The San Francisco call., 1913-09-26
The New Hat That
You Cannot
Afford
Bv BEATRICE FAIRFAX


r. T'S such pretty hat. and you want
it so dreadfully. and it costs more
than you can possibly afford. and
they'll let you have it a dollar down
and a dollar week. Ought you TO
get it?
Wen, Honey that depends on the
hat-and on you.
And you sure you're so dead in love
with that hat2
What is there about it that is so
charming. so perfectly irresistible?
The way the bow perks up in the
back? Maybe there's another around
the block that has exactly the same
effect. and is cheap enough so you can
really afford it. Why don't you try
and see?
The colors are so very becoming!
VIII they be as pretty as they are
now when you have worn it time
or sog WIN they be all faded and
drabby before you've half paid for it?
And when are you going to wear it
to the picture shows and Sundays
or down 10 work?
Maybe YOU looked unusually pretty
the day you tried it on, and any old
hat would have looked just as sweet
as that one.
Wait day or so. Honey. Wait a
day or so. The collector won't wait,
Once you have taken the hat home
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sick or well. hot or cold rent day or
no rent day. he'll be there after his
dollar. and you'll have to have that
dollar ready for him or have scene
and no hat.
Monday comes so fast when the col
lector is coming with the day-haven't
you ever noticed that?
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
why, you seem to skip right over the
rest of the week. don't you? How
about shoes for fail. and warm
coat-you wouldn't look sweet in even
that love of hat, with a purple nose
and blue cheeks. would you?
Want to look pretty? Why, of
course you do. Why shouldn't you
who doesn'tg
A girl doesn't have to live on Pre-
sidio Heights to be human. does she?
III warrant you are the prettiest lit
tie thing in the store.
I can just see you-wide. laughing
eyes. blush rose cheeks, red lips and
such a slender. little. swaying waist
why. anything would look pretty on
that mass of ripples and curls. Beaux?
OF course, you have beaux. What are
such girls as you for but to have
beaux-lots of 'em-a line from the
ferry to the cliff
II you want them and no harm
done. dress as prettily as you can, be
as gay as you know how, be good
and be sensible, too. and then you'll
be really happy.
OH No, all the smart girls aren't
sensible. and all the smart girls are
not good. either = don't imagine 1
think they are. Look az them at the
theater some time. and you can tell
that; some of them are as pretty s
you are and some are little prettier;
some are good and some are bad-and
some wear clothes that they can't af-
ford. and some would be pleased to
have half as many sincere friends as
you have. little Miss Workaday-aH
kinds-the rich girls just like the
poor girls-all kinds. You be the
good kind, the wise kind and the kind
who isn't trembling at the sound of
every step for fear Of the collector
But still, is it so awfully pretty?
And do you long for it so bitterly?
Well. then, you work early and late,
don't you? Have just this one thing
that you really want so badly-if for
nothing else. than to find out how
we'll you would have done without
it-for once.
Dear, little, wistfuI you I wish I
had milliner's shop. I'd give you
the hat and be glad to do it: but
maybe you'd better pay for it week by
week-yourself-and then. do write
and tell US how it all turned out.
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