The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-02

that firt winter, and last winter I had
a panne velvet shape that bettered the
first on style and had a milliner trans
fer the feather buckles and chiffon to it.
/ used it for my dressiest hat, and-why,
of course, there were others, you stupid
mani have just had the chiffon and
feather put on this pancake straw, and
l think l have a very hobby travelling
hat, don't you? The chiffon, being mill
tary blue, will stand still another trans
fer, L reckon"
The man who saws wood fell to think
ing. Here was a girl of girls, full of
expedients and quite frank to confess,
without false pride, her method of saving.
A girl to admire, girl to marry
May 1 ask what the original cost of
that hat WASP" he asked INDUCING an
investigating propensity usual in his
business life.
Certainly. The importation cost S25."
Pretty steep, wasn't it?'' thought the
man audibly. Still, it has served you
three seasons"
Yes, mamma always trained mo to
buy good material; she says there is a
saving in such. And the second year the
hat only cost, to renovate, twelve and a
half"
Twelve and a half what?" gasped the
man.
vet is so expensive. But there 1 had that
lovely plume and the chiffon and French
paste buckles that would have been vast
ed otherwise. The original shape had gone
out of vogue"
And this summers hat, the furnish
ings being already in hand"
THE straw cost only So; one of the
rough kind, you see, but of stanch quail
ity. The chiffon has been used in folds.
NJ he &. Iii 8 i
ed from it's rich blue. But the buckle
is all right, the hat practically new and
the straw and trimming have brought the
confection to only Sc. Isn't it wonderful?"
The man who saws wood fell to think
calculator. Twenty-Five, twelve and a
half. six-the total was plain as day,
$3.50.
81 should think you could have bought
at least five brand new hats for thatr
he said, bluntly. "Is there or not mil
liners trust"
"I did have five brand-new hats be-
side" she said, but I thought you only
wanted to hear of my economies
They occupied two $3.50 ceats at the
| opera-those two women did, says the
Chicago Tribune.
They wore high and costly hats on their
heads and an aspect of grim determina-
For the young woman in a $3.50 seat be-
hind them had said:
'T beg your pardon, but will you please
| remove your hats?"
And each had answered:
mo, l will not"
| When the first scene was over she asked
them again, and again they answered,
| mo"
Then she went to the head usher and
made complaint.
YES" he caid. 'it is hardship mad
am, but hesitate to ask them to take off
their hats, for 1 know them. and know
they would refuse, and If should under
take to compel them there would be a
| scene. But l can do better for you than
that. There is a vacant seat directly in
front of them. Go and take that and
will Sc that you are not disturbed"
She took it.
| With her face wreathed in smiles she
turned to them and said:
| Keep your hats on, ladies, II you
choose. You will not incommode me in
! the least"
Then she put on her own hat, a close
| imitation of a Gainsborough in its de-
| sign, makeup and general scope, and sat
serenely with it ON her head through all
the rest of the performance.
For she was only human, and the prov