Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-26
* Gossip for the Ladies. x

contrary, aud | am ashamed to confess
that that page of my copy OF Longfel-
1 low tfanslations is pretty well thumbed.
But upon this day / could read it with
7 the most unbiushiRg Scorn, and the alb
S9iuse conviction that neither Juan nor
Mr.. Longfeilow Were qualified to write
upon the subject.
On. yes. ! know what You are going
70 say We are genuine goods ut least,
| nope, + isn't the quality. my dear
/ BOY. bat the quantity-the distressingly
small quantity that quarrel over.
Nothing il this world is made for ns.
l set OUT this morning TO buy u new
nat. Now Ill warrant there isn't a hat
displayed IN shop window in this town
that Wouidn set me going up the street
Ike perambuiaIing windmill They
! were every one of them made on model
that teeks not OF the existence of tiny,
small-faeed women. LaborinS under the
insane delusion that my kind had been
PROVIDED Tor in more private places, pre-
scented myself before 4 -bartering
femaie- and made known my wants.
little hat for street wear. ready
trimmed. All! yes. Here is exactly what
| you desf she said. Something was
CAPPED 'p pa my unoffending head and
was led to study the fascinating
eHect IN lle mirror. | give you her word
Tor 1t that II was charmingiy becoming
| nave no idea myself. | was So swal-
IoWed up Ia the astonishing affair that
c9uid not discover the mirror.
made it clear to her that | did not
| seek retirement from the world. All l
wanted was little hat to make my pres
ehce on the street possible, not hazard
Words have not been invented to de-
scribe the succession of millinery contri-
Sances adjoining my head for the next
nan houf, l do assure you they were
simple, stylish, neat, chic, stunning Il
| quote the mountaineering l
wanted III name. ! was literally out of
sight IN them. Brims epread out for
yards on every side of me. Wings ran
on to the right and left of me. Pea
cock feathers meandered down my back
The feeting glimpses / had in the glass
OF ny miserable little countenance peer
lng out from those gigantic hats will
haunt NE till | die.
'T'hey look very well on you, indeed.
madame. They're the smallest hats of
the year, and If you don't like them I'm
afraid we can't suit you in ready-to-
wear hat. That was usually the end of
every trial. l gave it up after visiting a
! dozen shops. | despair of a ready-to-
wear hat until female giantesses 80 out
/ OF eXsstence-Or out of fashion, which is
much the same thing.
| A frantic search for walking skirt
/ was about as encouraging. '21-36! They
really had nothing of that size. And
the tone indicated that my diminutive-
/ ness is deformity. One might really
| suppose there is not another woman in
/ Philadelphia who requires a 21-ineh waist
/ band and 36-inch length for walking
! skirt. The saleswomen were amazed To
! learn of my existence
| Well there, may heaven deliver even
& little woman from Immature! But
| what would You have? | have spent
the liyelong morning i'll n hunt for those
two articles, and / have got nothing but
twelve stanzas which | assure you shall
sing Of something else than the delights
of little women. Philadelphia Bulletin.