Hard on the Ospreys

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 4, Issue 8, 1 February 1926, Page 40

Hard on the Ospreys

A' SOCIETY woman who had two tickets for a charity matinee, found herself unable to go, and sent her small maid along to occupy the seats. The maid took a friend with her, and they found themselves behind a woman whose high-crowned hat was decorated with two large ospreys. A muttering of disapproval behind caused the woman to turn round and remark; “I’ll inform you right away that I have no intention of taking off my hat, so you need’nt ask me to do so.”

There were no further objections from behind, and in the first pause in the performance the owner of the ospreys, apparently repenting of her churlishness, turned again and inquired, “Is my hat very much in your way? If so, I don’t mind removing it now. I know my ospreys are rather large.” “Oh, yer needn’t bother,” said the small maid brightly “them feathers ain’t worryin’ us now. I bent ’em all back!”