Pardon, my lord; I will not show my face until my husband bid me

I hope that Elm Shakespeare Company’s extraordinary set survives Hurrican Irene. You can help out the company by bidding on items in its online auction fundraiser, here.
The auction closes at 11 a.m. Monday morning, Aug. 29. Something to do while you’re sitting around the house Sunday wishing you could be in Edgerton Park watching Measure for Measure. (The weekend performances were cancelled due to the weather.)
Fifty items are up for auction: tickets, goodie baskets, dinners, spa treatments, vacations… That swell Sanibel Panama Hat from DelMonico’s haberdashery on Elm St. pictured above immediately caught my eye.