Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-10

has been kept to the demands Of beautg a.
well as 20 that o. utility.
Between tha rows - hats. stepping
lightly as catH walk the honor liFt. who
are admitted into the house By twos and
ihrees permitted a few moments Tor So
lection. then with their sprinE bonnets
tightly clasped to their throbhinE breasts
ere shooed out while the next In lire are
admitted.
We recognize there Annie Blandenu. who
has an awful moment when she discovers
that the banana she has selected trimmed
with a pink wreath and blue strsamers. is
not quite so high in the crown or vide IN
the brim az the dars blue ana brown mixed
straw with iis bunch Of scarlet poppies
right az the cunning little place where IL
turns up. fops over and is fastened down.
Annie puts the matter up 20 the third
vice president Of the society. G. W. de
Lyon Nichols who helped the ladies' trim
The. no. helped them arrange. select and
distribute everything tn fact but trim and
he. with masculine psrtinacity. perplezes
Annie still more hy telling her that II she
could find a Tam o. Shantcr % would be
more serViceablp and in better taste.
Tam % shanter for a spring hat did any
one ever hear such nonsense, Annie looks
az him with reproach in her eye To that
moment he had occupied the PEDESTAL that
a teacher occupies TO a pupil: from thar
time she begins to doubt man omniscience
Annie scizcs the panama Of early seiec-
tion. casts a longing glance az tho brown
and blue straw mixed and disappears. de-
touring around Mr Memoirs ample form
and eyeglasses as II she feared that In
spite Of her screams she would be forced
20 the humiliation OF walking down Baxter
street ana I'd Norfolk in a hated Tam.
Later on Annie in the areawav. surrounded
by three nurse maids and perambulatcrs.
four policemen. six STRAY cats and follr
crap shooters who have discovered that
something is doin wraps up her hat In
a newspaper. pins IL with two safetics. ties
it with a bit OF cord loaned by a police
man and makes tracks for the East SIDE
with a triumphant escort
Josephine Perez. who Is in deep mourn
ing. tiptoes from the red straw and its
ribbon bows OF cerise. which looks as If
It might be very becoming 10 her brunette
complexion and big. dark eyes to the pale
green with it's gsrniture OF floating glasses
in which are imbedded here and there
apple blossoms. she is asked by one Of the .
ladies' in charge II perhaps a mauve OF
black and white, or even a pure white
would not-er-be more in keeping with I
her-there ls a marked hesitation IN speak .
ing Of anything 50 personal mourning, I
but Josephine declares that when she 4
leaves II off she's going into "colors' right
away and the question having destroyed 4
indecision picks out the scarlet dream
She does not try il on, in fact. IL Is 4
noticed that none Of the children think
Of that rather necessary adjunct Of the
occasion. They select with an eye to color
and form rather than TO individual suit
ability. They eschew usefulness as far
as possible to their ideas OF beauty, even
though that something is in every way
unsuited.
Little characteristic qualities are shown. 4
There is the girl with the weak. undecided 4
thin and wandering eyes who takes what
is suggested. though a veiled expression
shows il is not what she wants: there
is the one who will not be hurried or
driven. who is careful. conscientious and
weighs scrupulously the points Of each
chapeau. II would be a good peg on which
TO hang an ethical lesson to state that she
gets the gem Of the occasion. but she does
not Overcaution leads her TO a something