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He did not fill his show window up town with a lot of hats and bonnets to drive people away, and then sit on the back stairs and bawl because people went to Wanamaker's to trade. He did not have a hat or a bonnet in that show window but what some lady liked before it was made up. HE DID NOT FILL THE SHOW WINDOW UP TOWN WITH LOTS OF HATS AND BONNETS TO DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY AND THEN SIT ON THE BACK STAIRS AND BAWL BECAUSE PEOPLE WENT TO WANA MAKERS TO TRADE HE DID NOT HAVE A HAT OR BONNET IN THAT SHOW WINDOW BUT WHAT SOME LADY LIKED BEFORE IT WAS MADE UP
l the world did gaze on her, then he studied her bonnet, and by the time it was out of sight he knew the shape of the frame, the color of the trimmings, and the crinklings in the feather. I sometimes try to describe a bonnet, but not always. I would not try to describe a modern bonnet. Where is the man that could describe one? This aggregation of all sorts of driftwood stuck on the back of the head, or the side of the neck, like a rooster with only one tail feather left. But in John Jacob Astor’s day there was some art about the millinery business, and he went to the millinery-store and said to them: “Now put into the show-window just such a bonnet as I describe to you, because I have already seen a lady who likes such a bonnet. Don’t make up any more until I come back.” Then he went out and sat down again, and another lady passed him of a different form, of different complexion, with a different shape and color of bonnet. “Now,” said he, “put such a bonnet as that in the show window.” S IF SHE DID NOT CARE IF ALL THE WORLD DID NOT GAZE ON HER THEN HE STUDIED HER BONNET AND BY THE TIME SHE WAS OUT OF SIGHT HE KNEW THE SHAPE OF THE FRAME THE COLOR OF THE TRIMMINGS THE CRACKLINGS OF THE FEATHER I SOMETIMES TRIED TO DESCRIBE A BONNET BUT NOT ALWAYS I WOULD NOT TRY AND DESCRIBE A MODERN BONNET WHERE IS THE MAN THAT CAN DESCRIBE ONE THIS AGGRESSION OF ALL SORTS OF DRIFTWOOD STUCK IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD ON THE SIDE OF THE NECK LIKE A ROOSTER WITH ONLY ONE TAIL AND FEATHER LEFT BUT IN JOHN JACOB ASTOR'S DAY THERE WAS SOME ART ABOUT THE MILLINERY BUSINESS AND HE WENT TO THE MILLINERY STORE AND SAID TO THEM NOW PUT INTO THE SHOW WINDOW JUST SUCH A BONNET AS I DESCRIBE TO YOU BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY SEEN A LADY WHO LIKES SUCH A BONNET DON'T MAKE UP ANY MORE UNTIL I COME BACK THEN HE WENT OUT AND SAT DOWN AGAIN AND ANOTHER LADY PAST HIM OF A DIFFERENT FORM OF DIFFERENT COMPLEXION WITH A DIFFERENT SHAPE AND COLOR OF BONNET NOW SAID HE PUT SUCH A BONNET AS THAT IN THE SHOW WINDOW
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