Putnam patriot., 1920-09-17
DEAR MAUDELLA::-

DEAR MAO1lEIlsA -
Last Saturday afternoon, Patty,
rubbing her cheek briskly with Pris
ella Dean puff, tilted her hat at the
new fall angle, cooked her mauve col
ored umbrella under her arm and an
lnounced weeks vacation. As part
ing shot she hurled back into THE
! Patriots new eiiiee reminder that
you'd be expecting your letter as usus
+ al on Friday, with a sors of postscript
to the effect that she'd break our sew
efal necks if we didn't send you the
! ight kind of news Now | ask you,
AaudeIla. if that wasn't poor trick
to play en- mere man? What do we
fellows know about chiffon and cold
cream and the kind of pink tea stuff
that Patty doles out to You every
week.
Never mind We're in for it, so
here goes.
A long time ago, before we decided
marriage had only the staying quail
ties of five year old fiivver, we went
once with a girl we thought we were
going to marry to see a fashion show.
1t was at one Of those expensive She
places on Fifth Avenue where all the
girls were dressed fit to kill and ready
to die We sat on little spindle
legged chair and watched the girls go
by, but--she. the girl, only saw the
clothes go by. When it was all over
we draped ourselves on a plush cush-
| ion in hotel lobby and drank out OF
tall glasses while the girl raved on
Didn't you just love that pink crepe
| de chine?" she purred. We thought a
minute and said; ooh, you mean the
| little dark one with the mole on her
. lneck"-and our engagement was
| broken. SO you see the only time we
ever played with the fashion game we
were burnt,-literally out Of house
and home.
However. Maudella, being in the
West you want to know what the girls
are wearing this fall. Well, we went
into one store this morning and they
showed us some skirts which they
said said were very, very. smart. The
one the lady showed me she said was
"verra sheek." This skirt, Maudella,
my dear, was a whiz. 1t was all cut
out of that stuff that the Scots band
wore sort of careless like over their
shoulders instead Of their legs when
tExev came to town with the Chautau-
nua. She said it was such a striking
model and you can believe your cou-
sin NaudelIa, it was. If | had been
on Grove street, Maudella, and you
had been on Grove. my dear, that
skirt would have struck me with ter
rible wallop. But as the French say
,Ca ne fat rien, cherie, c'est la mode
AS for hats. we went to another
store and the lady--this time very
tiny lady-said that the new autumn
mode was very quiet, mostly tailored
that's and very, very smart. we iooh-
ed .em over knowing your tastes and
thinking you'd want something real
cuiet and stylish. Well, Maudena,
my dear. If you want one OF these
ouiet autumn hats just tell you rlght
now how I'd get after it If were you.
Take Uncle Macs last years derby
and give It one swift kick, just one.
Then let Nero chew the left hand brim
some evening when the wood chuck
crop is small. Thatll give you nice
decorative fringe and the lady mil
liner said fringes were all the rage
this year. If you'd let Nero take a
good meal cut Of that left hand side
/ Il might make it bit extreme. I'd
make him stop with the fringe, II !
we're you, letting little of it hang
down the back-that's another Paris
touch. Then, Maudella, just look
about the woodhouse and see if there
are any of those nice red and white
signs left over from the fair last year
Do one up like blanket roil--any
guy that was in the army VIII show
YOU how-fasten it down with a cou-
pie Of horse-shoes at the front and