The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-04-30


material you find around the house it
would be nice"
We'll, could" declared Mr.. Temp
kins stoutly. Bring some of your
old bonnets and belt buckles and rib
bons, and things like that. and scissors
and needle and thread, I'll make you
bonnet you'll be proud of"
Mrs. Tompkins disappeared and
finally came back with three or four
old hats, yard of brown velvet, some
silk ribbons and the needle and thread
How do you know what the style
isl" asked Mrs. Tompkins.
Know" repeated her lord. Don't
| meet 10000 women every day on
the streets? Don't you suppose I've
got eyes in my head? Do you think
| never notice anything?' You bet l
know what the style is"
"Oh, very well" said Mrs. Temp
kins, meekly. There are all the ma
terials. dear. Shall l help your"
mo; you would only be hinder
ance. Go into the library and play
the piano. Leave me alone. l don't
want you bothering around when Pm
at work"
Mrs. Tompkins retired and Tomp-
kins went manufully to work. He
shipped all the trimmings off of one
old hat and decided to use that frame.
He took long curling feather from
another hat and decided to use that
for the principal adornment of the
new bonnet. He slyly peeked into
one OF his wife's fashion magazines
and discovered that pale green would
be much in evidence this spring" That
settled the question as to what color
NJ c hn IL
iously cut and slashed and finally, af-
ter much labor, succeeded in basting
some velvet and couple of ribbons
on the hat he was building. He found
a buckle that looked pretty and tack
ed that on one side of the hat and
fastened big black bow on the other.
Then he found good place for the
plume he had taken off another old
hat
Somehow Tompkins was not salts
fed with his work. His hat had a
crude and dilapidated look. Temp
kins decided that the trouble was that
his hat had been made of old ma
terials which needed freshening. Be-
sides, he had unfortunately put too
many blues, greens. reds and blacks
in the hat. The fashion book said that
green was the thing. He decided that
his hat ought to be dyed green. That
would give il the fashionable shade
and make it look nice and fresh be-
sides. He slipped down the back
stairs and went over to the drug
store and procured package of green
dye. and, coming back, put it in a
kettle on the stove, and when the
green water was bubbling and boil.
ing furiously plunged his hat into it
He decided that would take three i'm
merslons to do any good. but the last
time he pulled it out the hat was such
a streaking-looking mess that he put
t back and allowed to boil for FIVE
minutes.
1t was frightful object that Mr..
Tompkins removed from the kettle
and laid in the sink to drain off the
water. Tompkins felt some misgiv-
Ings. 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 it was drying
and. its appearance was such that he
decided to give it another bath. He
tried to, but the aggrieved hat began
falling to pieces Tompkins wildly
began to. fish the ribbons, feather
buckle and frame out of the not
dRdinSl
the kettle and turned it over.
Mrs Tomkpins heard wild shouts
of misery coming from the kitchen
and hurried out to see Tompkins dane.
ing on a chair, waving his hands
through is a mist of steam and smoke
Help" yelled Tompkins. "I'm
scalded to death! Send for the police
Helpw
Mrs. Tompkins and the neighbors
who had assembled on the spot. ali
rushed in and opened the window and
got the. steam out of the room. Mr.
lompklns was standing on a chair
covered with green dye and still clut.
CHING in his dripping hands a hal
frame and bedraggled ribbon.
The neighbors examined him anc
found he was not scalded, although h,
had received some splashes of tn,
boiling LIQUID on his clothes anc
hands; They mopped him off ant
took him into his room. and one par
ticularly consoling friend told hin
that the green dye would wear off II
two or three weeks.
I'm afraid you have completed,
ruined your new suit, dear" said Mrs
, Iompkins. TITS too bad YOU haC
such an accident. You ought to wea
an old suit tomorrow when you %
, to work on that hat again"
Mrs Tompkins," said the ruler O
the TompkinS household, sterniy, "dC
: you think man of my capacity an,
business ability has nothing to do bu
make hats for his wife? After this
want YOU to buy your hats down tow
like other women do. I don't want I,
hear any more talk about sendinI
: back that hat you bought today Yo1
, can just keep it. because I've got n,
more time to fritter away on thes
! trifling affairs"
Mrs. Tompkins meekiy said, "Al
1 right, my dear,"-Chicago Tribune.