The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-03-02
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"GRowLER's GLEN" Feb. "a, 1872.
Editors Union You We had a fair and square
offer now. Have you courage to solicit recon-
mendations and write 20 your new correspondent?
I'm an old chap, under the same condemnation
with yourselves so / confess my suspicious
Positively I'd be afraid. Its trap as sure as
you live, so look out If | can help it though
you shan't be hoodwinked. Girls are sharpers
at least the majority of them. Can't hear
their plans and counterplans as they chatter
among themselves in their rendezvous across the
hall Z My door has swinging transom. In this
way I've found the key 10 some of their stindi-
rection" as well as some of the wonderfully
strategic movements made to accomplish the
most with their means, and if Miss Flora had
only allowed her friends $3.50 per season, your
credulity would not have been so severely tested.
and would venture security myself that no one
would be able to recognize any portion of their
OLD chapeaux in the tastefully arranged moieties
of velvets and ribbons that would grace their
crimps and chignons.
do not like TO appear suspicious but it seems
to me your new Richmond" is leading, or try
ing to lead your innocent feet into that long path
where they will become wofully entangled and
your pocket-book lose forever the independent,
care-for- nobody y-no-not-Isna with which tcloses
now after generous donation to some Gpood
thing and by which you feel one is the loser
but yourself.
I've taken the trouble TO find out the cost of
the original chapeau and give it TO you:
yards-velvet(dgSj.O 90 ...................$l87 875
4 yards ribbon a so cts cts..................... 200
small feathers @$l .5O...... ........ 800
Frame..".......... .........- 40
Total .$7.27J
There i, is and a moderate calculation. Eve
omitted, 10 save you from despair and eternal
VOWS of celibacy, the lace and flowers, but you
may add $500 more if milner is employed
The materials are good, but not the best ''O
course" my informant saws, chats can lie ~ I'd
for less but wo be, say |, TO the editrtS> repu-
tation as Il member of the beau monde should h-r
head fixing fall under the inspection of Madam
Grundy and her cultivated taste detect palmer
ribbon and cheaper velvet One thoughtiu our
favor, it would be new when FIRST conveyed 10
your and keeping and in that event 81 so
might keep it in repair for three seasons | offer
this piece of candcr from purely disnterested
motives, and as i appears to be gift enterprise
upon which she has entered, fear lest some Of
Miss Fiora's jewels he placed in your crowns of
rejoicing under false pretenses. May | not ask
her Just here If brothers DO not often form their
ideas OF the average cost Of young lady's out
fl from the lavish expenditures of sisters I'd
like to be convinced that economy does exist
somewhere, and if could only overcome my
distrust wonld write. through you, concerning
those jewels and give the bes, of references. But
If other items overreach her calculations in the
same ratio does The bonnet bill, dare poor
fellow hazard everything?
Having generally enjoyed the ''Brevities, +" I'm
half inclined TO apologize for The length of this,
and in closing would suggest in reply TO your
query about your aged relative. that possibly she
has availed herself OF the privilege of the year,
aud in changing her name LAS removed her
quarters from the culinary department TO the
conservatory where, surrounded by more inspir-
ing influences. we hope she will both indulge and
indite more of her beautiful sentiments for the
ed6caiion of the readers OF the Union
Yours, &c., DICK PIcKELs.