Eureka Reporter | 1905-09-29 | Page 7 | Vegetable Millinery

vegetable millinery at the recent unveiling in ocean grove of the bronze statue of the late dr stokes a methodist minister said I 1 knew mr stokes well and one of the things I 1 most admired in him was his simplicity his modesty his plainness he hated affectation and vanity even in women and in a good humored way he would often poke tun at the freakish fashions that come up from time to time in women s dress I 1 remember one summer when the ladies hats were ven large and a great many cherries and beans and grapes and so on covered them dr stokes went about ocean grove tell ing a hat story he said there came a knock at a man s door one morning and the man answered it and then called upstairs to his wife ann here is the girl with the vegetables but the wife coming downstairs hastily called as she descended don t be silly it s my new hat buffalo enquirer