Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-04-04
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Easter Bonnet

| eXh4a!l such Il lack Of common SENSE"
i well said MIS- Tompkins. II
! haven't Wid for this bonner yet. and
! of coulse. | could take il back SO if
! Yen Wii make me Il bonnet out of the
uin,rr.;i you find around the house it
wo@Id be- ulao'
! "Wp!l. | could" declared Mr. Thomp-
hinS stOuty Bring some of your old
| bounetS and belt buckles and ribbons
/ and things like that. and scissors and
nee ard thread III make you IL
| bonnet you'll be pronl of"
| Mrs Thompkins disappeared and
| finally came back with three or four
old hats. a yard of brown velvet. some
silk ribbons and the needle and thead
How do you know what the style is?"
asked Mrs. Thompkins
KNOW" repeated her lord. "DOn't
| meet ll000O women every day on the
streets: Don't YOU suppose I've got
eyes in my head: DO you think | new.
er notice anything? You bet | know
what the styi, is
"oh very we'll" said Mrs. Thomp-
kinS meekly There are all the ma
trrial> dear Shall | help you?''
NO: 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 mnnfuly to work He snip
ped all the trimmings off of one old
hat and decided to use that frame He
,ook il long curling feather from an
other hat and decided to use that for
the principal adjournment Of the new
bonnet He slyly peeked into one Of
his wifes fashion magazines and dis
covered that pale green would be
much in evidence this spring" That
settled the question as to what color
the hat should be. Thompkins labor
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
be found good place for the plume
he had taken Off another old hat.
Somehow Thompkins was not salts.
fed with his work. His hat had a
crude and dilapidated look. Thomp.
kins decided that the trouble was that
his hat had been made Of old materials
which needed freshening. Besides. he
had unfortunately put too many blues.
green's. reds and blacks in his hat.
The fashion book said that green was
the thing He decided that his hat
ought to he dyed green. That would
give il the fashionable shade and make
il look nice and fresh besides. He slip
ped down the back stairs and went
over to the drugstore and procured
package OF green dye. and. coming
back. put II in a kettle on the stove.
anu when the green water was bub-
bling and bulIing furio,Isly plunged his
hat into it ii" decided that it would
take three dimensions to do any good.
but the last time he pulled it out the
nat wAS such a stre"ky looking mess
that In put it back and allowed it to
boil five Minutes
1t was Il tllphlful object that ThOmp-
kins removed from the kettle and laid
in the sink to drain off the water.
Thomphin> felt some miSgivingS. Still
he knew that when the hat was dried
out that it would be all right. so he put
it in the oven He looked in to see
how ii was drying. and its appearance
was such that he decided to give it an
other bath. He tried to. but the ag
grieved hat began TO fall to pieces.
Thompl:!ns wildly began to fish the rib
bons. feather. buckle and frame out Of
the pot
In his excitement he fell against the
kettle and turned 1t over.
Mrs ThnmpklnS heard wild shouts
Vt misery roming from the Kitchen and
hurried out to sep Thomrkins dancing
ON n chair waving his hands through
mist of steam and smoke.
"He'p." yelled Thompkins. I'm
scal,lr1 to death. Send for the police
and fire department: Hurry up. Help!'
Mrs ThompkinS and the neighbors.
who had assembled on the spot, rush
ed in and opened the window and got
the steam ont of the room. Thomp-
Kills was Sl:E'lll'S Oh Il ClEtIT CIV Cie'l
with green dye and still clutching tight
in his dripping hands Il hat frame and
bedraggled ribbon.
The neighbors examined him and
found he wasn't Scalded. although he
had received some SplaSheS of the boil
ing liquid on his clothes and hands.
They moppe1 him off and took him
into his room and one particularly con
SolnG friend tod him that the green
dye would wear off in two or three
weeks
I'm afraid you have completely ruin
ed your new suit. dear said Mrs.
Thompkins. It's too bad you had
such an accident You ought to wear
an old suit tomorrow when you go to
work ON the hat again"
Mrs Thompkins," said the ruler of
the Thompkins household stern,y, "do
you think man of my capacity and
business ability has nothing TO do but
make hats for his wife? After this
want you to buy your hats downtown
like other women do. ! don't want to