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Show Father Didn't See. The indulgent father whose nose had struck many sparks from the high cost of living grindstone, jerked a thumb in the direction of a passing young woman. "Why didn't you get one of those un-trimmed un-trimmed hats," he asked, "instead of that creation with the $40 willow plumes on it?" "Because," explained the daughter, as patiently as though she were speaking speak-ing to a small child. "Only women who have money enough to buy willow plumes can afford the economy of un-trimmed un-trimmed millinery. As untrimmed hats are the only ones I can afford, for the sake of appearance I cannot afford to wear them. By so doing everybody would see that I couldn't afford willow plumes. Don't you see?" And he confessed con-fessed he didn't. |