The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-27
THRILLING ADVENTURE
OF BUSINESS WOMAN

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
get perfectly morbid" (Speaks very
humbly to naughty saleswoman.) "Ii
you could wait on US. please, 1t would
be 30 kind OF you. Something small
II you please" (To sister while
naughty saleswoman departs In search
OF hat. Dear me! wish / didn't
get so positively abject on these occas.
ions know some people who really
get q bitter satisfaction out OF sailing
into exclusive millinery establish
ments. where the hats are dreams Of
beauty and becomingness, and de-
mandlng to be shown CONNECTIONS
whose prices send the cold chills down
ones back, and then departing with q
dissatisfied shake of the head. But
not 30 I. fell impudent when cast
even 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
doubtfully at the hat in the saleswom-
ans hand).
Business woman-'Tt looks awfully
| big"
Saleswoman-"Its 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 soc my face Is so small that
when I get one of these large things
on look Just like monkey. really
don't think it's worth while for me to
try 1t on. I'm sorry to trouble you.
but II you could find something that
wouldn't sit quite so far down on my
head, I'd be 80 much obliged" (She
smiles pathetically and the saleswom-
an flounces away.
Sister (dlsgustedly)-"You're worse
than abject, Sarah. You're perfectly
maudlin."
(Haughty saleswoman returns and
suddenly engulfs business woman in a
hat about two feet high and with
crown like scrubblng 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 Cooking 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 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!
II they only realized 1t, I'm such an
an easy mark. A kind person
could sell me anything"
Sister Cmpatiently)-"Oh, have q
little backbone. I'm perfectly ashamed
of you. Now, there's a pretty hat and
a 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 II
was not for the likes of me-"
Sister-"Why didn't you make her
take it 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 IL wore one OF
these l would lose my job?"
Sister-"Here, try this one. Now.
II you had big bandean so that you
would look little as II you had on q
hat and not necklace.
Business woman gratefully
HOW Cheering you are! lSne peers |
out from under the hat with the air
of startled rabbit) Would you mind
asking one Of the saleswomen II they
have bandeaus?"
Sister (after pursuing saleswoman
around the counter and finally bring
ing her to bay)-T want large
bandeau. One that will hold hat up
OF the head"
Saleswoman Qanguidly and without
Offering to move)--"You mean 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
thoughtfully for a moment Then a
triumphant light suddenly comes into
her eyes. She fairly snatches the hat |
from the business woman's head).
Sister (gieefully)-"They don't have