The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-24
Why Ii?

woman who would wear a hat that
is exactly like another womans
hat. We haye travelled a good
deal. We have ridden on trains
north and south. We have travel
ed on ships and on steamboats,.
We have travelled all over the
United States and have travelled
over the greater part of the other
countries on the North American
continent. W. have, in our travels,
seen thousands Of American won
en-. We have seer thousands of
Mexican women. We have seen
thousands of Canadian women and
we have cen many women OF
other natioualities. We have seen
women who wore other head gear
than the hat and have seen women
who wore no head gear at all.
But, in all our travels we have
never yet seen two womens hats
hat we're exactly alike. Somehow
or other this thing has made an
impression upon us and whenever
We get on a train, or 60 into a
gathering of women, We turn our
eyes upon their hats in the vain
endeavor to find two hats that are
alike. We have not yet struck
them. We thought recently that
we had found them, but we hadn't.
We saw two beautiful girls, of
about sixteen, board a tain on
the Mobile and Ohio, who seemed,
at a casual glance, to be dressed
exactly alike. Every thing they
had on seemed to correspond.
They were twins and their fond
mother gratifed her pride and
loye of them in trying to adorn
them so as to enhance their beau
ty. They were exactly alike. They
were white lawn dresses elaborate
ly and extensively trimmed with
rich lace and insertions. The girls
were in full health, with rosy
cheeks and pearly teeth and m ouths
thatwere tinged with the pink Of
bespangled rose buds. Their eyes
were blue and their hair fell in
clusters of golden ringlets over
their snowy necks and shoulders.
We looked at them in silent ad
miration aud thought that we had
at last found two hats that were
exactly alike. These hats were
Of the buggy top style that is worn
now. They were short behind
and long before and stood out In
front like the air funnel on a
steam ship at full speed. They
were covered over with roses, arti-
fetal, of course Wegazed at them
and felt satisfied. VIZ had solved
the riddle
But, after the train had run
past several stations, these pretty
girls got 40 to leave it. AS they
passed down the aisle by us, we
were disappointed to e that the
hats we're not exactly alike. There
we're little pink bows on one and
blue bows on the other. We
thought that, perhaps, the dOtlng
mother had put the pink bow on
Hates hat and the blue on Maude's
in order to tell (Which is which,
The girls were so much alike that
they could only be told apart by
one who knew them we'll and the
hats were the same. The colors
of the tiny bows told which was
Maude and, at the same time, told
which was Kate's hat. So, we are
still in the dark. We only know
that women won't veal hats that
are like other womens hats. The
lovely and stylish pattern hats
our mrlliners bring On all come in
lots of one of a kind. With other
hats the frames may be alike but
in each case there is a twist or a
crook or a turn in the brim that il
not in any other. The material
may be the same but the trimmings,
the ribbons or the plumes, or
the flowers, or the fruit, or the
bird, must be different. They
Just won't wear hats that are like
other womens.
Now, we can't tell any more
about it. We are at a loss to ac-
count for it. Women will wear
other articles of apparel like
other women but the hat never d!
They will wear, shoes, and clock
stocking, and wraps and dresses,
diamondJ brooches and ruby set
rings, and gloves and almost any
other old thing-but the hat, new
err! SO, we will give it up and
quit. There is some occult psy-
chical power that controls women
in the hat business and We don't
know what it is. So, we will quit
and in conclusion, will tell our
aesthetic society sisters, that the
apostle ess of womans rights, Susan
B. Anthony, says that woman's
suffrage will never be conferred
until women quit wearing such