Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-04-16
THE HAT IN
THE WINDOW


1t was a wonderful hat Such q
wonderful hat that Flimsy & Co.. who
owned 1t, gave it a whole show win
dow to itself-a whole window with
only a few of those distracting .ittie
lace caps some ladies' wear in tae
morning placed around to finish on
the picture. rather than to display
themselves. 1t was pink with a great
bow of pink ribbon on one side ald a
huge and bewitchingly curved brim
on all sides. And it was as fresh aud
as exquisitely tinted as if it were q
big ripe fruit on It's stem.
Even men passing by stopped to
look at it. Some OF them, too, prob.
ably framed a particular face beneath
the broad tilted brim, and passed on
with a smile Tor the bswitching vision.
but tHe passersby OF the other sex! II
was Tor them the picture was made
One very great LADY coming out of
the store on her way to her carriage
caught sight of it and went back. But
she didn't buy it, thank Heaven!
Imagine that dream OF pink young
loTenness shadOwing any such rouge.
iresheneo, powder-softened world.
hardened visage as that very great
lady's vIth its Keen hard eyes and its
Tim tisnt lips No madam, not all
/ the slnn OF the fairy-hngered Agnes
can give you the right to wear that
co!onet OF maidenhood. What a
grotesque iigur- you would cut if you
dlo! How | should love to see you
Try it. How discreetly | would smile
behind your back. how wittily
would draw Mrs. Soand-So's atten-
lion to you. But try 1t, madam; il
might shame you INTO visiting tue son
you have not seen since your second
marriage. That Wa ten years aso.
he Is al undergraduate now. Eut no,
yUd are too wise. "hIne, JGmga.
sioid, madam, before ,ou 90. let me
snow yea those lace caps. Come now,
nddaI1i lay ASIDE the hair wash .0r
Il season, let tlc gray at the roots
creep on and up; let Il feW OF tDose
On 80 badly r.~uau wrinkles pscp ou,
ana don one oil 1Eeee. the iinezt .I-cA.
Ill. Buc 40, yoL -a.u sOuo- Lo.-e! !
Iow dare yod cdJ auy place Ao.ul-
you wrstcL-d, EulnAieu, Wl4eneu ~
woman Nuat an air you A.g.
AHd iOr what reason? None a..
Sacred Apes Of LsnGres, some o.,
-aned you and you Lac. Wen nalhLu
thou Gloomy 1eutoA!
Al, but surely here comes the rIgat-
,ul owner. "flAId and sleplALs
,-at,' irCm that very neat electAc a.
-Ae curb. young -..ss .0wyer. 10 aLG
$50 years 'CuJ ia Ao.iety Snz. TOO.
.ooAs W al tnt WINDOW auu --MeIcI
,ui he4,eis--sne sisl5. WHAT! Is
t-sre anyt-4- on eaIt- 5 GU c4l .aye
Il YOU really want i.?
Down past t-e window they cone
-iowiy stepping \. IA LowEcast syes
lad amid aA tae spaade of six aul
Jroadciotn aLu silver aid so.d aaa
-tal4ped leather and waNGg feathers.
what contrast Is mGde 10y theil
o.ack robes ana noods and white AecA.
erchieIs.
Surely not for these two sisters OF
st. Mary's COuiG ths window have a
alessasai 40 sIa a4e lhey 10 the very
great lady or poor little Aiss Bowyer
Perhaps something they have ia com
mon with Mag ana Lou but the u -uers
never.
And yeti was the crowd that Gr5i
irew ner eyes drew them away non
the munotoAousiy regular black sul
sace OF the pavement whence they
should never wander. aud there above
The heads of the crowd shone out
the first radiance of the milliner's Ia
spiration.
When Sister Therese Sister
Therese was thirty years the senior
missed Sister Margaret from her SD
she found her two feet away starin.
at the window, 100 Il was a momeul
only, Che length OF line it takes TO 70
two feet.
Sister Margaret" The tone was
loud but insistent, and SO the touch
upon her arm.
Sister Margaret turned quickly
dushing furiously under the white and
black hood.
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