The sun., 1908-04-26
IT TIRES mrs. RUBBEREO.
THE WAY WOMEN SNOW OFF
THEIR NEW POSSESSIONS.
hut she Knows How to Treat People WhO
Can on Her TO Bras Of Their New Hats
and Motor boats and BungalOwS
such Visitor Retreats In Confusion.

but She Knows How 60 Treat People VINO
Can on Her 10 Bras Of Their New Hats
and Motor Boats and BungalOwS-
such Visitor Retreats In Confusion.
sHow pretty your hat is,' ecstatically eX-
claimed Mrs Rubberino 10 her visitor.
1Did you make It yourself, my dearl Oh,
no. OF course you didn't-what foolish
question:
Somehow, always get you confused
with Mrs, Nolugs-you know she was
milliner before she was married. And you
were manicure, were you not. darling
or was It a typewriter No' There go
again-I do make such hideous mistatesl
| think my memory must be failing.
But. my your hat Is 80 pretty OF
course-well, perhaps those green bows at
the side are trihe trying green, Ithink, is
q somewhat difficult color for women whose
compilations are inclined to be-er-wel. a
bit darkish and olive, you know, my dear
although am sure you look quite we'll.
barring a little Enthusiastically, don't you
think you walk down town leetle too
muchY-but. STILL the green isn't the pre-
dominant color, and 80 the effect isn't 30
bad as it might b9.
'Now, don't think am picking you TO
pieces, my dear. but. looking second time,
It seems to me that your hat is just teenchy
little bit too large for your face. You see.
you are nothing like so stout as you used to
be-naughty, naughty, you really ought to
be made to go to bed earlier instead Of stay
L. oil nH ha tWhN i
think-pull-ease don't think l am criticislng
you, my dear-that your face really Is
trhe-well, won't say drawn, but just
thin-for such a large hat. and maybe u
you'd curl the brim little bit more-well,
anyhow. it's quite pretty hat
Queer how styles come back, isn't II?
Now, they were wearing hats just like
that about ten years ago, and here you
have one on your head nowl It's the only
one I've seen in ten years too, II certainly
is odd how styles do come back
Mercy on US, my dear, where is your
emerald ringI Having it oleaned1 Well.
well. am glad TO hear that. 1t gave me
quite a turn 10 miss it. You take your
rings TO the jeweller to have them cleaned.
then2 Isn't that rather unusual1 ] sup
pose | am terribly old fashioned, but l
always clean mine with a, little diluted
ammonia, you know.
'0h, by the way. speaking Of emeralds.
have you been reading lately, my dear.
that there really are very few genuine
emeralds? | read an article the other
day, written bySa gem expert, in which
he said that nineteen out Of twenty Of the
emeralds we see nowadays are really bogus.
These smart people are always saying
such disquieting things, brent they' But
| wouldn't care one bit, my dear, because
your green stone is awfully pretty, and4
guess it's just as likely 10 be an emerald
as not don't you think
But, talking about jewelry, you'd die
laughing at that Aighty-I hope she's no
worse than ighty. | do indeed-Mrs.
Gitbye in the apartment on this floor across
the court That woman positively prides
herself on being in hook nearly all the time.
That's what She calls it-being In hook;
did you ever hear of anything so hope
lessly vulgar
"She has several quite pretty rings and
a nice brooch, and suppose she has them
to wear just about two weeks all told,
in the year, The rest Of tle time tbey are
all in the pavnshop. 70 t' tStS .--
'she says 30 herself. my dear. Tells
everybody just as bold as brass about II.
Tries to put funny twist on t. She 40
tually seems to think that tie something
to laugh about. Did you ever hear Of
anything 30 brazen, 30 ridioulously COM
mon, in all your born days, my desr7
Only yesterday she came swishiug in
here with oh! the noisiest spring outfit
/ ever saw In my life-everythipg to match,
dress. hat shoes and gloves; the moF
frightiully actressy looking lot OF stun
from her head TO her feet that you can,
imagine. And she was smiling ell over
her face.
Well, don't look like the candyP
she asked me in that horrid soubretty way
Of hers as she swished and turned around
to give me n view Of her. I was
bound 10 have one decent set Of rags II
never got another she went on, grinning