The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-08-31
LOOKING AT HATS.
From the Kansas CIV star.

From the Kansas City Star
We're Just cooking
AS we entered the large rnillk7
merry department we gazed with in.enss
admiration at the ~bewIldering dipplay
OF hats, hats, hats; nothing but hatsl
The demure, little saleswoman APP
preached US, confident, smiling.
Something in a small black haiti
Yes, indeed, we have a lovely selection
Now here Is perfect little beauty. III
charming! The very latest shape,
positively the latest. See! ah! the
graceful curves, the-try 1t tilted a lit-
tie more to the front. So-there! My
dear, you have such beautiful eyes, and
this little hat really adds SO much to
the expression. No? You do o like
1t.
We'll, now here Is something else.
My dear, this Is exclusive. We have
but the one and-Oh! how perfectly
charming! See how it-Really, dear,
you have such pretty mouth, and this
increase the droop of the lips and Isl
so-and the material-Oh, you could
double the price we ask for It. So
becomingl So perfectl And at a spe-
cial price. 1t seems to have been made
especially for you
THE crown high! Why, what would
you have? That is the newest impor-
tation, and is
New here Is another little shape.
Try it. So-noW-look-ah! The very
thing! This is. indeed, what you have
been looking for. 1t is perfect. The
style is exquisite. Plain and elegant;
just.suited to you, my dear. It makes
your profile perfect. See now, from
the back. ah! charming! And all hand
made-the horse-hair braid, you see;
the latest thing, and the silk chiffon,
and the buckle--real Jet, my dear. Now
really 1t is the hat you should have,
you do not like It?
Well, let me see. oh, yes! I have
something back here YOU will like. It
Is half promised, but II you like 1t. 1t
shall be yours. There are two ladies
a perfect dream? Just a little more to
this side. 1t is far more becoming to
you h it was to either Of them. It
gives your face just the right f%ullness.
and from the back it-well, look for
yourself. Perfect, isn't IT.?
My dear, you should not neglect an
opportunity like this. The nobbiest
little hat in town. Just for today we
have 1t at a reduced price. 1t is appro-
pirate for street wear or dress occa-
sions. Black is very becoming to you.
Let me turn it just a little-so. Still
better. You could not get anything
more suitable or becoming. The ma
SitoA oSos NadLtJ oop 5ilAb Sllll4Su ny
hand; those silk violets are so dainty,
The shape Is all you could desire. 1t Is
so youthful, so becoming. You DON'T
Margaret was the victim Of all this
while | stood by, helpless, transflxed by
the fluency of that little lady's tongue,
Her every movement was quick, but
the movement Of her tongue was mir
aculous. I gasped and held with both
hands to the table. Margaret Quailed
beneath the volley Of words hurled at
her, and I don't know whatever we
would have done had not kind provi-
dence sent a floorwalker, requiring the
presence of the volatile lady In the rear
of the for q few moments.
When she returned Margaret a
gathered sufficient courage to say,
meekly and apolegetically that she did
MT believe she would get the hat today.
AS we walked out, still partly dazed,
we felt that the eyes of the world and
the finger of scorn were pursuing us.
and every hat we saw had a hooking
grin concealed within It's flowers.