Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-03
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Easter Bonnet

OF your educ3uon ana experience ana
having had. too. the advantage of ten
years close relationship to me should
exhibit such lack of common sense"
Well" said Mp- Tompkins. Il
haven't paid for this bonnet yet. and.
of course. l could take it back. So II
you Will make me bonnet out OF the
material you find around the house Ii
would be nice"
We'll. l could. declared Mr.. Thomp-
kins stoutly. Bring some of your old
bonnets and belt buckles and ribbons.
and things like that, and scissors and
needle and thread. I'll make you a
bonnet you'll be proud or
Mrs. Thompkins disappeared and
finally came back with three or four
old hats. yard of brown velvet. some
silk ribbons and the needle and thead.
How do you know what the style is 2"
3sked Mrs. Thompkins.
Know" repeated her lord Don't
meet 10000 women every day on the
streets? Don't you suppose I've got
eyes in my head? Do you think new
err notice anything? You bet l know
what the style is
"Oh. very We'll" said Mrs. Thonp-
kins meekly. There are all the ma
terials. dear. Shall help your
mo: you would only be hindrance.
Go into the library and play the piano.
Leave me alone. | don't want you
bothering around when I'm at work"
Mrs. Thompkins retired. and Thomp-
kins went manfully TO work. He snip
ped all the trimmings Off OF one old
hat and decided to use that frame. He
took a long curling feather from an
other hat and decided to use that for
the principal adornment OF the new
bonnet. He slyly peeked into one of
his wife's fashion magazines and die
covered that pale green would be
much in evidence this spring" That
settled the question as 10 what color
the hat should be- Thompkins labori
ously cut and slashed and finally, aft
er much labor. succeeded in bastinG
some velvet and a couple Of ribbons on
, the hat he was building. He found a
buckle that looked pretty and tackled
that on one side OF the hat and fasten-
ed big black bow on the other. Then
he found n good place for the plume
he had taken off another old hat.
Somehow Thompkins was not salts
fed with his work. His hat had q
crude and dilapidated look. Thomp
kins decided that the trouble was thai
his hat had been made Of old material,
which needed freshening. Besides. h,
had unfortunately put too many blues
green's. reds and blacks in his hat
7 The fashion book said that green wa
the thing. He decided that his IN
ought TO be dyed green. That would
give It the fashionable shade and maxi
it look nice and fresh besides. He slip
! ped down the back stairs and wen
| over TO the drugstore and procured
package Of green dye. and. COMING
back, put il in kettle on the stove
and when the green water was bull
bling and boiling furiously plunged nj
hat into 1t. He decided that il woul
take three dimensions to do any good
but the last time he pulled it out tn
hat was such a streaky looking mes
that he put it back and allowed 1t I
boil five minutes.
1t was a frightful object that ThomI
kins removed from the kettle and lai
y in the sink to drain off the waite
ThOmpkins felt some misgivings. Sti
~ he knew that when the hat was drie
out that it would be all right. so he pr
!. it in the oven. He looked in to sc
u how it was drying, and its appearance
was such that he decided to give it al
- other bath. He tried to. but the al
grieved hat began TO fall to piece
Thompkins wildly began to fish the ri
-. bons. feather, buckle and frame out
- the pot
~, In his excitement he fell against II
kettle and turned 1t over.
Mrs. Thompkins heard wild shou
- Of misery coming from the kitchen ar
hurried out to see Thompkins dancir
49,. on chair, waving his hands through
-, mist of steam and smoke.
Help yelled Thompkins. ~
10. scaldel to death. Send for the poll,
and fire department. Hurry up Help
m Mrs. ThOmpkins and the neighbor
who had assembled on the spot, rus
no ) ed In and opened the window and e
nd the steam ont of the room. Thorn
il,a kins was standing on a chair cover,
mo with green dye and still clutching tig
To in his dripping hands Il hat frame al
,o, a bedraggled ribbon.
The neighbOrs examined him al
o.. found he wasn't scaldcd. although
had received some splashes of the be-
o,d Ing liquid on his clothes and hant
yon They mopped him off and took hi
of into his room. and one particularly &C
ON soling friend told him that the gre
rd. dye would wear off in two or thr
,at. weeks.
ook I'm afraid you have completely ru