
/ bushels of flowers, gets about fifteen shilliags'
! worth of work out of the saleS-woman. and
/ then says she will 'lIck farther. Then she
/ gets home with her mind fxed on thirty-eisht
or niue different styles in which she wants TO
| trim her hat After a while she begins TO
/ think she ought 10 have q feather 10 IL. and
she passes two or three seepleSs nights trying
to decide whether to put one 10 or not. At
last she resolves she will Then she lies awake
/ for two tnure uig Is endeavorins TO determine
whether il shall be red ur blue. She settles on
blue She buys the trimmings, aud Sews it on
Ia twenty successive positions, her mind filed
! WIN thc httpt't "'Al''s "3 W "hNN'N' N"~
feather should 60 on the right side, the left side.
or on top. She puts it on the right side but
just then Mrs De Bnuts passes the window
with feather on the left side Of hers, aud 30
she changes it the next morning. Mrs. Fitz-
brown calls, and her feather is on the night
side. aud then another change is made At
church nextday Mrs Smith haS feathers on both
sides and Mrs Johnson has l,ne ou the top
THIN more slerplers nights and painful uncer-
tainty. At last, ia utter despair, she takes the
hat tp nilIuer. and pays thirty shilings 70
have it trimmed. When 1t comes home she
prnnouuces it hateful, aud picks it al t. pieces.
and brpuds over IT, and worries aud irets land
lnuseS her appetite, aud feels life 90 bc burden
/ f.r two weeks longer. until. suddenly she has
luS; the ri.hi thing. and becomes once more
serene aud happy. aud puts the hat on and
sue, nut eud makes miIllHs Of other women
miserable because their hats arc not trimmed
exactly like hers. A. wife, woman is bles-
>lug; ~ q mother. naugit can compare With
! her H. an organizer Vi new hats, she Is SIM
! ply an ube't Of au.n-"pri'f "r-criupasSiOn."