Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1929, Page 40

THE EVENING STORY The Spring Bonnet. LTHOUGH the room was high ceiled and ornate with gaudy decorations that were quite in| vogue in the gay 90s, it was lighted with a single electric bulb, which threw a wan light over the poor furnishings and the girl who sat on the edge of the bed with her head buried in her arms on a corner of the bureau. She was weeping, softly and silently, her shoulders shaking convul- sively at intervals. The window opened on a dark, rectangular light-well, through which the sun sometimes shone for a brief spell at noonday. As if from 8 great distance came the noise of spar- rows twittering about the roof and eaves of the building adjoining. Hung at a rakish angle over the water pitcher on the bureau was a neat white straw hat —last year's, to be true—from which Pansy had been trying to eradicate the marks of times with a small piece of art gum. After a time Pansy raised her head listlessly and glanced slowly and mood- ily about the room. Her eyes rested on the hat. She picked it up and secrutinized it under the dim light, then hurled it into a corner and went back to the comfort of her tears. She took mental inventory of her earthly essions. Her fortune con- sisted of exactly $8.73 and a ticket to the Spring festival and dance of the Primrose Athletic Club. Of this amount $4 was due for the room rent, and one | must eat. Pay day at the Basham dry goods store was one week away. Pansy wanted a new hat. Now, Spring to some persons is mere- $v the interval of time between March 21 and June 21, when the birds twitter and the brooks babble according to the prescribed rules of poetics, and flies make their appearance in boarding- house milk. But to Pansy it repre- sented & time when the birds were to be emulated. She wanted to put the flowers to shame with the vivid crim- son Spring hat she had seen in the ‘window of the Bonton department store, labeled as a ‘“creation” and placarded with a price tag that spelled “finis” to #ll her hopes. Much of her happiness in life had been staked upon the success of the Spring festival and dance of the Prim- rose Athletic Club. You've guessed it. There was & young man. His name was Bill, prosaic but steady and pos- sessed of a passion for brilliant color. Bill would be at the dance undoubt- edly, with the Monahan girl from the other side of town. Pansy's secret sor- row. Pansy had determined to make a final and courageous assault against the ramparts of his heart on this eve- ning of evenings and abide by the out- come. She was certain that Bill held a tender place in his heart for her without half knowing it himself. Tie had taken her to neighborhood shcws and entertainments on various occa- sions, but had always reserved his more momentous dates for other girls who dressed in more brilliant fashion than did she. Carefully she lajd out her plan of | campaign and decided that the old white hat would have to do. She started to clean it methodically, bravely holding back her tears the while. If only it had some bit of seductive color, she considered, the rest would be easy. She resolved to try a certain brand of hat dye which she had seen adver- tised. She dressed in her neat sport suit and started for the neighborhood s she was informed at the first store. “We don't carry that shade of red in stock. You might try at the corner of Ok and Elm streets.” On her quest for carmine dye Pansy entered a district noted for the distinc- tiveness and power of its odors and the toughness of its kids. She rounded the corner just as the pitcher of the “Sand Lot Fleas’ was trying out his pitching arm with an overripe tomato hurled at the nearest | lamp-post. Pansy ducked, but not in time. Her last-year hat got the full blast of the vegetable barrage. The star mounds- man of the “Fleas” fled in disorder. She stood still in her tracks and wept copiously and sincerely. ‘Then, with an air of finality, she took off her hat and began to clear away the debris. She surveyed the result. The irregular splotch of red had the appearance of a batik. From the central mass of dainty tenacles spread out in vivid red lines tinged on the edges with soft browns. With a gesture of extreme disgust, she jammed it on her head and turned her footsteps angrily homeward to pour out her misery in the solitude of her room. B]11'\ front of her abode she met her 1. He stood back and surveyed her with a new light in his eyes. “Gee, kid,” he exclaimed, “you look pretty today. And where did the new ‘kelly'? Why, that's dest red I've ever seen. I'll bet it set you back a few good simoleons.” And Pansy, with the intuition that is the common heritage of womankind, immediately seized upon the situation and became its mistress. “Do you like it?” she countered. “Like it?” he shouted. “Does a cat like milk? Say, Pansy, I'd like to take you to the dance tonight. I had a kind of half-way date, but I'm going to break it. T want to parade you around in Tender SprinG CHICKEN Maryland This Week on the LIBERTY LIMITED AHE EVENING STAR,” WASHINGTON,” D.”C front of some of those synthetic flap- ers.” 5 “Sure!” said Pansy serenely. “And I'm glad you like the hat. I had to go a long way out of my way to get just that shade of red.” ‘THE END. (Copyright, 1920.) PLAN FARM PROGRAM. Fullest Development of Land Con- ference Object. COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (#).— Formulation of a regional program for conservation and utilization of South- western farm land will be the object of a conference at Texas A. and M. 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