Milly: I beseech thee, O All-Powerful Illustrator, from whom all accessories materialize; bestow upon me a pair of gloves and a hat, so that I may enter the confines of the place of sustenance with my compatriots!

Tilly: Milly, there is no such thing as the “all-powerful Illustrator”. You just forgot your hat and gloves again. Pay the dollar fine to the Women’s Club treasurer.

Milly: I beseech thee, O All-Powerful Illustrator, from whom all accessories materialize; bestow upon me a handbag, so that I can pay the sartorial tithe to the overseers of the assembly!

Tilly: Milly, they will just put it on your account. I’m starting to believe that you don’t even want to go to the annual flower show awards luncheon!

[Today’s pattern image from the Vintage Patterns Wiki.]