The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-07-31
Economical Girls.
from the n. Y. Commercial Advertiser
CoNaREss HALL. july

From the N. Y. commercial AuNeItisei'J
CONGRESS HALL, July ~.
Nv old statistican says there are just four
of these beautiful sage green dresses IN sara
toga. Three, he says, are worn by very styi,
ish young ladies, and one is worn by an oid
lady who has no business 10 De wearing ~;
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 Paris-$400 if it's cent?
When we look up it is sage green.
Yesterday one of the beautiful young ladies
who wears a sage green took ride over to
the lake with my friend Gus. Gus has got
good blood in him, but he isn't very ''stam-
py." He always takes to expensive girls,
and after getting interested in them they talk
such expensive talk about camePs hairs, vel
vet suits and trips to Europe, that poor Gus
gets frightened off. He comes up in my room
and says he don't believe there is girl in
New York who don't cost her father $4,000 a
year just for nice clothes. Then he buries
his face in his hands and says, ooh dear,
there is no chance for apoor fellow on $4,000
year"
Yesterday Gus came into my room looking
light and happy His eyes fairly shone with
ecstacy of blissful emotion.
'sWhat is it, Gus9" I asked.
"Tye found heri she's herer' and then he
stopped to catch his breath.
'Who's here?'' 1 asked, thinking perhaps
that Mrs. Woodruff or Susan B. Anthony
had arrived.
''Why, the girl I've been looking for-sweet,
young, stylish and not expensive"
Lightning, Gusp' said I, putting on my
glasses; "Fd like to see such girl myself
Where is she?" AVIAN
eve just came in from ride-shes down
In the parlor-a regular sumner, in sage
greenl and too economicalp'
Sage grecn-sage green" I muttered
to myself, thinking of the $500 saw young
lady pay for just such dress-"how do you
know she isn't expensive. How do you-''
''Why, confound itr' broke in Gus, 81
know it. I've been talking to her for three
hours. She talked very economical, just like
q sensible girl"
''What did she say?' continued
"Why, she said she was looking for true
man, man brave and generous, with love in
his heart, and with such man she said she
could be happy in = garret-yes, she said she
could be happy in a garnet with the man she
loved. Ha! hap and Gus whirled round
twice and kicked the crown out of my best
hat, in the excess of his mirth.
- n
made Gus take me right down for an in
PRODUCTION to his economical friend, and then
let him go off to change his coat for dinner.
Miss d. was pretty and stylish, too. She
had on a love of $75 hat, and those pretty
SIS laced CATERS which the man makes under
the Coleman house. Her dress was the rich
est gros grain sage green with panier, wat
teau, pOlonaise, with court train. 1t con-
tanned exactly 176 yards of so silk. On her
pretty hands were six-buttoned gas-light
green kids, which lost themselves under point
lace undersleeves and over diamond bracelets.
On her arm she carried $500 camels hair
shawl. E|Es. #EE&F
"This is mothers, Mr. Perkins, she re-
marked. 81 took it in case of rain. don't
expect to have camels hair and regular dia-
monds until Pm 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 mar
rled without camePs hair and diamonds T'
l asked, taking her SIS pearl and point lace
fan, and looking down at her point lace un-
dcrskirt
why, hadn't thought much about it.
That's just what your friend Motley and
were talking about. And such a nice long
talk" .Es E4TI-El7-
"Then you and Gus have been discussing
the love-in-a-cottage idea, have you?" in
terrupted.
Yes, that was it; and he's so NICE
And didn't you say that you could live in
S~ioo WIN brave, handsome man, whom
you loved dearly?''
YES, | did say that. don't care if do
blush. said | could live happily in garrett
with the man loved-and could've could
have nice elevator and have our meals sent
IN from Delmonico's. Why those Paran Ste
VEINS $4,000 garnet suites are just as coy as
they can bep'
This, alas was the economical sweetness
of my friend Gus, who could live in $4,000
garnet with the man she loved. These are
the economical young ladies who come to Sar-
atoga and deceive us poor fellows-who talk
garrett, get our solitdires and then come the
elevator and lunch from Delmonico lodges on
us. These alas! are the young ladies who
gain our honest love just to steal our money,
for S4O0 sage green dresses, with acatteaus
and potondtse all cut on the bias, or sell us.
These are the dear creatures whom magnani-
nous fathers generously give away to US
saying, Take her, .Adolphus, and be happy
alas! if you camp
n"