The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-04
SHARING DAPHNE'S HAT,
The Little Girl Who Looked Like Fly
Under a Cabbage Leaf"

The Little Girl Who Looked Like a Fly
Under Cabbage Leaf"
"And what did Aunt Mary say to your
new hat?" asked Mamma Ferris. as she
united the strings of the manufacturing
felt hat, with its nodding plumes, which
almost hid the sweet little face be-
meath it.
''She said | looked like fly under a
cabbage leaf"
Mamma laughed merrily. The hat
was so very big and the face so very
little that the comparison did not seem
much out of the way. But Daphne was
she could look like fly nor how the
hat could look like a cabbage leaf
"What is little missile looking for?'
asked Thomas, the gardener, as he saw
her STOPPING among the cabbages.
There's nothing there good to eat
y don't want to eat EN-" said
Daphne, in great disgust. Il only want
to see d fly under cabbage leaf
Then Thomas laughed, and Daphne
wondered what there was SO funny
about it. Don't flies live under ca b.
bage leaves when they're at home?"
she asked.
Not as know of" replied Thomas,
with his eyes still twinkling. II guess
they're most at home botherin' people
in their houses and eatin' whatever
they can find. They don't trouble the
cabbages much
Then what made Aunt Mary say
that | looked like fly undera cabbage
leaf in my hate" asked Daphne, in great
surprise.
well, said Thomas as he tried hard
not to laugh again, "a fly is very little
you see, and the hat is pretty big, and
So
''Weu, don't like my hat. then"
said Daphne, very decidedly, land
wish it wasn't so big
''Lor, now" exclaimed Thomas, ''and
the lots o little girls there is that
hasn't got any hat at all"
The little fly under the cabbage
leaf wondered whether it wouldn't
really be better to have no hat at all
than to have one that was so very big.
But mamma declared that it was
very nice hat indeed. that il had cost a
great deal of money, and would keep
off the wind and cold; and the next
day, which was Sunday. Daphne I'M
willingly allowed herself to be tied
into what papa called her ''coal-scuttle,
and went to church. But all through
the service she fancied that people were
looking at her: and as they came out
from the porch, one lady said to an
other: Pretty little thing, but that
great hat makes her look top-heavv."
II think, said papa, smilingly. that
this little girl has hat and half; it is
really large enough for two.
The little girl frightened up again
at this remark: it fitted in so nicely
with what Thomas had said about some
little girls having no hat al all, and the
head under the big hat was doing a
great deal Of thinking. II she really
had hat and half. and one that was
big enough for two. 1t would be selfish
To keep il all To herself and she GER
tainly ought 70 share il with some other
little girl vino hadn't any hat. or only
a small one.
There was rather unpleasant-lool;-
ing child in the neighborhood named
Title Slade. who was generally u pr
seen swinging on a rickety gate. and
making faces at everyone Of whom she
was not afraid. She was dark. thin.
little parsonage. with 4 pcrked-up ex-
preston on her face. and with her
short dress and queer little bat with
shabby feather sticking IN in il. She
reminded Daphne OF the MONKEYS that
GO about with the hand-ores.s. But
then she was poor, and her mother
worked hard. and she had such . small
hat. when large ones were the fashion.
that altogether Daphne felt quite ten
der-hearted as she passed the gate on
Monday afternoon
Title was swinging as usual bat she
didn't make face; she was lost IN adj
miration % DapAue's hat NY said
She. ain't ne fash nable thoagh.
Don't you want 10 change hatsaF
The little girl with the bis IA. vas
rather startled by thjs question. uut
STE said. presently: I'm share : wien
you Z you Ike; M father says It's Big
enough for two,
Then quite q consultation ro0l1 psace.
which eaae. IN nap2ne's go.ag wien
her humble acqrBiafs nee - .he mil.
liners. with tbs reqacs; that sire would
make two hats oat Of The troublesome
large caf