Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1912-09-14
THRILLING ADVENTURE
OF BUSINESS WOMAN

merry secuon OF large department
store)
Business woman (plaintively)-"1
does seem to me that am never free
from the thrall Of the hat Just after
Christmas 1t begins to hang over me
like pail. and when the spring hats
really begin to sprout in the windows J
get perfectly morbid" (Speaks very
humbly to naughty saleswoman) III
you could wait on us, please, It would
be so kind of you. Something small,
II you please" Ito sister while
naughty saleswoman departs in search
OF hat). Dear mel / wish I didn't
get so positively abject on these occas.
ions. know some people who really
get a bitter satisfaction out OF sailing
into exclusive millinery establish
ments, where the hats are dreams Of
beauty and becomlngness, and de.
handing to be shown CONNECTIONS
whose prices send the cold chills down
ones back, and then departing with a
dissatisfied shake Of the head. But
not 80 /. fell impudent when I cast
even glance at the wonderful
things"
(Haughty saleswoman returns bal.
ancing a hat on her hand. She looks
bored to extinction. Business woman
removes her much battered, squashy
and obviously home made headgear
and hands 1t to her sister. She looks
doubtfully at the hat In the saleswom.
ans handD.
Business woman-"It looks awfully
big"
Saleswoman-"It's the smallest hat
in the house, madam. Small hats are
not worn at ALL"
Business woman (hastily)-"Oh. Of
course, know the hats are all big
But you see my face is so small that
when get one OF these large things
on l look just like a monkey. really
don't think it's worth while for me to
try It on. I'm sorry to trouble you,
but II you could find something that
wouldn't sit quite so farSdown on my
head, I'd be so much obliged" (She
smiles pathetlcally and the saleswom.
an flounces away.
Sister (disgustedly) worse
than abject, Sarah. You're perfectly
maudlin."
(Haughty saleswoman returns anS
suddenly engulfs business woman In a
hat about two feet high and with a
crown like a scrubbing paiD.
Business woman (gasps)-"Oh,
dear! Where am I? Why, really,
don't you think this one is bigger than
the other?"
Saleswoman-"No, madam; It is
not"
Business woman docking forlornly
and apologetically toward showcase)
But some OF those hats are small.
er, aren't they? I think I'll just step
over and look at them" (She gath.
ers up her belongings with the air Of
a detected sneakthlef and sidles
over to the showcase. Naughty sales.
woman turns away with an air Of deep
disdain.)
Business woman almost in tears)
why won't they be nice to mel
II they only realized it, I'm such an
an easy mark. A kind person
could sell me anything"
Sister Qmpatiently)-"Oh, have q
little backbone. I'm perfectly ashamed
Of you. Now, there's a pretty hat and
little one at that Ask that girl
over there to take 1t out and show II
to you"
Business woman (after bracing her
self to the effort OF addressing an
other goddess Of the millinery world,
fades away in deep humiliation upon
being told that the price OF the hat
in question is s25)-"She could tell
by the CULVER in my voice that It
was not for the likes OF me-"
Sister-"Why didn't you make her
take It out and show It to you, any
way? That's what they're here for"
Business woman latter vainly trav.
cling up and down and around and
around counters and showcases)-
do you suppose If I wore enc OF
these | would lose my job?"
Sister, Here, try this one. Now,
If you had a big bandeau so that you
would look a little as IL you had on a
hat and not a necklace.
Business woman (gratefully)-
How cheering you are! (She peers
out from under the hat with the air
of startled rabbit.) Would you mind
asking one of the saleswomen If they
have bandeaus?"
Sister latter pursuing saleswoman
around the counter and finally bring
ing her to bay)-T want "a large
bandeau. One that will hold a hat up
off the head"
Saleswoman (languidly and without
to move)-"You mean a halo.
No. we don't carry them. They're not
worn" (She resumes her important
occupation Of gazing dreamily into
space, Sister returns 20 business
woman, who is still in a millinery
eclipse. She regards business woman
for a moment. Then
light suddenly comes into
her eyes. She fairly snatches the hat
from the business woman's head).
Sister (gleefully)-"They don't have
halos. But" (She seizes the old
hat. G1d stuffs It inside the other one.
then replaces the new hat on business
Woman's head, where 1t perches in a
most sprightly, II somewhat precari- |
GUS, way.
Business woman regarding herself |
with more or less satisfaction in the |
a genius!" (Wheed. |