The enterprise-recorder., 1912-04-12
t4enry's Business
Judgment
How He Selected His WIFE,
Easter Hat
By Wilbur D. NcJyt

,,th her. sourly. "Of course you
dont There never was q woman who
anew what to do about a new Easter
oat--except to buy one"
ne chuckled at his own sarcasm,
which is a way men have. Sarcasm
isn't worth a cent to your genuinely
saroastic man unless he can chuckle
aver It and repeat it mentally to him.
self and roll 1t as a sweet morsel I'M
der his tongue. Especially 10 this
rue of sarcasm about Easter bonnsts.
degrading these very necessary sp.
ourtenances Of the attire Of woman,
man follows the beaten track Of all
tbe iokesmiths since Samson. who
made the first riddle, and waves sar.
castic as custom dictates.
RI don't see," Henry resumed. hsv.
ina sated himself with chuckIes over
MIA own sarcasm, "why In the name Of
iine woman thinks she has to have
new hat for Easter"
why, every woman has one" bis
wife argued, meekly.
That's the answer. Every woman
gets one because she thinks every
other woman will have one. And not
\ confounded one Of the lot uses any
business judgment in selecting or buy.
ing her hat. The milliners know all
about women--they're women them.
selves. So they boost the prices up
II Easter time, and laugh in their
sleeves at their sisters who come trail.
ing In and go trailing out with the
sontraptions the milliners are pleased
60 call bonnets. Bah! Ill bet no mil
liner will make her own hat. I'll bet
she has to go to some other mtlliner
Just 20 have the feminine gratifica.
ton Of being stung Humpht Have
you brought your hat home"
Why. no. said / didn't know
what to do about one"
You might have brought one home
aud still have been in the dark"
Henry treated himself TO A few more
chuckles over this sarcastic remark
The way men carry on about Easter
hats, 1t serves them right TO have 90
pay big prices for them. Now IL a
man would Just be calm and phtlo5o.
pbical about it, and sit down and rea.
a0n the matter out. ten TO one his wife
would either buy cheaper hat or
maybe she wouldn't buy any ac all
Maybe, that is. AT any rate she
would be happier with the 1lC when
she go. il.
Well, Henry" his wife said Il
bnow how you always feel about my
bats and what they cost. and have
lecided this year to act on y0uc ad
vice want you to take IN hour Or
so with me tomorrow and pick out a
hat for me. Then youll he sure at
least 10 please yourself with the cost
o. it-and sometimes I feel that you
could exercise perhaps little more
rtlstlc taste than can, for you are
out In the world more, and you know
more about what harmontzes and
what suits q person, and so on
Mrs. Granmore looked meek when
WDe said that. but te you could have
looked into her mind you would have
seen the craftiest little thoughts hop
ping around and nudgtng each other
N the ribs She knew the vanity )f
man. She knew that if you tell q
man you rely on his Judgment as 10
mythtng from setting a hen TO max
iug an airship he will modestly accept
YOUR estimate Of his capacity and offer
you his expert services.
Well" Henry said. now you're
,alking sense. I'll meet you at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon and we'll
30 and get that hat. No use to put in
lot OF time over IT, III show You
bow to pick out hat, have 1t boxed,
paid for and sent home, without any
wear and tear on your nervous system
md without losing a lot Of valuable
time"
Next afternoon he met her as per
agreement and together they found
tleir way to the millinery store, lc
Tked Mr.. Granmore q bit to have 20
wait half an hour before they could
he waited on, but he profited by the
wait by inspecting a number Of new
pattern hats and scoffing and shifting
vt them. BY the time Miss Morgan
was ready to wait on him he was
ready with a plenty Of good profes"
7ional advice on bonnet making for
her.
Taking a bunch Of straw and a
feather and a yard Of ribbon and jam
ming them together isn't any way to
make a hat - he dncIa red "PaOnle