The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-04-25
FR0LICS0ME WINDS
MAKE MERRY WITH
MERE MEMS B0NNETS
fBy Cso r. Vfyatt.y


Mers Man, feDg@se1teG " proxy .g
TIE Nan on r1s StrseEs. Ezrlese1
form Sunday u I3zD tie Easter Bon
nets waica uers 70 n1-cE I'd svseezcs
On the streets q C1ickzskz- Berg :
~nere nan h.mself, the lzmping was
noe = hOrllzg zn1 zndslated szecess.
Fcz see. TIE Win1s u the Pains
we're visiting Nita the BFeezes from
the Gut Whlca had zs their house
guests the Bind2 from the No1nfzins
and the Whole casoodle we're eater
tanning azch other srd Dlzying hide
and seek and having good tine witE
the ~gentlenens easter D0nEets and
tns Man On the Streets. being, g
Aforesaid. Mere Nan, himself and
being slso unprovided with evea the
running gear of IN Easter bozzet
paAsed the ladies bonness up In order
u gaze adnairingly upoa the manner
with which the winds d al sections
toyed and played and caYorted with
the hats Of bis OTn specles
It was worth his while. too. Yo1
see the ladies' al had nailed their hats
70 their chiznOns with hair pins and
other hold-fast material. 70 the winds
had Ilttle chance At them. True II is
that occasionaIly bright Easter bon
net with the Faster lilies on II would
come caTDltssss ana rOmplng down
the avenue with = beautiful mass Of
peroxide tresses cilnging 10 and flow
ing from its after hatch But such
was the exception. while the rule
seemed To call for mems hats of the
panama variety.
Indeed it was q beautiful sight ar
forded. Sunday morning, 70 the fel-
low whose dealer had heartlessly re-
fused 10 loan him . hat to wear over
Esster-fhe sight Of numberless
young gentlemen and middle aged
gentlemen and tolerabIy old gentle
men and blamed old gentlemen. who
would walk jauntiiy forth from the
soft drink empOriums. strOking their
mOustaches with silken hsndkerchiefs
and signing with enjoyment Of the in
ner man satisfied. and settling their
Easter bonuets on the southeast quar-
ters of their beans with cOquettish
abandon while they gazed about them
70 see the effect their generally de-
PRAYED looks was having on the
chickens. frying and other sizes-it
was q beautiful sight. 10 watch these
beaux. all dolled up with perfidious
attention TO youthful detail. and to
note the Kaleidoscope change Of ex-
preston fit across their features.
from one Of. fond selfsatisfaction 20
one Of alarmed despair. as the flirta-
4Ious winds would gather up the Eas-
ter bonnets and roll them and toss
them and shydoodle them along and
over and across and through the dirt
Of the streets and avenues.
Oh. how those old beaux and those
young besux and those high school
caliow youths and those old school
graduates would chase those Easter
bopuets while each one separately
broke all records in breaking the CON-
mandment against profanity and got
red IN the face and had the frolick- |
some winds throw dust In his eyes.
"Ah," said the Man on the Streets.
with a sigh. "ain't I glad that son Of
Israel wouldn't stand me of yester
cen for a gay Easter bonnet. with the
Easter lilies on Il. trimmed with /
bows Of silk and satin ard with rib.
bons, hlfalutIn'. Blow on. ye winds.
blow on and add other hats and st1l
others TO the beautiful portable seen
cry"