Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-10
Henry $ Business
Judgment
How He Selected His Wie's
Easter Hat
BIZ Wilbur D. WesbR
By Wabur D. Nesba


knew what to do about a new Easter
bat-except to buy one"
He chuckled ut his own sarcasm,
which is a way men have. Sarcasm
isn't worth a cent to your genuinely
sarcastic man unless he can chuckie
over it and repeat it mentally to him
self and roll 1t as q sweet morsel un'
der his tongue. Especially is this
true Of sarcasm about Easter bonnets.
Regarding these very necessary ap-
purtenances Of the attire Of q woman.
man follows the beaten track OF all
the jokesmiths since Samson. VINO
made the first riddle. and wakes sar-
q castle as custom dictates.
81 don't see," Henry resumed, hay-
. ing stated himself with chuckles over
his own sarcasm, "why in the name OF
time woman thinks she has to have
new hat for Easter"
3 "Why, every woman has one" his
wife argued. meekly.
That's the answer. Every woman
gets one because she thinks every
other woman will have one. And not
COMPOUNDED one OF the lot uses any
. business Judgment in selecting or buy
i ing her hat. The milliners know all
about women-they're women them
selves. So they boost the prices up
ut Easter time. and laugh In their
sleeves at their sisters who come trail
ing in and go trailing out with the
contraptions the niilliners are pleased
to call bonnets. Bah! I'll bet no mil
liner will make her own hat. I'll bet
she has to go to some other miliiner
Dust to have the feminine gratitica-
ton Of being stung. Humph! Have
you brought your hat home"
~ sWhy, no. said 1 didn't know
what to do about one
"You might have brought one home
and still have been in the dark"
Henry treated himself to few more
chuckles over this sarcastic remark.
The way men carry on about Easter
hats, 1t serves them right to have TO
pay big prices for them. Nov. II
man would just be calm and philoso
phical about It. and sit down and rea
4 son the matter out, ten to one his wife
:, would either buy cheaper hat or
maybe she Wouldn't bay any Al ali.
Maybe. that is. AT any rate, she
. would be happier with the hat when
she got It.
, well, Henry" his wife said. Il
know how you always feel about my
y hats and what they cost. and / have
decided this year to act Oh your adj
s vice. / want you to take an hour or
so with me tomorrow and pick out a
hat for me. Then you'll be sure 1t
least TO please yourself with the cost
Of it-and sometimes I feel that YOU
could exercise perhaps little more
artistic taste than / can. for you are
out in the world more. and you know
more about what harmonizes and
what suits person. and 80 on"
Mrs GIanmore booked meek when
she said that. but II you could have
looked into her mind you would have
seen the craftiest little thoughts hop
bling around and nudging each other
in the ribs. She knew the vanity OF
man. She knew that II you tell
man you rely GU his Judgment as to
pnything from Setting It hen to max
Ing an airsbip he vii! nlodestly accept
your estimate Of his capacity and offer
you his expert services.
"Wen." Henry said. now you're
talking sense I'll meet you AT ,
o'clock tomorrow afternoon and We'll
20 and get that hat. No use 10 put In
. lot Of time over It. I'll show you
how TO pick out hat. have II boxed.
paid for and sent home. without any
wear and tear on your nervous system
: and without losing lot u valuable
time"
Next afternoon he met her as per
agreement and together they found
3 their way to the millinery store. It
frked Mr. Granmore bit to have 10
wait half an hour before they could
be waited en-. but he protited by the
walt by inspecting a number or new
pattern hats and scoffing and shifting
at them. BY the time Miss Morgan
was ready to wait Oh him. he was
ready with q plenty Of good profess
sional advice on bonnet making for
her
Taking a bunch of straw and a
feather and gard Of ribbon and JAM
ming them together isn't any way TO
make a hat" he declared People
ought to use little thought. as well
: as materials"
s That's what I think. Mr.. Gran
more" Miss Morgan said. You know
the tinesn mllliners 10 the world are
men. They have a greater aptness at
originating new designs than We wo-
men have. l wish we had man mil
liner here. I do. indeed
We'll. don't claim to be a mtllin,
8 er." Henry said. but know what l
like when l see It. Now. I've only got
few minutes to spare, and Ill Just
pick out hat for NY wife and let you