The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-24
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soon grow again.
Into ell this atmosphere ~ trade and
millinery and fetnininity strollcd one mero
man 10 study M three. He Jaw huge cnse-
full ~ bait. no Jaw slender, pretty anglers
he aaw all kinds ~ flsh. some ~ them
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swallowing tho nearest halt M soon az
possible, others were sly trout determined
10 nibble only until they found exactly the
bait they came for, still others, ana most Of
these were minnows, were frankly there TO
sniff gingcrly from one hook to another
without the slightest intention Of biting at
any Of them.
On the surface Il wasn't much like bar
gain day in Fourteenth street. All was
placid specifically, but occasionally one
got a glimpse OF the unlovely bargain thirst
hat lay beneath.
a middle aged woman took of her own
black hat and put IL one side while she tied
on a pink CONNECTION described by the sales
girl az really the very smartest thing for
ne wcomer ~shouldered her way through the
press, spicd the discarded hat and picked
it Up, u,o, +. ,,,s .hinn,- sns dsuo,dod
brusquely.
Pardon me, but that Ia my hat, . said
the middle aged woman sharply, putting
out a land TO clutch her property.
Indeed" retorted the other, retaining
her hold upon the object Of dispute. What's
your claim on itf'
Merely that l bought and paid for II last
week at So-and-So's,' was the deadly
sweet reply.
The aggressor released the hat grudg-
ingIy. ,, 81, uun
Anyhow, l don't think it would suit me.
though it is a pretty hat
she moved away, but as she went she
gave that unoffending hat such a look as
Antony must have worn when he remarked:
So arc they all, all honorable men.
A gray haired woman in Alice blue en-
tered the shop with a conqueror's stride.
Everything was hers as long as she re-
manned, or, at least, until just before she
de gPSs fsDeed from counter to counter,
picking up hat after hat and tossing them
back, one after the other, with the air Of
Russell Sage rejecting a counterfeit nickel:
Apparently there was on foot a deep laid
Conspiracy to defraud her. But her snap
ping black eyes and her air Of elf-suficienoy
proved beyond a doubt that she was in
formed of the plot and determined to frus-
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doubt who heard her say, her eyebrows up
raised in a fine frenzy of soorn:
NO, no, not at all! Bay no means. 1t
rally has no tone wottever.'
At last, with the air of one whose good
nature induces her to yield to the impor-
tunities of a naughty, foolish child, she con-
sented to try one on. She was a very sallow
woman and the hat was green, oh. very
green. Somehow, one suspected the young
salesperson.
AS the trouble maker, heaving a sigh Of
resignation, allowed her OWL hat to be
rem ved several objects fell to the floor
from beneath it. Three salesgirls scramble
~delightedly 10 collect them.
One of them rescued a powder rag, the
second replevined a pair Of nail scissors.
while the third picked up a-,yes..a tooth
brush. Gri ming broadly, they lined up
and presented them to their tormentor..
That person gave a Mortified gasp, seized
her property, slapped her hat back on her
about the nuisance of having no pockets,
fed the place.
The salesgirls chortled.
"That settles her. said one Of them.
Over these and similar activities there
presided a fat, short, bullet headed mar
with a large nose. The young ga lespersons
seemed much in awe OF him. He hustled
busily about, refereeing amiable little dis
agreements between clerks and customers
as to what was becoming to the latter and
occasionally withdrawing out Of earshot
to decide whether Mrs. D., Voroee's already
severely taxed account was capable Of
surviving another addition. His name
was on the sign above the door.
And-oh, yes--the mere male person
who has veraoiously chronicled these
things was asked to find out about mil
linery. Well, it seems to him that hats
are-well, hats are rather running to straw
this spring. 1t was rather a breezy day,
md hat uaaD the door and tha cIrh ha
also learned, quite involuntarily, that
tan hose are much worn at present.