Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-12
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re4rTuiEs.>i tina. COS, foar dollsrs-
"Three seventy Eve. oaly. AloGz3.
"W~ll. sell call IL four wh-s thu
bonf..-i cane h~ck fr0n J0a-s' Yea
sod y ~Es hiieoss. and roo pickel II
10 pa - and fxea ]; NJ yoarself. add
inx feather that cssss nine doil=rs
They arr we~rIng feathers Eaw.
dzrllu-. yOa knov-
The irst time yoa wore .; on ;ise
stresi va nSst Mrs. Milliken. AM a.
she hsl her fezther On the left sl.le
yoa rIrI-ed uP yOar bonn-t AMI fK-i
the Father like Mr. Niliike1's ca
the followiny a4y MRS Hzlevy called.
Wearing her feather on the right siie
As ssoa a. she Was gone, yoa switched
your father hack again. Wb~n. hOw-
ever. yoa noticed that Mr. Folly ha !
her feather IN the middle of her bonnrt,
think you woald have rOute1 yours
cut again bat for the fact that YOU IA
Mrs. McGinnis in church With tao
feathers, one on each side, and that
made YOU 30 miserable that had to
disgorge eleven dollars more f1r an
other feather"
"You said yourself, dear. that the
bonnet looked better with two"
$50 1 did but I liked the blue
violets in the trimming, and you know
you tore them out because Miss Grady
wore pansies in hers. Emma, | have
not counted how many times You have
changed the flowers in that bonnet, but
l do know that you have gone pretty
nearly through the whole vegetable
kingdom, from turnip-tops to tiger
lilies, trying to find something that
would suit you. Blamed il l can stand
it That artificial sunfower alone cost
me six dollars"
"It will do to give to the poor,
though, Alonzo."
Perhaps SO but my circumstances
do not warrant me in trying to keep
the poor in artificial sunhowers. And
when you got the bonnet done at an
expense Of hundreds of dollars, what
satisfaction did you get from it?"
"Well, Alonzo, didn't know it was
on the sofa when Mrs. Alexander called"
"No. you didn't know it., and so that
woman, weighing not less than three
hundred pounds, sat for two hours on
those feathers and hollyhocks, and fam
dangling filings, talking about the
price Of butter, as if spring bonnets
grew on trees, and all had to do was
to knock 'em off with pole. by George,
Emma, it was scandalous-simply scan.
dalous T.
"She said she was sorry"
"Sorry Yes, she was sorry a; but I
had to pay forty dollars to have the
bonnet recast, and all for nothing, just
because you insisted in putting artifi-
cial meadow-grass among the trim
ming"
"But, Alonzo-"
Don't but me, Emma Why did
you deliberately stand on the front
pavement talking with Doctor Blimber
with your bonnet right under his
horses nose? You kne,o that his horse
was near-sighted, and OF course it was
inevitable that he should reach over.
nibble that artificial grass, and ulti-
mately chew your bonnet entirely up"
"But he spit out the frame. remem'
Der. darling"
"Spit it out for me to spend more
money on, for, of course. you had to
have it remodeled at vast outlay.
But was it of any use to display such
generosity Not bit! You know
mighty we'll it wasn't"
" ltw an tentirely my fault, darling,
You know"
"Oh, of course not 1t was Miss
Browns fault. She was showing you
her new wedding-dress that evening
you called to see her. You took i! to
the gas.light you wanted to get so
close, that you jammed your bonnet
into the flame. Some OF the French
muslin asparagus, or tulips, or splatter-
docks, or Whatever it was You had on it,
caught fire, and Miss Brown had to roll
you in rug and drown out that bonnet
with q bucketful of water before you
were safe. And now it's a wreck,
forlorn piece of chaotic millinery And
80 it may stay You hear me, Emma
Matilda Giltwistle ! Not another dollar
do I spend on it. Hereafter you may
prance around in q sun.bonnet or 60 it
bare headed"
Then Mrs. Giltwistle began to cry,
and Mr.. G. walked calmly out, slammed
the door, and left her to her woe.-
N. p. Weekly.