Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-20
EXPERT ON MILLINERY


domain of strict truthfulness:
A couple of weeks ago a singularly domi-
neering little woman, who. a few years
back, married pretty well and removed to-
New York with her husband, a business
man, came on to Washington to visit her
people. Greatly overdressed, and naughty
to the point of imperiousness, she swept
into street millinery establishment
one afternoon last week.
''Turbans,' she said, choppily. to the
pleasant-faced young milliner who came
forward.
us there any particular style of turban
miliiner. courteousy.
Il shall look at them all, if you please,
and quick1y.' snapped the overdressed lit
tie temaIe person.
The miiliner took down several trimmed
turoans ana began to show them to the
dainIully at them.
Il want something real handsome she
Safd, alrlly. Il am going to visit the
Havermeyers nsSt Sweek, and the Haver-
meyers hats are gorgeous. These are all
tacky!'
'Tney are most of them the latest pattern
turbans-Parls models" replied the mi,hner.
Sraclously. Now, here is one that we have
copied quite frequently of late
Paris, nothing'' replied the overbearing
llttie person with the demi-train land the
SopSihuies VI SNOWY TllSS. lHeS louh
ike common backwoods Things! Are they
the best you can Show?" and she shifted
most contemptuously.
The miiliner, with the pleasant counten-
ance, was very patient Most milinerS are
patient. They have to be in their business.
The young woman took down more turbans
and showed them to her snappy customer.
Inc oVerdressed little thing picked up one
OF them and tried it on. She didn't like
the way 1t was trimmed, and she stood be-
lore lore the glass and jabbed and poked and
kneaded 1t, and wadded it into misera BILE
sort of knot before she took it off her
skinny blondined locks and threw it on
the counter dsdainfully.
1T Is horrid"' she snapped. my! who
ever saw such Old-faShioned back-number
Millinery
She tried another of the turbans on. 1t
was rather swagger turban of slate-col-
ored VelVet, with white breast on the
le1t-hand side. 1t really looked well on the
exalted little person, but she tugged at it
ana yanked 1t around and twisted the
"hite breast In many different directions,
and pounded on the rim of the turban and
made it look as if it had been worn by
lady on transcontinental trip before she
pulled it off of her head and threw it down
country! she snapped. perfectly coun-
try: II anybodyd show a thing like that
in Moo Yawk-huh.-the ladies' laugh at
them, SO they wouldI'
She tried on turban after turban, only to
cast one after the other down with vltu-
peration and scorn.
r ancy one visiting the Havermeyers with
thing like that on her headr' she excialm-
ca, "renchlng one of the turbans from her
ioolish little head with a peculiarly petu-
liant, almost vicious, movement.
e are generally supposed to sell quite
good millinery here said the pleasant
faced mllliner, at length.
ION. you are,' sneered the inperious ut1,e
customer Huh! as if | didn't know good
millinery when l see itr'
ell, really replied the miltner in an
olhand' matter-of-fact tone, you ought to
Know good millinery. you know
ought to? Hows that?' inquired the
domineerlng little customer looking up
Sharply at the milliner
Well replied the milliner. looking the
customer square in the eye you trimmed
mats IN IS place on 18th street such a
long time that of course you ought to know
eood millinery when you saw it, don't you
think?'
The flushed face of the domineering little
mouth to say something, but no words came
10 her. She could only gasp. She knew
lhat she mad been corraIled, and that what
the mlIl.ner had said was true She STOOD
gazing Wlckediy at the milliner ineffectual-
~ moving her lips. when a hat-trimmer
from the work room In the back OF the es-
tapllshment entered the sales room to get
something out of the stock. She suddenly
caught sight of the overdressed and over
bearing little person.
Why, hay-o. Name said the battr,r
mer. advancing ana
But the arrogant little customer who was
going to visit the Havermeyers' gave her
former work room companion a freezInp
Stare ana sWiShed out, followed by the n &
tlHcliy audible filters of all of the ynyno
"oiileil tfnpiOyeS OF the establishment