, 1874-03-22

Total, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 'sa9,a"
yor s.art in surprise. THIS cannot be- Tho
cost of the titting-up Of . suite OF dfa"inP
rooms. not including statuary or Pfcsufea, estl"
mated ut nearly S50,00Di u must seem hAe eN-
trayagance to little Airs. +, with her patty
Thousand year; and even nra' T., III 81 odusas' s;'
does not 20 quite that length. Our first csti~
mnte is a nearer approach to tho truth, but We
know of one house in Now York where The man,
tel ornaments alone, consisting OF clocks anu
candciabra, cost $4,000. With tho caolno1s.
pedestaJs, bronzcs, furniture, ETC., tmS grand
saloon probably cost
MORE THAN DOUBLE
Tho 1croest estimate we have made, to fit up
Now. Mrs. Aubusson's drawing-rooms haglng
cost 81 600 10 furnish, Mrs. Moquetto gets Just
as neur that figure as her income TiA allow.
Sometimes, by iudscious ~ scrimping IN other
quarters, she quite reaches IL ana 10 - ~ nf1t W;i
tou does her little best to keep up to the mark
but $4,000 is an extraGaSact sum for her, and
she must pinch somewhere to make it out: AIRS;
Velvet has 8 hard struggle to raise -, ,o1o, nut
sLe does 90 want to he OF Mrs. Wltoa's visiting
Ist, with the possibility u getting invitation
to hfra Moquette's grand crush. Ats. brassei5
figure il 5000; aud now comes the genuine
squeeze,
TIE REAL p1NCHISa ECONOMIES.
The secopd dresses aud bonnets are mnae a.
| home hoarder or two taken just 1of COM
Do With it, There are certain economies OF the
[ table studied, aud tho good china is only used
| when Mrs, Velyet comes TO dine. 1lrs. Iapes-
| try is in despair because $4,000 ls her nitlma-
| tun, How she twists and turns TO make the
most Of it. to get Just neasy up 40 s2a te
same in design, if not OF the same mafet1a''
| She w;shes She did not feel that they we're
a base imitation. Her curtalns arc
| wrought. and, if they do look like oases
of embroidery on deserts OF space, ano are 1ion'
| their meagreness & constant source or anguish,
| still they are q gradual approach to "has sne
! wishes thew were, In her iEmoss conac1ousnees
ahe realizes that Mrs. Ariste's fine Nottlnsna1ns,
with their graceful designs, are mnch more
satisfactory but then Mrs. Brussels had enoer.
eourae she could not get such after that. Mls
Tapestry must keep t"o girls, and so the 1amtis
| breakfast OF OF
| BREAD AND TEA
| and only have desserts on SUNDAYS. The JOINT Of
| mutton is sliced with appropriate deilcacs
| aud is nade to last as long as possible
| while The steak has flavor o1
cooIipe-putter, ,ctL Which causes a1rs
| Epicrre 70 decline second invitation to dinue1
| Ut the Tapestrys'. Mrs. Three,ply has II ooo
| and Mrs. Ingram only $500; aud go the auction
| ghons. and tho houses which are being sold on
| under the hammer, are much haunted BY tbcst
{ ladies, They buy bargains Ia Toodles. to f1l't
| That they have paid quite too dear for the wins
| tle Each one is eraaping at something above
heyond her, that Sue fa1tcies Is little better be
Gauss It shows little mora. Let Mrs. 1ugrai!
| only reach Mrs. Three-rly's Or Mrs. Tapestry
level, get such house aud such furniture
| and then she will bo happy; and 20 sh'
| tolls and mols: forrgoes the prescn
| rood for the future show; attalns j
70 ind out the truth of Fltz~Hugh Ludlow;
noem aud that -.Whlle the bonnet is making
| the face grows old. and everything comes to-
! late,--too late" And
| HEREIN LIES THE E1TRAvAaAScE-
White il was only right md proper for 3frs
Aubuason to spend 1000 in her drawing-room
if she liked each Of those other ladies' who haT
| desccpled II the financial scale have been guilt
OF extravaganza, because they hare each at t
tempted more than they could afford only u
IN its pursuit; that 50 Happiness is the gay to
morrow: of tie mind, thar never comes."