St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-08-28
AN ENJOYABLE SIGHT.
Tho Interesting and Charming Way In
Which . Woman Puts ON . Bonnet.

Tho Interesting and Charming Way h
Which . woman Puts ON . Bonnet.
"Did you ever notice how a womal
puts on a bonnet?' asked an irreveren
friend not long ago.
mo? Then you have missed the en-
joyment of most interesting perfor
nance. When q man dons his head
piece he merely claps the cover ovel
his brows, with as little consideration
as one would drop an extinguisher owe
candle. He simply puts it on, ant
that is all there is in the operation
Light or dark is all the same to him
With a woman how different. Wher
she puts on her new bonnet poem i
created. picture is called into being
music is brought back to earth and
the atmosphere is saturated with swee
sounds"
He had quizzical look in his fac,
and there was suspicious smile abou
his mouth. wonder il he knew haC
on a new bonnet?
.'She brings forth her handbook cher
plump arms can scarcely clasp its al
dermanic waist), sets it upon a chair
or table, removes the lid, and with d
sweet smile reaches down into the cav.
ernous interior of that box and draw.
forth very tenderly little. insigniti-
cant, heterogeneous affair that courtesy
calls a bonnet. To the male eve it ha.
neither beauty nor comeliness.
knew he was going to say it.
Aren't men hateful?
''But wait bit, he continued, reck-
lessly. "Now she advances toward
the mirror, holding the delicate tritle
before her, after the manner in which
careful housewife carries pan full
to the brim Of hot fat Arrived at the
looking glass. she releases one ear of the
bonnet, and with the disengaged hand
deftly brushes her front hair. Then
her hand resumes hold of the bonnet,
and the fellow-hand in its turn paws
attention to the clustering locks ON its
side of the house. Now both hands
have the bonnet in their gentle grasp.
The fair creature looks into the glass.
and remarks. apologetically. that her
hair isn't fixed. She feels that it is her
duty to exhibit that bonnet in the most
favorable manner. She has no excuses
to make for its shortcomings; it has
none. 1t is herself alone and always
her hair. that is responsible for any
thing short of perfection when the nup-
tial knots shall be tied under her chin
and the bonnet and herself shall be one
glory.
..And still she hasn't it on her head
yet?" said l, not wholly mortified.
'.Ah, no; she raises the airy nothing
aloft; her chin protrudes; her hand
oscillates; she cranes her neck and
lunches her shoulders while she ad-
justs the bonnet astride her pug and
settles it down carefully upon its hair
sub-couch. 1t is now exactly as it
should be. There is no guesswork
about it. Square, level and plump
could not be more precise in results
Up goes her rounded chin; the strings
are tied without the slightest wrinkling
of the ribbon; the ends are brushed out
with a delicate sleight-of-hand; the
bows are picked out fiat and square,
not too fiat nor too square-and long,
slender pin is thrust remorselessly
through the bow, its point, naked and
unguarded, protruding from the thither
side-a warning to all whom it may
concern that no trespassers are allowed
upon the premises. San francisco
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