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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. 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
e, in the same store, with the same capital. He did not give them a dollar of capital. They had to sell goods to get any money. Then he left them alone in the store just as they had been before, and he went out and sat down on a bench in the park in the shade. What was John Jacob Astor doing out there, and in partnership with people who had failed on his own hands? He had the most important and, to my mind, the most pleasant part of that partnership on his hands. For as John Jacob Astor sat on that bench he was watching the ladies as they went by; and where is the man who would not get rich at that business? As he sat on the bench if a lady passed him with her shoulders back and head up, and looked straight to the front, as if she did not care if all 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.  THE VERY SAME PEOPLE IN THE SAME STORE WITH THE SAME CAPITAL HE DID NOT GIVE THEM A DOLLAR OF CAPITAL THEY HAD TO SELL GOODS TO GET ANY MONEY THEN HE LEFT THEM ALONE IN THE STORE JUST AS THEY HAD BEEN BEFORE AND HE WENT OUT AND SAT DOWN ON A BENCH IN A PARK IN THE SHADE WHAT WAS JOHN JACOB ASTOR DOING OUT THERE AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PEOPLE WHO HAD FAILED ON THEIR OWN HANDS HE HAD THE MOST IMPORTANT AND IN MY MIND THE MOST PLEASANT PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP ON HIS HANDS FOR AS JOHN JACOB ASTOR SAT ON THAT BENCH HE WAS WATCHING THE LADIES AS THEY WENT BY AND WHERE IS THE MEN WHO WOULD NOT GET RICH IN THAT BUSINESS AS HE SAT ON THE BENCH IF A LADY PASSED HIM WITH HER SHOULDERS BACK AND HEAD UP AND LOOKED STRAIGHT TO THE FRONT AS 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
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