The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-10-05
BY SCHOFF. VINEGAR & co.

were. l waited with apparent unconcern,
watching the customers go in and out OF the
store opposite.
you are sure the lady began again.
| turning back 10 me that you would have
no difficulty in fitting us for the first
time !?
Il apprehend none, Madam
GRAND for trpnmings--what fashion-books
| do you use.'4 JiJuUI|Ul ~ .:esQiJ 4
None. have them all. but invent my
own styles for the most, part II Ia a ~ 4
Upon that the youngest daughter spoke
in pleasant baby like voice,
That will be nice, mamma.
We shall not be copies of every one else
1T would be better the elder lady re
marked, ifwe could try some more common
dresses first, but there seems to be no time.
Could you get two light silks done for a
wedding reception day after tomorrow p
Certainly, since, as / said, you have the
fortune to come first 5tfIH# 4
Then will you fit my daughters this
morning Ts{N .UI s.. .v.a .tET
AT once
led the way into the other room. where
Miss Granger sat waiting. ..N
White linen Innings, Miss Granger, | said
with an air of command and please pin
| them on immediately sgE EHk.s
Madam started at this with gesture Of
DO you not fit them on YOURSELF? she
asked. Even Lubec always did that
By no means. There is no surer way to
spoil ones power of adapting a dress to the
figure. | stand at little distance, and see
that an artistic effect is preserved
By this time Miss Granger was pinnin G
OH the lining over the slight girlish form OF
the elder daughter. She could fit well, and
they must have perceived it. gave few
hints and directions, and the work was ac-
compIished. t~} L5Ct So 4-J
Will you leave the trimming entirely to
me p 3 | asked, as the mamma shook the
lustrous pearl-colored silk out. of its folds,
COR have you choiceT =- e. - -
Leave it to her. heard the younger
daughter whisper--I know by her looks she
has good taste.'al ia.g. : q. at+
So it was settled that should make the
dresses as | chose. No sooner had they left
than began my task. L had only two
seamstresses engaged besides Miss Granger;
but we all worked A few other customers
came in, and put them off until these two
dresses should be finished. When done, they
were to be sent to Mrs. John Sturges, Beacon
Street and / felt that if they gave satisfac-
ton should have made as good beginnl ng
as desired. trimmed them so different
lly that, thoughithe silk was the same, the
dresses were totally unlike and yet equal in
elegance sent them home the afternoon
before the reception, and Miss Granger was
kind enough to go with them and try them
| 9TH hot O oil in 6
ince. She came back aud reported elegant
fits and perfect satisfaction
The next morning Mrs. Sturges came for
my bill. 1t was matter on which | had be-
slowed much thought. | had questioned
whe ther it would be the best policy to con-
ciliate custom by the moderation of my
charges or to convey sense OF my own
| Importance 10y their extravaganza. One of
my girls had formerly worked for Madam
Lubec, who had stood hitherto at the head
with her | had made up my bill, charging
than Lubee would have done.
/ Mrs. Sturgis ran over the items
You are little higher in your rates than
is customary heres, she said; but suppose
we must be willing to pay something for
your taste. My daughters dresses were the
loveliest in the room. Can you make them
some more next week They want some
walking dresses, and dinner dress
| Not next week, | am sorry to say l
am more busy than when you came first
| think might promise for the week after
next
had dec idedIy made hit. After that
customers came fast enough; and a good
many of them spoke of the dresses Aggie
/ Sturgis and her sister had worn at the we'd
ding. Twas able, in two months from that
beginning, to bring On my mother, and to
take for her third IA small one which
happened about that time to fall vacant--so
that she could be as retired as she wished. =
l completed this arrangement early in the
winter of 1861, and for the two years be-
tween that time and the first appearance of
little Brains in my establishment, had
been prospecting beyond my hopes. But
was not happy Success brought, indeed, a
certain kind of satisfaction but | missed
sorely the care-tree life of the old days, the
4 liberty to follow my. own tastes and ways.
and did miss Horace Weir. | had heard
of him incidentally. He had come home
from France and was now prdcticing his
profession in New York. | would have Civ
en- much to know whether he had thought
of Inc, inquired after me, tried to trace me
out. Vain enough it must have been if he
had | had given no clue to my present
resi- 1ence to single old friend. Every one
of them to the best of my belief had lost
sight of me. was welded to life very
different from any of my early dreams.
had been successful, it is true, beyond my
expectations. Was saving money | could
make mother comfortable. had little to
do with the laborious details of my bust
ness. My task was to invent graceful fash
ions-to suit colors to fair faces to make
charming toilets for girls living just such
II lives as used to live oncee-God forgive
me if sometimes | almost hated them-if
now and then a mad rebelious impulse
seized me, and | cursed fate in my heart
forgetting that fate was but another name
for Providence
/ had been in one Of these murmuring
Moodsswhen htths Susan LMory interrupted
i my meditations with. her fine small Voice
After she went away | relapsed into it
only partially, and reused myself with deter
iminatioG at last, and went to my mother
to amuse her with an account of my drolI
Il little visitor After all, mother had much
more to to bear than I. She had not even
the diversion of business She must sit
through the long, slow days. remembering
the past and all its good gifts and false
tpromises-s tung by its contrast with the
empty-handed present. How much more
she had lost, too! What was the sentiment
tai regret of a young girl over a love that
had never even been declared, to a wife
) sorrow and longing for the household ten
derness which had been hers for quarter
of a century, AS opened her door, re-
preached myself for all my repinings.
l was glad to perceive that she was real
ly interested about Brains. - She wanted
to see her on the morrow, and began plan.
ming about garments we could give her to
!, make over for herself and her sister ~ai
: The next morning, curious to see whether
! my small handmaiden had arrived, put on
: my dressing gown little before seven, and