Show r BONNET STREET where is thata thai well wainow bow it shows how haw litle fitle little tle you know of newyork New York to ask where is bonnet street perhaps you thoi thought ight all the bonnet stores were in broadway broad way bowery and cantil canal st you were never more mistaken those are only the outside posts of tha enemy yes enemy we speak it advisedly enemy of mans pur purse seand and wo mans happi happiness 11 ess if isyou on dout dont believe it go to bonnet street with a hard up pock pocketbook pocket e book in one haud hand and one of the sex leaning upon the other one of those outrageous be tinseled be spangled bowl bowed and flowered symbols B of barbarism now tile the very height of f fashion and hear her sigh for that love of a bonnet aqif or this I 1 dear little hat and feathers or feel the sharp twinge I 1 your own conscience will give while paying for a wass mass of silk velvet satin feathers ribbons flowers lace pasteboard pas leboard wire glass beads and tinsel et cetela cetel a twisted twirled aud and mixed up together in all sorts of queer shapes affording no prolee tion to the head in rain or shine for an air hour of either will certainly spoil the tiling thing as it would tile the frost spangles of a may morning if your purse is not notah almost as long as your ears do hot go to bonat street do not trust yourself if you are a woman moreli more particularly a young one and still more particularly it if you are not but have one depena dependent tnt upon your small weekly salary I 1 even to tafv hakea a walk that street only just to see the fashions 11 it is the ilia street of temptation upon one block upon one side of the street six thousand two hundred and thirty three bonnets of all conce conceivable hibble colors sizes shapes forms fashions figu figures res and prices except dear ones oies none elre iredean daar that is ia in ili price no all are dear sweet things at a will wo you ia a the face frodi from every window door counter showcase show case nook or corrier corner ter tempting you to stop step in and just inquire the price pi ice of that a splendid plum colored satin trimmed with domestic fowls feath feat licis cis tipped with bugles with the blond biona lace and blue bells with sliver pistils ou on the inside ift side oil oh is it not the richest thing you have seen this sees season 0 it 1 Is it dear malm oh no lord bless you yon we never sold bonnets so very cheap as we do this season just now we are almost giving them away money is so tight in wall street and we must me meet t 0 you know my hubband hl nid il is a in paris buying eay ge very best arti articles chis and latest lates es t fashions I 1 will sell you that exceedingly lich ich hat for less than it actually cost 11 how much 4 you shall have it upon my honor for just w what the materials cost I 1 declare you shull have five it for 15 t that will not afford a centon cent of profit nothing for making it is a great bargain upon my word and I 1 will give you a box and send it home or you had better put it on oil and I 1 will s send iad your old one horre home if you care to have it it is is not of 0 f much consequence N boit ait I 1 is a not of much consequence yol yet it post cost seven dollars less than seven months ago then the the old one 1 le w was as wien taken off and the new one tried on oil and ana the seller said 1 I declare now I 1 hive have not sold a bonnet this season that fitted so well as this one look at lier sir dont you thin think kits its becoming 9 of course he did he was bound to sa say y so she w was as liia hig wife then she looked appealing to him as much as to siy say oil oh now do let me have it indeed I 1 shall never be happy without it then he be took hold of liis his short purse and looked yes he felt unhappy what did they come to bonnet st at fora for unhappy street both are unhappy the seller or of bonnets sees how miserable slie she has made two fellow creatures and her feurt is touched to see the new bonnet taken off and the old bonnet about to be put on oh dont dochat do th i dont think of such a thing you must have it I 1 would sooner lose iose a dollar myself yes two there you shall have it for thirteen thi iteen 11 I 1 husband is about to walk off wife lays her hind on his arm gives one more looka look aud j ud says oil do now a t dear soul husband takes out liis his port piort and hands hanas it to his wife with a look that sa says ys as plain as day 1 I wish I 1 had not come to bonnet street wife looks over the money was only 12 slie she is disappointed she looks one more appeal pea I 1 it is answered ohp least hit bit petulantly u have 1 I t arillar in he worm the lady at her elbow lias has counted 12 as fast is herself and says in the blandest blankest blan dest tone 1 I think my dear that is right let me see I 1 she wants to go get the money into her hands she does and counts it over and sighs there is only 12 and really I 1 do not kow know liow how to take that I 1 shall lose so much but I 1 wilt will for I 1 ilove love to make people li happy appy 11 I 1 happy in a bonnet store one is made happy while ten tell are miserable one half are miserable because they see a street full pf af new bonnets and still wear theold the old ones and as many more are unhappy husbands because they have to pay for hie clio extravagance or pride of a wife making themselves unhappy rather than see her so we walked aloag behind this couple as they walked away and overheard him s sty siy ty now I 1 hav hap inot nota a dollar to pay our board this week well mrs smith can wait dear knows she makes enough boar boarding us two at seven dollars a week dont you think so I 1 no I 1 dont well I 1 must have a new hat le if she is never paid and then only to think how cheap hea less than llian cost humph gumph 1 just sowe so we thou thought glit humph we did liev I 1 leal ak a word about less than cost so we began to cypher and set down the items at r retail tail prices yard of satin 1 sa heart istead piece and wire frame 25 1 3 yards of black lace 75 I 1 yard of blond lace ja 3 I 1 ard of f for r firings pa 1 1 pair of leathor plumes 1 30 I 1 pair of wreaths thread 4 paid fur for making 44 lass over the lett belt 6 00 what 4 a bargain it is only ane one of the many bargains of bonnet st less than cost my dear you must learn to cypher N I 1 trib |