The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-16

and up 10 this time mad kept uiScfeetiy
out of the conversation
Perhaps 1 could" hopelessly sighed
the girl smiling through her tears. Let
me have your scissors and I'll begin
operation at once
With a few ships. of the scissors the
trimming was removed and also the lin
ing and the hat stood as naked and
bare as it came into the world
81 know a girl who cleaned her hat
beautifully last week with gasoline and
salt" said the sister becoming inter
etsed in the situation.
The maneuvers began.
According to directions the hat was
given a shower bath of gasoline with
quantities of salt, then hot water and
soap were used profusely, and a concoc-
ton of alcohol and shellac applied.
After this performance the sister who
is an artist got out her paint and began
to touch up the faded spots on the hat
and both girls stood aside to view the
effect
you couldn't tell it from a new hat
to save your life" said the artist 1.-The
straw looks better than 1t did when it
was bought. Now hand me the trim
ming and 1 will doctor it,
Hadn't you better press 1t first?" asked
the owner.
II hardly think it needs it, replied
the sister. "A little brushing and furnish
ing up of it will answer every purpose,
and the shape which is perfection itself
will be more so when the hot iron is ap-
piled to 1t and the few little defects
are removed"
Finally the hat was retrimmed. The rib
bon which had been taken apart was
made into fluffy bows. and the flowers
busted and retouched with the little dabs
of paint and were reinstated as nearly
as possible to the places they had occu-
! pied before.
''What will you do about that awful
hole in the back which your hatpins
have nader" asked the sister. pointing
to a yawning chasm.
Sew a button over 1t or make a ro-
rosette,' suggested the owner of the hat
"If We could get the right kind of but
ton--a big jet one, for instance-nobody
in the world could possibly tell 1t from
a hatpin.''
The next day the girl with the hat
turned up on the side proudly wore the
work of her hands, in the shape of a re-
morning card party.
She waited patiently for somebody to
say something about her hat.
II shan't mention 1t until somebody
says something to me about it." she said
to herself. Just let them discover it for
themselves"
But no remarks were Forthcoming.
either for or against the aforesaid
chapeau.
"She caught a glimpse of herself in a
mirror and she thought she looked I'M
usually well, and continued further to
soliloquize;
"They must have noticed my hat; they
couldn't help noticing it"'
And with this satisfaction she began 10
remove the hatpins preparatory to taking
1t off.
'They are Just Jealous and mean and
won't say anything about it, she de-
cided
Still no comment.
Finally she managed to say: 'T've been
wondering what you all think of my new
hat?"
female in the bunch, with the accent on
the really
well, it doesn't look quite the same"
said another, but ! couldn't see exact
ly what was the matter. That bow isn't
in the proper position, is 1t? Or maybe
1t is because you haven't got 1t on
straight"
ut has been cleaned, renovated, press
ell and retrimmed and am very proud OF
my handiwork''
but you didn't tie the bow in the
same loops as before" suggested an
other. However. for an amateur, |
think you made quite a credtabe job
OF It,"
When the party broke up the girl with
the hat turned upon the side asked the
hostess If she might use the phone. and
casual observer might have heard
something like this
bob, I can't go to lunch with you to-
day at the club. 7 didn't get my new
hat home, and l am on my way to the
millincrs new to see about It,"
That afternoon the same young woman
braved the lion in his den. and invested
in a brand new hat and walked into this
presence of her economical mother, de.
claring 1t was the greatest bargain imag-
Unable, marked down from $40 to $5..