Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1919 — Hat Decoration. [ARTICLE]

Hat Decoration.

A very dignified matron, the wife of one of the city’s clergymen, went into a downtown store the other day to take advantage of a sale. She bought the books for which she had come and started out of the store. But a counter piled high with men’s hose attracted her to a crowd of more fastidious shoppers, most of whom were examining the varicolored silk stockings on the racks above the counter. The modest parsonage woman almost blushed over their open interest. Finally the socks were bought, several other counters visited, and then the minister’s wife started to leave. At the door she met one of the parishioners. They exchanged greetings and, then, with a “Please allow me,” the parishioner reached up to the hat of the minister’s wife and lifted from its wide brim a pair of gaudy rose silk stockings. The racks above the bargain counter were, of course, the cause. "But nd ooe knew it,” moaned the parson’s wife. “Just think how many people saw me wearing those decorations, and actually I was embarrassed Over the other women just looking at them. And I—well, I was wearing them very prominently."—lndianapolis News.