The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-30
Spring Hats and Bonnets.


Spring Hats and BOnnets.
Did YOU ever think what Il serious un-
dertaking it is to select hat or bonnet,
and how important it is for woman to be
suited with her headgear? man may
laugh over a woman troubles WIN hcI
spring millinery, but, indeed, the trounle Is
real to her and wofully trying-Whle Ii
lasts.
pease IL woman in is her hats ana h@F
shoes and L know of nothing mere ANUS
ing than to sit to one side either III Il shoe
or millinery store and be silent observer
of the struggle some women go through
with i'll being suited.
| had occasion II few days ago to visit
one of our principal millinery establish
,nrnts. on business not connected with buy
ing bonnet, and as the shop women were
very busy | was asked 10 wait for one par
1jcIIlar one / found Il chair and was soon
Interested in watching the fun. / am very
sure the confusion of tongues at the bullu-
;nCr of the tower of Babel could not have
excelied i'll noise the lncessant chatter that
was going on.
The shoppers included every age and va
riety of the female persuasion An oid
lady from the country nearly threw her
self into Il seat near me and exclaimed;
Il have waited an hour and am worn out,
but | cannot go out of town today without
nv bonnet" 4 young girl was engaging
the shop woman that | was compelled to
interview. and ! watched the patient Great
ure as she held up To view first one hat
and then another, every now ana then
SHINING 10 my side to whisper, Il will be
through now in Il few minutes which L
knew was not true, for the girl was as
far from being suited at the end as she was
at the beginning of an hour. Every CON
ceivabe shape in hat was tried on, then
flowers without number were brought out
and placed on the hat-roses of every
color. pansies. vioIetS, lilacs, hyacinths.
vines. fruits. berries and then lace and
ribbon. Nothing suited At last, III de
Spair | ceased TO watch this group and
turned my attention to another large
tinelooking girl who would have been
pretty, but she had tried on hats until her
bangs were all gone and her Psyche knot
had been pulled down by the advice OF
the salcswoman. who would advise higher
or lower arrangement IL suit each differ
ent shape, until think il would have been
impossible for anything to have been be-
coming to her soured, disconnected express
sion I felt sorry for her, for | have no
doubt when she left home that morning
she had been very prcsentablc, but alas
for being hard to please. never knew
whether she was at last suited or not. for
Just then n brisk little conversation near
me attracted my attention. II WAS after
this fashion: Now. that is a love: it Just
suits you exactly; your color above all 9th
erS. for You know yellow and green IS the
most fashionable color this season" Her
victims complexion was almost the same
SIdft 81 me NtlipN anu Sltti hit anu
nothing could have been more awfnlly ut
variance than the woman and the hat,
and yet she was assured that 1t was AW-
fully becoming Not five minutes before
this same girl told another customer pur-
pie was the most fashionable color as she
fancied purple trimming, and l guess The
next was told it was gray.
And so the busy throng kept up the ciat-
ter and walking back and forth, trying
this mirror and now that, so as to get "A
I.rb+ tba hAl
shade of ribbon on this bunch of flowers,
until ii seemed to me every flower and bolt
of ribbon in the establishment was in
use In the hour ! sat there do not think
there were more than two or three hats
really sold-most of the women concluding
they would come back and try again when
they felt more in the humor. There were
two reflections uppcrmoSt IN my mind as |
came Out-Why women could not hnd out
what was becoming To them and decide for
themselves and not leave it TO SHoUW0mcu
to assure them Il yellow and green hat suit
ell Il yellow complexion, etc. ana why
woman was harder To suit in the selection
of a hat. that she could throw away. than
in a husband that she had to stand-for
women often take days 10 decide on hat,
and talk of love ut first sight with Il man
that they don't take five minutes to accept
and which often proves more trying to her
peace of mind than yellow and green
bonnet does to the complexion.
Good Plea for Woman's sufferage.
A fund of 500 had been subscribed by
private bencyolence to buy chairs for the
aged and iulrm paUper women NJ Rainsford
island. The chairs had been bought and
shipped to the island. but the commissioners
of public institutions refused to accept the
present, and would not let the old women
have the chairs. They remained on The
wharf for days until public Indignation oh
liged the commissioners to Yield. ! don't
know better plea for woman's suffrage
A Cosby Exchange of Viz vs. Among tho
Ladies for Themselves.
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