The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-12-09
Sarah's Hat,

sooner or later, and to-day the readers OF
the Transcript are called upon to mourn
the fate of the good young man upon
whom devolved the task of writing a de-
scription of Sarah BernhardtS appear
ance as she dawned upon New York. He
was told that he might, if he chose, go
and see her with his own eyes and tele-
graph back his report, but he preferred
to obtain his facts from the New York
papers, and he promised to have pen
portrait of Sarah the fair, Sarah the love-
able, ready for the second edition.
Il can do it, said TIE young man yes
terday morning with the pride of CON
scous strength, and he arrayed his
stylographic pen and Il stub and elliott
and an Esterbrook pen and blue led pen
Gil, and automatic pencil and mucil
age bottle, and q pair of scissors in
imposing order, and sent the boy for
some fresh copy paper, and babe him to
tell the man who cut it not to be more
than month in doing it. and all the
forenoon he strolled about with his
hands in his pocket, declining to injure
the elasticity of his mind by giving it
any work to do before beginning his
heavy task. Twelve o'clock came; l,
l:30 and the New York papers, and
snatching them from the boy and grasp
| ng four pens and the scissors, the young
man began.
mo, you can't have them" he said to
the exchange editor. II want EN- all,
all. do you hear me? What care 1 for
your sordid personals? No. he thun-
dered to the boy, 1.-THE financial can't
have them, and you can tell that Fancy
and Fact man to wait, and If the polit
ical editor asks for them, tell him they
haven't come vet Not a word = and he
buried himself in the World. and in
few minutes eagerly exclaimed: 'Ah,
here we have it = and waved his scissors
about in ecstacy. ''She wore Rafael
hat of plush and otter-skin, adorned in
front with a bunch of vari-colored feath-
ers, surrounded by a miniature fox's |
head = Now, that is description that
De scrbes. Methinks I see her now
what's that, boy? Copy? Oh, yes!'
and he fell to scrilbling wildly. muir
muring, II will begin with her bonnet; |
that will interest the ladies', dear crea-
lures | understand EN- :" and he scrib-
bled on, and finishing his work by cut
ting the description that described from |
the World. he babe the boy send it up
stairs.
This edition closed" said the boy, as
he came back and lowered about; but |
the young man heard him not. With
eyes half raised and lips apart, like mon
ument of Grecian art, he was gazing at |
the Tribune, and suddenly he arose, |
grasped the innocent boy by the hair, |
and shrieked. "Perdition catch thy |
soul Stop the press -
Il can't yelped his hapless victim,
writhing in pain and terror, while the
Young man moaned and gasped Lost.
lost" and sank into his chair. pointing
to these fatal lines: Her hat, olive
plush, style said to be peculiar to her,
milling the GaihsborouRh, but called
Bernhard, was trimmed with bird Of
paradise and ostrich plumes and several
miniature wolves heads"
Don't mind said the literary editor,
who, hearing the boys yells. came in to
sec whether OF not the plot of dime
novel. with attendant scslping facilities.
was in process OF evolution. Don't
mind, 1t doesn't REILLY rnske ANY differ
ence, you know. Nobody il going to
read this kind of rubbish. No~. if you
could ind an autobiography Of Sarah
and have u good notice OF it, VIVA copious
extracts"
Tie feroci,y with which the young
man said YAH drove the literary
editor from the field; but it was lucky
for the boy, for it relaxed the hand that
held him. and the youth fled to distant
corner to repair damages.
I'll look at the Xerdld.' said the
young man to himself land let the ma
iority rule. Now, there isn't any copy
he howled to the foremans boy, and
there won't be any until l have some
peace. You can't have the advertising
Sheet of the Ueraid,' he said to the
mild-mannered printer who came and
asked for it; you can't have any of these
papers; need EN- all.
Ten minutes after the editor-in-chief
having been asked to bring the majesty
of the executive power TO bear on the
Young man and force him to give ont
some copy or to give up the papers, found
him with his mouth wide open, gazing
in dumb despair al the Hsratds state
ment that Mdlle. Bernhard wore "a
green plush hat, with feathers of all
birds, and tipped at the sides with two
wolves heads, opening their Jaws and
showing their fangs III threatening
manner, and the most coquettish little
brown silk guetres, covered with Jet
beads, completing a makeup at once I'M
iuue and thoroughly effective.
Advice was called. The fashion editor
suggested showerbath as II good anti
dote for too much millinery, and narrow
" escaped a kick from the patient. The
city editor thought that a good sensible
Civ Hall assignment was needed, and the