The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-02-03
THRILLING ADVENTURE
OF BUSINESS WOMAN

vice for the occasion, enter the MILL.
merry section OF large department
store).
Busines woman (plaintively)-"1t
does seem to me that | am never free
from tho thrall OF the hat. Just after
Christmas it begins to hang over me
like a pail, and when the spring hats
really begin to sprout in the windows
get perfectly morbid" (Speaks very
humbly to naughty saleswoman.) TT
you could wait on us, please, 1t would
be SO kind Of you. Something small.
II you please" Ito sister while
haughty saleswoman departs in search
Of hat). Dear me! l wish l didn't
get so positively abject on these occas-
ions. know some people who really
get bitter satisfaction out Of sailing
into exclusive millinery establish
ments, where the hats are dreams OF
beauty and becomingness. and de-
manding to be shown confections
whose prices send the cold chills down
ones back. and then departing with q
dissatisfied shake of the head. But
not 30 !. fell impudent when cast
even a glance at the wonderful
things"
(Haughty saleswoman returns bal
ancing hat on her hand. She looks
bored to extinction. Business woman
removes her much battered, squashy
and obviously home made headgear
and hands It to her sister. She looks
doubtfuIly at the hat in the saleswom-
ans hand).
Business woman-"It looks awfully
big"
Saleswoman-'Tt's the smallest hat
in the house. madam. Small hats are
not worn at all"
Business woman (hastily)-"Oh, Of
course, I know the hats are all big.
But you 500 my face is so small that
when I get one Of these large things
on I look Just like monkey. I 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 30 far down on my
head, I'd be 80 much obliged" (She
smiles pathetically and the saleswom-
an hounces away.
Sister (disgustedly)-"You're worse
than abject Sarah. You're perfectly
maudlin."
(Haughty salesvoman returns and
suddenly engulfs business woman In Q
hat about two feet high and with q
crown like = scrubbing pail).
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 Cooking forlornly
and apologetically toward showcase)
But some Of those hats are small
er, aren't they? l think I'll Just step
over and look at them" (She gath.
ers up her belongings with the air Of
q detected sneakthief 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 me!
If they only realized It, I'm such an
an easy mark. A kind person
could sell me anything"
Sister (impatiently)-"Oh, have q
little backbone. I'm perfectly ashamed
Of you. Now, there's a pretty hat and
q little one at that. Ask that girl
over there to take it out and show II
to you"
Business woman latter 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 $25)-"She could ten
by the quiver in my voice that II
was not for the likes Of me-"
Sster-"Why didn't you make her
take 1t out and show 1t to you. any.
way? That's what they're here for"
Business woman (after vainly trav.
cling up and down and around and
around counters and showcases)-
"Do you suppose II wore one OF
these I would lose my job?"
Sister-"Here, try this one. Now,
II you had big bandead so that you
would look a little as If you had on q
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 (after pursuing saleswoman
around the counter and finally bring
ing her to bay)-"I want q large
bandeau. One that will hold hat up
on the head"
Saleswoman Canguidly and without
Offering 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 to business
woman, who is still in a millinery
eclipse. She regards business woman