The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-06-30
A WONDERFUL HAT.
The Vanity of Woman is Prodigi--
Gus aud Past Finding Out


1t is doubtful il better place can be
found to study human nature than at the
railroad depot. 1t IS there congregated IN
all its endless variety. The poor and the
rich mingle in tx xlricible confusion. The
Young and the old, the fashionable and
the poorly clad, come together and tret Tor
lit lie brief interval, their impatience and
discomfort. Notwithst 'nding our depot is
a modest sort Of place, yet it is the recep-
acle OF some strange varieties OF life. This
fact was particularly noticeable yesterday
evening, but the most striking Il AZURE OF the
motley gathering was
WOMAN WITH A HAT.
This, in it,elf, is nctremsrksble, certainly;
but there was sJmething about that won-
derful female habiliment that could have
been but little less than divine. The like
of il was pever seen before under the heay-
Gus, or in the earth beneath them. IL
seemed TO have heen arranged with an eye
to the miraculous The woman who wore
1t was clad In a coarse calico gown, which
revealed hard usage IN travelling. Around
her shoulders was thrown a black merino
shawl, ADD on her feet were heavy Shoes.
There was no attempt any hnery any
pensated for all other deficiencies s. The
texture was of straw, bleaehed 10 a snowy
whiteness, while over and around it chung
an artificial ea'h of
TISSUE PAPER FLOWERS.
They had borrowed, in their coloring, all
the TINS of the Rainbow. They had even
sought 10 rob nature of its endless variety
OF sh pc of design. Oak leav>s Eestled st
the side Of violst3 a cluster OF grapes was
Swallowed by the red, vivid carnation of
the trumpet creeper The green OF the ivy
was cootrasted wi b the pale, delicats
beauty of the lily. Wound around the
crown, this wonderful wreath depended in
graceful fo;d down the middle of her
ok. A brood OF dirty faced children
cIamored around, each ambitious OF attsn-
ii N. But her hat.
ABSORBED ALL HER MIND.
She iemoved it half dozen times, and
looked at it with the brooding tenderness
mother is supposed to have for her 6rss
born. Replacing ikshe would contemplate
her fea ures in u small pocket mirror with
| delighted admiration which won sympa-
thy even from her more fzshionably ALTERED
sis ers, who watched her msneuyers with Ill
conc aIed amusernsnt At last q gentle
man remarked TO her:
Madame, you have a beautiful hat"
"Well, il on .htto be, SIR" she replied
with frankness. ut cost two dollars, and
| Pye worn il all the way from Springfield,
Eiinoy, and the trouble I've had TO keep
the children oEAn that aat is enough to kill
| a saint"
1t was evident the lady made no preten-
tons 10 be ng saint, however near she
might be to IN angel
at is certainly a very beautiful hat.
Those flowers are simply gorgeous
"Do you think sos Well, now, rather
think you sre right. I'm goingup in Kan
sas to meet my hush md. He's been ont
th=re sizce last spring, and want to look
just as we'll as 1 can. OF course, it all de-
ponds on the way lady dresses"
1t vas plsin to see that her vanity was
peased at this evidence Of appreciation,
end she Stitched up little chubby faced
mite Of hzmanity, and kissed it rapturous-
ly. 1t was the only way she had of giving
vent to the mex press bic pleasure the words
had given hsr But alas! even in cur mo-
menIs of greatest bliss,
BiISHT OFTEN FALLS.
The baby thres up its hands, its arms be-
lcame eSt, ngled in the wCndrous wreath
there was squsll, scream, cry OF
sgony-and with a shudier OF dismay the
poor woman saw her cherished hat roll
upon the floor, stripped OF all its gorgeous
plumage, a poor, naked looking thing
of plated st.aw. For single moment of
iuexpressible horror she contemplated the
wreck, and then with a dextrous twirl OF
her arms, that youngster
SPAWNED HER KNEES.
Then the misery rose and fell. Ii he ever
sits. do Sn again, shere is no virtue in pain.
; With every blow a blister might have
J risen Oh his ceHtsr of gravity. The ticks
, pealsd out on the suppressed stiffness OF the
: room like the popping OF wagon whip,
E while his yelis of pain were as balm to the
) gro sning soul Of it's mother. This done,
, the hat was picked up from the floor, with
such look of horror and dismay as an
t angel might have worn In beholding the
fading beauth of Ewes lost paradise.
An hour later the tran whirled away
from the dept, carrying the woman-ths
much belsbortd infant-aDd the hat, SC
/ !treacherously robbed OF It's splendors, away
y with It.