The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30

white and 1t had never looked so insig-~
nificant. Was that hat very large? Was
1t very pointed. Was It enormous? After
declining to answer these questions even
10 herself, she brought consolation to her
own soul by thinking that she wa. not
used 10 hat like that. and she deter
mined TO try IL on her friends-that IS. To
see what their opinion would be Her
most intimate friend was delieiously
vague, and said that she never saw
handsomer materials Her best young
man was inclined 10 be a little hrusque
looked at Il. looked at her. and then IN
ouired. DO YOU call that a hat? | call 1t
hearse. and you look like small corpse
under it." Then she cried, and he went
away wishing that he hadn't said any
thing, and, TO make her feel better. sent
her ten pounds of candy and q big bunch
OF violets. But, alas! for Dolly. She has
spent more money than she could afford.
She possesses a hat that she will not
wear. and at present she is ripping IL 10
pieces and making small honnets ont or
i. There IT. a neral in this tale. which
Is. when you so in for p hat. hewaae OF
the picturesque" Even when you are not
saving money you VIII ind that ii Is bet
ter IN the long run To look Ike other wo
men than To have on your head "A start
ling symphony ia feathers and felt. No
man except an artist likes "a very big hat.
and he only likes il because IT helps 10
decorate his studio when he gives an AZ
terneon tea. Consequently he is purely
selfish in his approval OF it.
The chatelaine has got TO be a matter
OF great Importance. and the girl who
does not possess one with anywhere from
80 Ia $50 silver and gold things dangling
on IL feels that she Is entirely out of the
swim. | had to laugh the ether day when
/ heard man say she is such a nice
woman. because she always has such a
lot OF pins about her" IL seemed Curl
Gus sort of approval and yet II anybody
VIII remember how often n pin il longed
fer and how hard 1t Is 10 get when hooks
and eyes and buttons that do button are
to the fore, somebody who has plenty Of
pins may be a godsend 10 a nervous wo-
man who has torn her frock. or Ia the
swell who needs 10 pin his scarf az the
side. or who has had an accident with his
coat. The pins. of course. arc carried ia
a little silver plncGshIon dangling from
the chateiaInc. The preferred chatelaine
Is shaped after the outline of deviltsh.
the various legs forming the points from
which the useful and ornamental adjunets
hang, and then other adjuHcts can hang
from their chains To start with, there
Is always a pair OF tiny scissors, sharp
enough To clip the stem Of flower. but
NOT 10 cut love: then there are little
hand glass concealed IN a Cat silver ease.
a siuaigrsiie in the form Of "a scorpion.
a set Of tablets. piucushioa, = lot OF
memory bells, some coed luck coins, "a
many pencils "a can be acCemmoda tel.
various little hooks a hex 20 held sweets
ara all the rest 0f the convenient ard
conventional trumpeTy.
Apropros Of tablets, ! heard funny
story the other day. II is a well known
fact thar during the hnAtay shopping the
average weman becomes fftEhgfullv
nervous. Consequently she polite fi9er-
walker il quite atscasf aEsae3 - speaking
20 women who ere 81 tears aal nine
times out es ten can guess the reason az
their sr4as A specially ctya chap saw
Handsomely gogeued. refined looking We
man crying bitterly. he asked II she were
III ard II rs should set her q glass ~
watfr. No. nothing was the u1stfer with
h~r - far as 8llnoSs Was concerned. Had
sht. }cst her purse 4 was safe 81 ths
sharfsiug has. Had she last her waYc
NJ. shs HFed i'm tsa cigy Aad kaew her
way about tossp. Hal bag frisuas or ghl-
s~eu wandered from herr No. she bad
eoae uut alone.
A, lasl suddenly iaspirea be- asked.
'.asve yau }ost yeur megssvsu.lslfa
}saek ~' she locked up in h,> fsre and
ss5.-ssres3 NE I've Eei az, S.t / csut
make sut whas ene wcr8 ~ 3t means
Ans eventually she cried SO .oug asd 50
hAri that sire had AN attack as hysscFia.
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