The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1900-11-03
CHE TORE THE HAT.
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The third time Il was sent bacI
home and was still too small she be-
gan to feel discouraged. A tight ha
is even more uncomfortable than tigh,
boots and too many headaches were
already due to this mistaken MILL
merry purchase. When she had frsj
put the thing on che had realized Il
was too small, but ths mtliiner, lad
OF course, told her 1t was because
she was suffering from swelled head
or that she wore her hair the wrons
way, Or anything but that thers
could be something the matter with
the hat The woman infested on ex.
pansSon, however, 50 the hat, accord.
ing to the miillner, was duly expand.
Cd. The woman wore It once, to re-.
tire with such headache % she had
never known before. II there 10 more
exquisite torture than q heavy hat
pressing upon the head In the wrong
spot It was known only 10 the Spanish
inSnisition. The woman went to tai
malliner and insisted upon further ex'
Hansion, and then, as the headache ex'
DeEience was repeated, she went q
third tire. Each time no change in
the hat beyond a slight alteration in
the trimming was noticeable, and
when the third attempt was followed
by q third headache the woman Just
cot down and wrote the milliner o note
saying 1t was no use-the hat must be
made yet larger at any cost and what,
ever the trouble. A few days latel
the hat came back. Such q looking
piece OF millinery as 1t was. There
may or may not have been some spite
about It. but every vestlge of beauty
and smoothnsss had been removed
while the sole attempt toward recti.
tying the real wrong was kind Of bay
window In black velvet built out under
the brim over the face, and adding to
both the weight and the warmth OF
the article. Being VIGOROUSLY amiable
in disposition the woman viewed the
wreck Of her once pretty but never
comfortable hat philosophically. She
even put It on and wore 1t. She re-
turned home, every nerve In her head
throbbing and temper to match. II
only needed a glance at the glass to
remind her how utterly without style
and unbecoming the thing was. The
woman tok that hat and tore 1t up
thoroughly. completely. She broke a
hngernail doing 1t, but no puppy with
his teeth could have accomplished
more in 30 short q space Of time. Then
she had good cry, felt better, went
downtown, and ordered another hat.
at another milliner's. The next day
she gathered together every scattered
thread Of the one-time hat, and
carefully tissue-papering and box
ing them, rang for q messenger boy
and sent the whole or TO the milliner.
Yes. it's paid" she said, in rscounting
the experience to another woman. "Of
course, I can't afford to 60 of on such
an expensive tear az that very often,
but once in a while it does you a lot
Of good" The remarkable thing was
that the other woman, who Is all that
Is lanb-llke, was not a bit shocked,
as you might have expected. DO you
know" she said, thoughtfully, rive
often wanted to tear things up that
way, but I never quite had the courage.
Now that you've confessed what
you've done I mean to try 1t for my
self some time. 90 ] do."-New York
Sun.