Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-15
CHARITY ENYIETu NOT.
"You don't say so?'
BY ALICE B. REAL.

" 0u don say so!
True as the Gospel, Hiss Smelling.
That velvet cloak of her's--shc calls II
Talma-cost every cent of twenty hve
dollars. Then there's her bonnet--that
came from New York. too; Miss Dunns
work an't good enough for her of late
years. Well. that bonnet couldn't be
bought for less'n eight dollars. Why. The
ribbon must be four AMI six yard. not
to speak Of the feathers. Then there's
new plaid silk you know. and that French
meriro; neither of 'en lessn twelve shil-
lincs. and that's the way she dresses
Time was when she was glad enough TO
ge. me to sew for her. I've had her beg
anl beg. and bcsecch me to give her day.
or even halt day. i'll my spring hurTy;
calls that stuck up girl. that sets IN the
settin' room all day. She makes siIe chit
d1en's clothes. and her II arc Gu, and made
an New York. when they ain't made there "
"She's dreadful extravifent for n church
member" said M.s. Smelling. with a sigh.
as she tdrne! h-rsrl. slowly around be-
fs5e tie little looking glass. She was
having lining f.'ed by village dress
maker, Miss Prime. cal a mefino d:eRs
she had worn two years was partly ripped
uo on chair by the window. 1t was
the only dress making she had On hand
fox the season IL was d ha!d winter.
anil. With tae sickness OF the children.
and aif. Saeiling losing so much time by
the frost. their means were unusually Inn
iteI No wonder that she though! oil the
ease and plenty of the rich manufactures
household with feeling of envy. She
did not know il though. She was plain
good hearted person naturally. struggling
OF 10 do her duty through the discourage
ment Of Ill health. aI.ing children. aud
very narrow means; bat she could not
help ,hinkiug Mis-. Hubbard was getting
worldly and extrav igant as. year by year
her household arrangements and persona!
expenses increased.
Only the day before, at meeting. she
could not fix her attention upon the ser
mon for looking 4, the velvet Talma worn
for the first time by her old friend and
still kind neiga Dor, Mrs. Hubbard. They
were members of the same church. OF
which Mr.. Hubbard was the N oSt liberal
supporter. lie gave according TO his
means. and at the same time. desired his
wife asd family 10 dress and live accord
Ing to his altered position and prospects.
Time was when she had 10 work hard
enough" continued MissPrime, pinching
IN a side seam in the endeavor To- produce
the houe glass shapA, orthodox when she
Learned her trade" 81 remember when
they first sci up house kee ping, and she
had 10 do her own work US we'll a other
people. and her own sewing toe. Now
don't believe she takes a needle in her
hand ftom morning till night. whila you
aud /, Miss Smelling. don, get many play
spells"
The lcaven of uncharitableness worked
on in Mrs. Saelling's heart.
I'm afraid there isn't much spiritual
growth. Miss Prime. The cares Of this
world choke the see,.." Poor woman! she
though. IL was only an interest IN her
neighbor's best good that prompted such
a constant review of her conduct. "Peo-
pc thaI have their hearts set on dress and
high living can't have much time for hetr
ter things"
Ahot "udI tuiHh. llpW no YOU IKE
them bask waists. Hiss Smelling? hear
they're all the fashion in New York.
Mss Dunn said she'd .ry an git me a
pattern when she went down in the spring.
| wouldn't ask Bliss Hubbard to lend me
hers to look for nothing in the world.
How am | goin' to get out new backs.
Miss Snelling?'
There's the cape, you see.'
'.Why, SO there isl never calculated
the cape. | was stuayin' an contrivin'
all the while you was to breakfast. Says
|. Miss Smelling I'll have to have them
backs pieced. and then every body iii town
III hnow its been made over"
As if everybody in Mrs Sneling's CON-
munity would not have known an. no.
ticed. under any circumstances, that her
brown merino of two winters age, had
been tuned and made up again for her
best dress. She had set her heart, early
in the fall. on a new style OF plaids. Cor
sale at Brown s. Chapin's; but the doctors