The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-02-14
Esptrt ON millinery.

A couple OF weeks sgo q sing gulatl,
domineeiips little woman. who q lev
years back. msrried pretty we'll and n
moved TO New York With her husband
business man. came oD TO Washington
to visii her people. Greatly overdressei
and hsusbty to the point OF hyperion,
ness, she swept into an + street mill
merry establishment one afternoon lately
says the Washington Star,
Tu'bsus. shs said, choppily, to ih,
pleasant faced young milliper who oam,
forward
Ia there any particular style OF turbsn'
that yon would like to see2 inquired the
milliner courteousIy.
l shall look at them oil II you plssse
and quickly snapped the overdressed
little female person.
The mlIlIner took down several trim med
turbsns and began TO show them 10 the
shsrp-ioDgu customer, who glanced
disdsiniully at them,
l want something real handsome. she
said airily. lam going to visit the Hsver
meyers next week: and the Hevermey ers
bats sre gorgeous. These are sll tackyl
They are most OF them the istest pat
tern turbans Paris models. replied the
mil iner grsciously, Now. here is one
that We 90. led quits frequently OF late.
Paris, nothiael replied the overbssriue g
little person with the dem ..raip, and the
supeifaity Of showy rings. They LOOK
like common back woods thingsI Are
they the best You can show' and she
sulfied most contemptuously.
The miIliner with the plea 'ant connte
nance was very patient. They have to
be in their business. The young woman
took down more turbans aud showed them
to her spsppy customer The overdress
ed little thing picked up one Of ,hsm and
tried 1t on. She didn't like the way II
was trimmed, and she stood bsfore the
glass and jsbbed and poked and knea ded
il, and wadded ii into @ miserable sort OF
q knot before che took II Of her skimpy.
blondlnsd locks and threw 1t on the count
er disdsinfully.
1t is horridl she snapped. Myi who
ever cav such old-isshioned, bsck-num
bered milineryl
She tried another Of the tnrbsns on, II
was rather . swsgser tnrbsn OF slste-color
ed velvet. with . white breast on the left
hand side, II really looked we'll on the
exalted liltls person, but she tugged at /.
and ysnkei it around and twisted the
white brest 10 many different directions,
and pounded on the rim OF the turbap,
and made II look IS il it hsd been worn
by lady on . rsns-continentsl trip be
fore she pulled it of OF her head and
threw ii down.
Couutrvl she snapped. Perfectly ooun
tryl II snybody'd show . thing like ths'
10 Moo Y.wk huh the lsdies'd laugh
ut them, so they would.
She tried on turbsn after turbsp, only
10 cast one after smother down with
and scorn.
Fancy one visiting the Hsvermsyers
with . thing like that on her head she
exclaimed. wrenchipg one OF the tnrbsns
from her foolish little head with . pecu
isrly petulant, almost vicious, move
ment,
We are generally supposed TO sell quite
god millinery here. said the pleasant
'aced milliner at length.
Oh, yoo are, sueered the imperious lii
10 customer. Hull Is II didn't know
,ood millinery; ycu know.
Well, really. replied the milliner, in
10 ofihsnd, mslier-of-isct tone. you ought
o know good millinery, you know.
Ought to2 How's thsti inquired the
iominseriog little customer, looking up
Ibsrpiy st the milliner.
Well. replied the milliner. l5oking the
customer ,q1sre ln the eye, you trim
ned bats In ---'s place on Seventh
treet eooh 9 long tirae thst oil course
'ou ought TO koow good millinery when
90 see II. don't you think7
The Aasbsd fac, Of the domineeripg Gus
omer was 9 li,iars. She opened bsr
mouth TO ssy 'ons,biog bu. 90 words
,sme 10 ber. Sse couli oniy gssp. She
.new thst sho hu5 been corrsiled, spd 1
bs, what the milliosr ssid vas true. 6be
stcod etz'ne siekedlY at the uiliir,r. 10
IsctusiIy moving her lips. wien . bat
rimmer fror the woikroom 10 the bsek
j. the esisbli hmspt catered ,he sales
oon to esi fos sibicy out tf ibs t,ock.
So totdsrig e.pgbs sigbi Of tie over
Iltsssd sbd csri bssfing little psrson.
wty. By 3. MsGsl ssid tbe bat trim
str sdvotelps
Bas tie sirassgt llltie fastener who
sss soicg 10 Wei. tbs HaysrmeYen gave
Ier former woitroom c9mpsnior . freer
~ stare AID ssisssd on,. foiiowsd by
he distinctly audible ti.,es Of slI the
eong ~omes enplo es Of the establish
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