Show mrs s asard luck had to wear old hat to wedding the result of hubby s carelessness and he thought he wae clever A friend of mine from a town over in virginia came to washington a week or so ago to buy a hat says a writer in the washington post we went about from shop to shop she and I 1 and we coulden couldn t find a hat she fancied anywhere at last we came upon a milliner who had something that would have been exactly what my friend wanted it it had not been the wrong color the virginia woman wanted either a blue or a tan colored one and she d have to see both be fore she could decide which to take in the end the milliner agreed to make up two hats of the shape my friend liked and let her see them after ward the lady from virginia decided to leave the task of selection to me and we went home I 1 said beeny beeny miny mo to the hats when they were made and the tan colored one was it I 1 ciote to my friend about it and told her the hat was ready whenever she should order it sent there was to be a wedding in that virginia town and the husband of the woman I 1 m telling you about came to washington on the day before it to buy the present his wife had very nearly selected when she was here As he started out she said to him using simple language in or der to avoid muddling him now george I 1 want you to go to the address I 1 ve written on this card and ay I 1 want the champagne mon day don t forget george said he and he all he did was to lose the card with the address on it and that dian didn t matter a bit because he knew address of their wine man without having it written down he ordered a case of champagne to be sent mon day then he bought the bonbon dish wedding present and went bach to virginia his wife met him at the door of their home where s my hata she demanded dian didn t ou bring it you say a word about a hat he said you said to cordei champagne I 1 wrote the mill ner s address down for ou she cried champagne was the color of the hat and monday Is the name they give that shape now I 1 ve got to wear my last year 9 hat to the wedding george sniggle friz you certainly ought to be tapped or the simples |