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I tell you if a man could foresee the millinery business he could foresee anything under heaven! I TELL YOU IF A MAN COULD FORESEE THE MILLINERY BUSINESS HE COULD FORESEE ANYTHING UNDER HEAVEN
ibe 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.” 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. The tide of custom began immediately to turn in, and that has been the foundation of the greatest store in New York in that line, and still exists as one of three stores. Its fortune was made by John Jacob Astor after they had failed in business, not by giving them any more money, but by finding out what the ladies liked for bonnets before they wasted any material in making them up.  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 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 THE TIDE OF CUSTOM BEGAN IMMEDIATELY TO TURN IN AND IT HAD BEEN A FOUNDATION OF THE GREATEST STORE IN NEW YORK IN THAT LINE THERE STILL EXISTS ONE OF THREE STORES ITS FORTUNE WAS MADE BY JOHN JACOB ASTOR AFTER THEY FAILED IN BUSINESS NOT BY GIVING THEM ANY MORE MONEY BUT BY FINDING OUT WHAT LADIES LIKED FOR BONNETS BEFORE THEY WASTED ANY MATERIAL IN MAKING THEM UP
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