The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-17
Pret1y Woma1 7akes Husband UlIh
 Her To Bny Haf-JuSt Once
Amusing Scenes In Mners Shop-Womans Idea of Becom ingness Entirely Different From Man Diplomacy
 of Successful Saleswoman
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE.

on the ladys head another chapeau. Quilted ribbon surrounded the very tall crown, and huge wings with enormous jet hatpins finished the creation.
 This is very smart" began the sales woman. Tt Is our own importation, and no other establishment has ever had any thing half so chic"
 'It is perfectly sweet" said madame admiringly as she adjusted it to her much bepuffed coiffure.
 Another explosion proceeded from the direction of monsieur, which caused madame to say:
 What is the matter, dear?" with the accent on the "is?'
 That thing looks exactly like a pud- ding mold my grandmother used to own. She made charlotte ruse in it, and l have watched her many a time fill it with whipped cream"
 Well, you will concede that the wings are pretty won't you?' she inquired.
 '"rhey are all right if they were only going in the same direction that you are. It looks like some flew east and some flew west, and some flew over the cuckoos nest To see you going directly east and your feathers apparently going directly west is, to say the least of 1t, little puzzling."
 Take 1t off," said madame. ''There would never be any peace in my house. hold, if I thought that-I feel sure'
 The saleswoman gave monsieur a look which -intimated if she could have her way all the men in the world would have long since met their doom. But with the courtesy of her profession, when he glanced up, she was smiling sweetly and and, saying:
 tI,t sieur would approve of this little chapeau."
 And she held up a black bonnet, very demure and really a most stunning model which she ruthlessly dashed ovsr madame's brow at the same saucy angle of the others, and said:
 Now, how is that?" turning first to madame and then to monsieur
 Gurgles of laughter proceeded from monsieurs direction, and once more he said:
 You women don't know how ridiculous you look in those things. There is ab- solutely no sense of proportion to your hats these days. Now, of course. I know you are under that hat because 1 saw you go under it. But suppose 1 hadn't seen you and should meet you on the street Before l spoke I would have to peer under that lid, and if 1t shouldn't happen to be you, and should be some one else, the lady would have perfect right to be very angry and consider me extremely impudent. And if one of your women friends should catch me doing such a thing they would no doubt go immediately and tell you I was trying to flirt with some lady, and-there's pretty howdy- do."
 'Take 1t off," said madame as she Jumped up from the mirror. where she had been seated for at least an hour 1T will come back tomorrow" she said apologetically to the saleswonan.
 And as they exited 1 emerged from my place of audience and the clever sales woman said
 Didn't I tell you SO? You see they are very much married"
 'Of course you did," replied. But I can say told you so, too, for he was not led like a lamb to the slaughter, but in my opinion came of his own free will and accord. Of one thing l feel quite con vinced, and that is he will never come again because I think this time finished him. In fact, I don't imagine they have been married very long, or else he would never have ventured even this experi- ence."
 He never would have been married at all If I had been the woman he loved" !" replied the saleswoman. Just imagine a man having nothing more to do than to go shopping with his wife, and partic- ularly for hats. Now, I could have sold any one of those creations to madame, if 1t hadn't been for him Cthis with a sneer). I agree with you that he is the kind that won't let her buy a garment without his approval, and she, poor thing, to maintain peace, must submit to his whims. I suppose they will go to some little tacky shop and he will make her buy an old-fashioned sailor with a bunch of pink roses on the side, and the poor dear, to please him. will have to do 1t. When, just look at the lovely things we have here! Everybody in town says we have the smartest models of the sea- son."
 And, as I said I thought it was a cor rect opinion, left.