Evening star., 1926-10-31
AROUND THE CITY
BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

This would give him more fun,
because it is something new for him.:
That's where this is best. He Will
have to learn a new game, but he
knows already about horses and
wagons-Gentlemen How l would
have worked for 1t when l was kid
but we didn't have toys in my time
after the Civil War it was as much as
country folks could manage to get
country-cured bacon and cornpone.
Cert'ny is a pretty little gimcrack.
The gran children are luckler Than
what | WaS--"
The woman-a bossy looking lady
with the rough red of health in her
face and a big, wholesome hand that
showed for ho,tsework and judicial
capacity for spanking babies, lald
aside the cup and Dali and TOOK over
the horse and team.
"AH right, pop, / Eseckon you know
what the baby wantA-both OF you
being boys"
And the smile that went with the
words, and the sheepislt grin WI j.
which they were acknowledges, gave
to spinSter customer aloOgslde-on'
the poor lonesome women OF tnls
world-a glimpse into the timex circle
Of a love that was independent OF
youth, beauty or any other ingredient
that authors need for the making OF
romanccs; which took nothing more
than q nickel toy to make two people
downright happy.
And happiness, folks dear, must be
a most wonderful thing.
X X
A WOMAN was buying a hat
- women are always buying hats, if
you notice.
She looked like good woman, who
did her duty by her family and would
undoubtedly go to heaven when she
died But she must have been shy on
common sense, or she never would
have tried on -brimmed Bur
gundy velvet, trimmed around the
crown with pink roses. She was too
heavy and commonplace for SO dar-
ing a style, and, oh, poor soul, too old,
only she didn't know it. There were
other reasons. but three good ones
ought to be enough. When she had
smirked at her two-chin reflection
with a hand mirror she said to the
young clerk-without considering that
the poor thing had a soul to save
DO you think it becomes me?"
The clerk beamed admiration and
stated II WAS lIlc ldtCSt IL OilA i "a 40
and would be all the style this Win
ter.
II think I look right nice in it, too.
Let me see that one-no, not the one
you have in your hand; my husband
doesn't like me in black-says he don't
want me to wear mourning If he dies
first-aren't men the limit? l mean
the one with a plume"
The clerk brought forward dream
of violet velvet with a sidefall of
lemon feathers fastened with a rhine
stone buckle. 1t was a dream that
only youth might wear-or Marie of
Rumania-but, mercifully, 1t was
priced too high.
Here is the newest poke-both of
our imported models are of black vel
vet, but the gold lace brightens it
effectively"
1T sure looks stylish and 1 could
have a couple of pink roses on the
side, but / wouldn't dast take it home
i can hear my husband calling me
poke right now-besides, it sounds
awful old. They used to wear poke
bOnnets when my grandma lived--1
believe / like this Burgundy velvet
best; / always was a great hand for
red and pink. What shape do you
call that one you just took up? Looks
like an old-faShioned turban-I had
one once, but had to give it away
leastwise, my husbands sister came
to see us from the country, and she
was wearing such an awful old thing
on her head that my husband gave me
$40 and told me take Henny out and
buy her hat, but, as l said to her,
this turban of mine is just as good as
new, and I'll buy another style. But
l didn't mind-a married woman gets
so used to making sacrifices, don't
YOU know"
1t was a turban, for the clerk, in
an honest effort to do her duty by
store and customer. had presented for
inspection a small but attractive mod
ell, suitable for a woman who was no
longer young and had never been
pretty. 1t was an honest effort that
failed
Good land, I'd look q sight in that.
I'm going to take this red velvet-1
think it becomes me, don't you?"
And if the clerks agreeable little
smile could be construed into false
hood, it may be-just may be-that
the Great Recorder, understanding the
situation, decided not to tab it down.