The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-08-14
Eli Perkins About Economical Girls.

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are worn by very stylish ladies, and
one is worn by one old lady who has
no business to wearing it. Every time
he sees one of those beautiful dresses
he goes into an ecstacy of delight. He
rubs his hands and says, "There comes
the agony of Parisn;S400, if it's a cent" +"
When we look up it is a sage green.
Yesterday one of the beautiful young
ladies who wears sage green took a
ride over to the lake with my friend
Gus. Gus has got good blood in him,
but he isn't very "stampy." He al
ways takes to expensive girls, and af-
ter getting interested in them they talk
expensive talk about cameI's airs,vel-
vet suits and trips to Europe, that
poor Gus gets frightened off He comes
up in my room and says he don't be-
lieve there is a girl in New York who
don't cost her father $4,000 year
just for nice clothes. Then he buries
his face in his hands and says, 30 dear,
there is no chance for poor fellow on
$4,000 a year."
Yesterday, Gus came into my room
looking light and happy. His eyes
fairly shone with ecstacy of blissful
emotion.
"What is it, Gus?" 1 asked.
"I've found her she's here!" and
then stopped to catch his breath.
"Who's here?" l aske1, thinking
perhaps that Mrs. Woodruff or Susan
B. Anthony had arrived.
"Why, the girl I've been lookin for;
sweet, young, stylish; and not expen-
sive w
Lightning, GUS" said I, putting
on my glasses, "Td like to see such
girl myself Where is she?"
"We just came in from a ride; she's
down in the parlor; regular sumner,
in sage green! and the economical |"
Sage green, sage green, | NUT
tered to myself, thinking of the $500
| saw a young lady pay for just such a
dress; how do you know she isn't ex-
pensive. How do you know"
"Why confound it" broke in Gus,
81 know it. I've been talking to her
for three hours. She talked very Geo.
nomical, just like a sensible girl"
"What did she say?" l continued.
"Why, she said she was looking for
true man, a man brave and gener-
Gus, with love in his heart, and with
such man she said she could be hap
py in garret; yes, she said she could
be happy in garret with the man she
loved. Ha! ha !' and Gus whirled
round twice and kicked the crown out
of my best Dunlap hat in the excess
of his mirth.
made Gus take me right down for
an introduction to his economical
friend, and then l let him go off to
change his coat for dinner.
Miss ID. was pretty and stylish, too
She had on love Of S75 hat and
those pretty SIS laced CATERS which
the man makes under the Coleman
House Her dress was the richest
gros grain sage with panier, watteau,
polonaise with court train. 1t con-
tanned exactly 176 yards of silk. On.
pretty hands were six-button gaslight
green kids, which lost themselves un-
der point lace undersleeves and over
diamond bracelets. On her arm she
carried $500 camePs hair shawl.
"This is mothers, Mr.. Perkins, she
remarked. IL took it in case of
rain. ! don't expect to have camel's
hair and regular diamonds until I'm
married. Mothers last words when |
left home, were, Now Lizzie, don't be
introduced to any foreigners or lose
your jewelry.'
Couldn't you be happy after you
are married without camel's hair and
diamonds?" l asked, taking in her
S75 pearls and point lace fan, and
looking down at her point lace under
skirt.
"Why l hadn't thought much about
it. That's just what your friend Mot
ley and were talking about. And
such a nice long talk"
"Then you and Gus have been dis
cussing the love-in-a-cottage idea, have
youY l interrupted.
"Yes, that was it; and he's so nice"
"And didn't you say that you could
live in a garret with a brave, hand
some man, whom you loved dearly ?"
"Hes, L did say that l don't care
if | do blush. | said | could live
happily in garret with the man
loved and | could've could have
nice elevator and have our meals sent
in from Delrnonico's. Why, those
Paran Stevens $4,000 garret suits are
just as cosy as they can be!'
+
This, alas was the economical
sweetness of my friend Gus, who could
live in a $4,000 garret with the man
she loved. These are the economical
young ladies who come to Saratoga
and deceive us poor fellows-who talk
garret, get our soiitaires and then come
the elevator and lunch from Delmoni-
co dodge on US. These, alas are the
young ladies who gain our honest love
- 81 A.. - Il