The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-02-10

gray volvot sho had last fall"
! 'I"know all about it. It didn't
cost but six dollars, and it didn't
come from the city"
"Six dollars | You must be
dreamingl And where, in the
name of creation, could any one
get such n bonnet in Maysville
Then, again, whom I was in the
i city I saw n dress something like
that blue merino Of Susie Wells
everybody liked 80 much. l
though I'd enough left to buy it
for Ada. I knew the stuff WASH t
moro than fourteen shillings a
yard, and it talSos just four yards
but besides, there was tho making
and trimming, I went in and
priced it. 1t was cightcen dol
lars"
"And Susie Wells cost her moth,
er only about nine"
"That beats me out and out.
Where does she 20 to get such
bargains ?"
"Not very oftcn out Of Mays.
villc."
"Why I ncvcr SEQ thcm. Whom
60 to Miss Smith for anything
now, most likely it's some notion
she's borrowed from tho Wellscs
7 do believe they set tho fashions
for this village for drcssmakcrs
and ALL"
"Well, Mrs. Wells can do it il
she likes, for the truth is she has
IL sure gnide. This is the secret" "
do toll /" suspcnding hel
| work to listen.
eyes, and what's more, Mrs. Wells
doesn't buy half those new things
ready-made; she makes them her
self"
"Oh! it's all in gumption, then
I never had any"
"No, not that alone. I went
down to the house yesterday to
take tca, and we got chatting, and
somehow we came to talk about
economy, and I said / didn't sec
how some folks managed to make
such a show, when others, doing
quite as well in the world, coult
not. Now you don't mean mo
said Mrs. Wells, laughing. why
yes said l bluntly 4 do; [ car
tell you, Mrs. Wclls,' I went on
'Maysville people do think 20,
are awful extravaganza why
said she. Because you have 81
many new things, and made sc
costly, and the children are Away
furbelowed enough to cost small
fortune. Now, I'll warrant sale
she, that MI mine and tho chill
dren's new things together don
cost mo any moro than yours, o.
any other family in the village al
large as mine. why, how il
that ? said ]. Because I max,
every ponny tell, and just because
Two got an Invaluable aid to Civ,
mo tho very best advice, and keel
mo acquainted with tho nowes
fashions. 1t furnishes patternt
and ideas, and tolls what to got
and how to make up, 30 explicitly
that q body can't holp understand
ing. 1 save all the cost and time
and trouble Of going to tho city
for all have to do is to consul
my Mentor for shape, style ant
material. Past experience ha
proved to mo that can rcly upol
it without fear, and it is alway
full month in advance, so that
have plonty Of timo for considcra
ton. Send for tho necessary ar.
ticlos, and there arc the direction
to mako up. And, besides, L bav,
tho pleasure Of always foelins
fresh and proscntabio. T can oil
ways dress my children well ant
tastofnIly, because spare mysol
ono great expense, that Of givinl
them out to be made, az T hav,
within my reach such practica
instructions, that it, is u delight t,
connivc and fashion for myself
Then I'm mover at q loss for tn
boys other. If my means ar
limited, thor Q is sure to occur al
idea that helps mo to mako
cheap suit como out quito jaunt.
and becoming. There arc hun
dred and ono other notions to adj
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