The sun., 1901-02-15
EXPERT ON MILLINERY.
She Was DOmineering Until Rccog-
nized by Her Former Work.
room Associate.

Here is one that belongs to tho 7
eminent domain of strict truthful
ness:
couple of weeks ago a singularly
domineering little woman, who, few
years back, married pretty well and .
removed to New York with her hus- ,
band, business man, came on to
Washington to visit her people. ,
Greatly overdressed,i and naughty to
the point of imperiousness, she swept
into an street millinery establish
ment one afternoon lately, says the
Washington Star.
"Turbans," she said, choppily, to
the pleasant-faced young milliner
who came forward.
rs there any particular style of
| turban that you would like to see?"
inquired the milliner, courteously.
II shall look at them all, il you
please, and quickly" snapped the
overdressed little female person.
The milliner took down several
trimmed turbans and began to show |
them 10 the sharp-tongued customer,
who glanced disdainfully at them.
81 want something real handsome"
she said, airily. II am going to visit
the Havermeyers next week, and the
. Havermeyers' hats are gorgeous.
, These are all tacky!"
"rhey are most Of them the latest
r pattern turbans-Paris models" re-
} piled the milliner graciously. Nov,
! here is one that we have copied quite
! frequently of late"
r paris, nothing!" replied the over
. bearing little person with the demi-
I train and the superfluity of SNOWY
) rings. "They look like common back
d woods things! Are they the best you
t can show?" and she shifted most con-
d temptuously.
y The milliner with the pleasant
i countenance was very patient. Most
Il milliners are patient. They have to
a be in their business. The young
q woman took down more turbans and
% showed them to her snappy customer.
n The overdressed little thing picked
ID up one of them and tried it on. She
n didn't like the way it was trimmed
n and she stood before the glass and
re iabbed and poked and kneaded it
n and wadded it into miserable sort
IL of knot before she took 1t off hei
as skimpy, blondined locks and threw i
IN on the counter disdainfully.
"It is horrid!" she snapped. my
nj who ever saw such old-fashioned
to back-number millinery"
nd She tried another Of the turban
ISL on. 1t was rather swagger tur
U; ran of slate-colored velvet, with
OF white breast on the left-hand side
NJ It really looked we'll on the exalte
'Id little person, But she tugged at
nd yanked it around and twisted tn
white breast in many different d
rections, and pounded on the rim {
the turban, and made it look as il
NJ had been worn by lady on a tran
continental trip before she pulled
off of her head and threw it down.
"Country!" she snapped. "Perfec
at ly country! If anybody'd show
en-. thing like that in Moo Yawk-huh! !!
lib the ladies'd laugh at them, SO th'
co would"
in She tried on turban after turba
iaL only to cast one after the other doy
can "Fancy one visiting the Haverme
the ers with thing like that ON h
Sig. head!" she exclaimed, wrenching o.
,er of the turbans from her foolish i
axe tie head with peculiarly petulaI
ing almost vicious, movement.
"We are generally supposed to s.
,ers quite good millinery here" said t
t is pleasant-faced milliner, at length.
nts "Oh, you are!" sneered the impe
the Gus little customer. Huh! as If
18th didn't know good millinery when
the see It'll"
1ltN "Well, really" replied the millin'
ram in an offhand, matter-of-fact to1
han "you ought to know good millinei
re you know"
:, OF "Ought to? How's that?" inquir
rand the domineering little customer, loe
ol ing mp sharply at the milliner.
his "Well," replied the milliner, loolli
~ the customer square in the eye, ~
axe trimmed hats in IS place
pe- Seventh street such long time I'll
'ois' of course you ought to know 60
"" millinery when you saw it, don't y
i''' think?"
lon- ~, Az ao,,;noo,;
. The flushed face or the domlneefl
IN, little customer was picture.
,,i1 opened her mouth to say somethii
', but no words came to her. She COZ
- only gasp. She knew that she h
~ been corralled, and that what
' milliner had said was true. She ste
;, ~ gazing wickedly at the milliner,
nxn :" effectuallJ moving her lips, when
,;ld- hat-trimmtr from the workroom
non. the back oS the establishment enter
bis the salesroom to get something
,har Of the stock. She suddenly caus
I'M sight of lthe overdressed and ov
mid bearing little person.
,wn, "Why, Ihay-o, Mame!" said the h
levi trimmer advancing.
you But the, arrogant little custor
who was "going to visit the Ha'
meyers" gave her former workro
companion al freezing stare
ENG swished out, followed by the distir
anne " audible titterss of all of the yo,
laue women EMPLOYEES of the establ1