The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-08-04
A MAN IN A MILLINERY STORE
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She had mildly hinted that she didn't care to &c
TO church again until she had her summer bon
net, but at the mention OF bonnet he turned
around and belched out
Bonnet Mother new bonnet Why don't
| you go down and buy out every internal bonnet
foundry on Woodward avenue and done with itT'
u haven't had but one this spring, " she meekly
protested,
"One Why, you've had forty"
"only one, my dear, and can show you the
bill"
WELL that cost forty or fifty dollars"
"Oh, no. the bill is only nineteen dollars"
Nineteen dollars Well, that's an outrageous
swiDdle"
ut very plain bonnet" sh he remarked, land
1t was only for spring"
"How much will a summer hat cost2n he asked
after reading down to the end Of a column.
well, I'll try to get along with ten or twelve
| dollars, but you"
"Ten or twelve demonSl" he yelled as he half
rose up. II tell you its an outrageous sWindIe,
and no one but an idiot would submit They
tnck the price on because they think you don't
know bran from broomstcks"
"Then you go down with me and make this
purchase"
'Egad! I will! I'll go this very day, and i'll
don't buy better bonnet for 81 than you ever
had for $40 I'll eat shingles"
That aiternoOnthe entered millinery store in
company, and the old gent had the look OF man
who was bound to win II 1t broke leg.
my wife wants bonnet" he began as he got
seated down on a stool.
Very we'll. About what prlce?'
"say from 81 to &C."
'Yes, sir, Here is Oh for 81. 1t is for kitchen
girl on Sixteenth street. and l call II an elegant
thing for the money"
III guess we don't want one for "a" he NUT
tered, as a chill aew up his spine.
"It's very cheap, 1 assure you, and the colors
are very popular with kitchen girls, but here is
one for &c."
"AhI that is more like i'll Now call thai
| handsome
80 Is sir, That Is for a second girl on Win.
der street. and she certainly has good TASTE 1t is
the cheapest bonnet have made for year"
yes ahem-no doubt gasped the old gent as
red streaks began to color his neck and chin,
'And what's the price Of this one?"
THAT'S sold to barbers wife for IS, but will
| get you up q mate to it II you want"
"Barber's iie-ahem-eight dollars-and this
oneH"
well, l made the price very low on that one,
as 1t is for seamstress who always buys OF me.
l only charged her Sl2 for that"
"seamstress, eh?'
Eyes. She goes out for seventy five cents day,
and of course she cannot afford any better than
this"
Old Milestone was as red as a strawberry by
this time, and it was only by Tremendous effort
OF will that he could repress gosh darn IT."
"You wouldn't care to look at this SIG bonnet,
as it is for mechanics wife" softly remarked
| the milliner
"No-ahem-peThapsn not" ne grunted.
But this one at $40 might possibly do" she
went on, although your wie's position in society
would only permit her to wear It for second best.
Just wait and I'll show you something for sos
which will charm you"
Il WON'T I'll be hanged If wait minute''
he exclaimed as he rose up. II don't feel very
WELL and'Ive also agreed to meet man at the
City Hall at O'clock Martha, you go ahead and
pick out a bonnet"
zone for-for-tor four dollars" she whis.
pered,
-Four behangs, Who said anything about four
dollars2 If you can make one for 500 do you, I'd
take it, but If you look better in one for S25, you
can have 1t sentup What was scOlding about
this morning was the shape OF your bonnet-not
the cost I still hold that the shapes are out.
rageousi but you've got to have one all the
same"
And when he got out doors and around the cor.
ner he struck the air with his cane and yelled
"If a man had played that on me, I'd hunt him
to his narrow grave"