The log cabin Democrat., 1911-06-15
She Can t Help
 Wondering

"Bess, my dear! Do you know l could hardly wait for morning to come so l could run over and talk to you. l didn't sleep wink all night No, no one is sick. but I've had the most awful experience! You needn't try to guess. for you couldn't in 8 thousand years.'
 Well" she proceeded. ito begin at the beginning, my aunt, who is head milliner at Birney's, copied Paris hat for me. A Paris hat, I said Yes, and it's a beauty, too! The model was $50 and mine Is just as pretty
 Then think I've told you about Fred's cousin Louise that he thinks is so clever and charming. Yes, she is. really. They are own cousins; their mothers were sisters. But, of course, Louise's being brought up so far away and not meeting Fred till they were grown does make differ ence. Well, I went over to see her yesterday afternoon and she raved over my hat, called 1t perfect dream and tried it on and looked stunning in 1t. Yes, she's very pretty and she has awfully sweet ways.
 You remember how 1t rained yes terday about half past four? Oh, yes, you must remember; a nice, soft rain hardly hear 1t. We'll, was just start, ing from Louise's to Aunt Ruth's and Louise insisted that I should never wear that beautiful hat out in the rain. The rain was coming straight down and was so soft that thought an um. brella would be all the protection needed, and, anyway, Aunt Ruth's isn't so very far from Louise's. Why, l was going to Aunt Ruth's to dinner.
 Well, Louise mourned so ever my lovely hat being dragged through tho wet that she finally got me worked up. too, and then she hauled out en old morning hat of hers with quills on 1t and insisted that I wear 1t. She was so sweet about 1t that just had to take her hat.
 What? No. nothing happened to her hat; you guessed wrong. young lady. This is my story and if you want to hear 1t you let me tell 1t!
 Let's see, where was I? Oh, yes, just starting for Aunt Ruth's. We'll. Fred came in after dinner and said he'd called up our house and mother told him I was at Aunt Ruth's and he explained that he'd come to invite me to go to the theater
 "Oh. I knew it was horrid night and told him so, but he said he was blue and cross and a nice, cheerful show would make us forget the weath CT. Well, my dear, when I went up stairs to get ready remembered thdg I'd have to wear Louise's hat and al most fainted The only consolation was that I knew the weather would never hurt t, but actually when l looked at myself in the glass and thought of my own lovely hat want. ed to stop and cry.
 When I went downstairs I asked Fred if he didn't think he'd better go around to the back door and call for me, but he just laughed We'll, that's sweet of you to say so, but you haven't seen me in that awful hat!
 We were sort of late getting to the theater and just melted into my seat and got my hat of in hurry. Yes, 1t was a pretty good play, and when the curtain went down on the first act I had just about forgotten the weath- CT and that horrid hat and Fred had cheered up and we were having a lovely time.
 Yes, this is where the blow fell! l was looking around at the boxes and spied Louise in the right-hand stage box with the handsomest-look- ing crowd you ever saw, and, my dear, she was wearing my precious hat
 Well, maybe you think it is funny, but if it had been your hat she was wearing and you were trying to cover an awful quill thing with a program and handkerchief, you wouldn't see so much fun in 1t
 q choked right in the middle of sentence and got so red that Fred thought I'd stuck myself with a hat. pin.
 Tell him, my dear, You know per. fectly well he'd have thought I was jealous cat. And. anyway, you don't know how gorgeous Louise looked in that hat,
 What? No, he didn't see her and I never said word just sat and waited until could put Louise's uuili affair on my head and sneak home
 Supper? In that hat? We'll, l should say not! But just know that Louise and her crowd went some. where and that Louise looked perfect ly stunning-in my hat!
 "She promised yesterday afternoon to bring my hat home this afternoon when she went driving. and I know should just die if had to meet her.
 No you wouldn't either say any thing to her about wearing the hat because she'd tell Fred, and you know perfectly we'll a man would never un. darStapd Why those man waar aach