The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

eyes that had seemed all tenderness
and mildnesS under the spring onion
hat there was now haunting look of
distress and soTow. But it was I'M
mistakably Upton's hat. Then APP
peared the real masterpiece-the
muscle-shell hat, and this seemed to
suit the little blondes face better even
than the others. 1t was marvellous
hat and it was worn by wonderful
model. Upton noticed the eyes of
other diners focused on it and he
realized then his success in designing
ii, tho he could not guess how the
hat had been made, There was moth
ing at all striking in the cut or color
ing of the hat-in the usual accept
ance of the word. That it attracted
attention was, Upton knew, simply be-
cause it was distinctive.
After that Upton'S models were all
alike. The little blonde face haunted
him and the millinery manager asked
him to try and vary the type of hats
he designed. They were all made for
the same type of face. Upton began
to lose sleep. 1t was not SO much the
mystery of the matter. tho it was odd
enough to have another person eX-
tract ideas from your mind in this
way and bring into realization SO sue
cessfulIy your thwarted dreams. The
thing was that Upton was very much
in love with the little blonde and that
the little blonde was not absolutely
might nave learned to his own salts
faction from the way her eyes drop
ped to her plate whenever he looked
toward her at dinner.
Finally after she had been wearing
the three hats for three weeks he
could stand the suspense no longer
end he bravely followed her out of the
dining room one night. and with the
manner of an old friend babe her a
good evening. Not being repulsed, he
sat talking with her in the hotel re-
ception room.
Upton was a very direct sort of per-
son and even before he sought to solve
the mystery, he told her that he was
more interested in her than he had
ever been in any girl before, and she,
sweet, frank child that she YVES, told
him that she was very glad of that, for
she was lonely in the big city and
didn't know any nice young men. That
was encouragement enough even for a
faint heart. and Upton's was not
faint Then Upton spoke of the hats.
When he told her that he had designed
them. she turned very scarlet and said
she didn't know that it was from his
room the chambernaid had got them.
She said she had come to the city to
study millinery, as the only talent she
had ever displayed was that of max
ing her own hats. So she had come
and had expected to succeed in the
! school until she discovered that to be-
| gin with the pupils had to draw their
own designs of hats and she simply
/ could not draw. She told the cham
| bermaid her troubles because she had
+, no one else to talk to, and was all but
| decided to return home discouraged
when the chambermaid brought her
| the crumpled drawings from one of
| the waste baskets. She had taken
/ them to school and passed them off
as her own work. 1t was dishonest,
/ but she was eager to succeed. Then
she had worked out the designs and
she had taken every prize the school
! offered. One of her hats was going
| to be sent to the international miIli-
lnery exhibit-the muscle-shelI one
/ The instructors were wild over it and
a very well known artist who gave
them lectures on colors bad declared
| that another was a masterpiece in
/ tones 1t suggested an air raid at
night. he said, tho she couldn't see
| how he thought that
so they are masterpieces, after ALL"
| Upton sighed, and before the evening
was far spent they had not only set
tied all the plans for the wedding,
but were dreaming dreams of start
| ing an exclusive shop in which they
would comb ine their talents