The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-17

| it. I noticed two blondes with brilliant
compilations and still more brilliant noses
scufflng over a beautiful, glazing, brick
red, satin tie that would have made
kyrle Bellew or Adonis Dixey look like a
watermelon, almost knock each others
heads off to get possession of it and
stepped back-a mere looker-on-until
they had Finished
Certainly nothing like that ever hap
pens at bargain sales that women at
tend said l quite comforted
And it was too funny to note their
taste in ties, said Peggy laughingly
lone big sallow-looking man COM
plexon like a squash, was celebrating
between sea foam green and a wistaria
shade, while man with iron gray hair
and florid Skin, who should never wear
anything but the most sombre colors
was having wrapped up a vivid pink,
with golden brown polka dots. Wasn't
that fearful"
II think most men have very remarka-
bic taste in Dress I ventured. II have
a friend who always wears pepper and
salt clothes with white wings collars, and
brocaded vests and so many watch
charms and pendants and badges that
he looks like a Carnegie hero. And he's
a nice man, too
well, the funniest thing. at this bar
gain sale was youth, so fair and blonde
that he looked like a girl" said Peggy,
almost convulsed with laughter. 'He
espied the only baby blue necktie in the
bunch and was making a dead set for it.,
when 1 first laid my eyes on him. Isn't
1t strange that the manufacturers don't
make more baby blue ties?"
at is when you come to think of the
perchant that the masculine mind has for
that diaphanous COLOR I replied
1T was only too true that this one
baby blue tie that the youth essayed
to possess was the only one in this COL
lection" said Peggy, land also that the
fiamboyant youth was not the only one
among those present who wanted to own
it. And such a scrambling after and
knocking each other over, you have never
seen, as these self same men INDUCED in
trying to get that one poor little two-for-
accent baby blue tie. Finally the youth
SuCCeeueu, ana gong over 10 IL SldSS
held it up to his pretty little pink-and
white baby-face, and surveyed himself
in the mirror, and wasted more time
on it than any poor woman would over
a hat when she was allowed only one a
season. The suspense with which the
others watched him was really amusing,
each one ready to pounce upon 1t in case
he laid it down.
"And did he buy it?' I asked.
"Oh yes" said Peggy, "he decided that
1t was becoming TO his peculiar style of
beauty and finally instructed the clerk
to wrap it up for him."
and did all of the bargain hunters
buy2'' 1 asked. recalling the superstition
that women 60 and spend days looking
over things and then leave without invest
ing a penny.
ooh. dear no." laughed Peggy; some
of those who had occupied the front row
for hours and were more picky and
choosy than all the rest left without even
go much as having anything sent out on
approval, which any feminine bargain
hunter would at least have had the con-
sideration TO do. And would you believe
it. they walked out in the coolest and
most nonchalant manner imaginable, with
never a thought of how they had monoD-
olized the clerks time and the space in
the shop which the others were dying TO
have And yet they laugh at us and
call us bargain hunters" sighed Peggy.