The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-04-03
From Harper's Bazaar.
THE GREAT BAZAR IN FREEYILLE.
A story With n Moral.

distress among the poor, for the panic
came, and hard times came. and the
manufacturers failed, and those who did
not reduced their working force, and
great many operatives were out of en-
ploy and We're wanting help. Economy
and retrenchment were the order of the
day. The ladies, some of them, did
their own sewing. Some did with but
one servant; some did without any.
They kept their daughters out of school
to retrench school expenses, and the
academy dismissed one teacher, young
lady with an invalid mother. The ladies
who kept house managed very closely
indeed and deserved much credit. Mrs.
Mlllyun concluded not to buy the ten
dollar silk she longed for and take one
for four dollars. Even more, she got a
friend to smuggle 1t from Europe, and
it cost even less.
Everybody said: "What a good ex-
ample OF economy Mrs. Millyun set u.s.
There 1t is not at all necessary, only it
makes it easier for us to do it who are
| ODllgeu TO do 1t.
But Mrs. Jones, the dress-maker.
missed the patronage of Mrs. Millyun.
and thought that her work, which had
been always good enough before, was
good enough now. But there was no
use to employ so many hands if she was
not going to have the best custom, and
all of it, too. SO, two Of her sewing
girls were paid off weeks before the
usual dull season; and even then it was
not easy, with her sick husband and
lame little boy, to bring her proftsup to
the expense point, let alone saving any
thing.
Then Judge Rochester set an exam
pie of economy. His barn needed re-
pairs; but, although material was lower
and labor plenty, it was no time to have
extra expenses, SO he let itgo So poor
Dutftale's little boy had no overcoat,
and staid out of school. 1t soon became
obvious that something would have to
be done Tor the poor to keep the wolf
from their doors, and "the b. Ear" was
the talk of everybody. The tender glow
of benevolence pervaded society. judge
Rochester gave $50, with a warm feeling
round his heart that did him credit.
Nils 1hiiIJ III gave d uulluEeu tOWdTu
paying expenses of getting it up, and so
on through society.
The young ladies worked early and
slate over fancywork and the pretty cos
tunes In which they were to appear at
the bazaar. The wisest economy was
practiced. Everybody did everything
herself that could be done by unprofes-
sional hands; and when skilled labor was
called III, it was always expected that
handsome deduction should be made,
as it was charity" Sometimes the
employees grumbled but dared not Of
fend rich patrons; and SO they did it,
even though grudgingly.
WnaI a blessed thing it is said
Mrs. GeSfge Allen, her fine eyes suf-
fused with moisture, "that we are get
ting on so well with our bazaar. Every
body seems SO willing. Thus, Mrs.
Johnson finds time to help us, even
with her seven children; and Mrs. Tri-
lobite has lent us her grandm +her's
brocade for our Marie Antoinette;' and
Mrs. Millyun has given so much to
bear our expenses. We shall not be
obliged to hi. G anything done scarcely"
Humph y said Miss. Mary Bryant,
who was Mrs. George Aliens single sis
ter, and had five thousand a year of
her own, and 10 questions asked AS
| said before, "Humph ~ said Mary
Bryant.
"Who makes the coffee, this year 2"
she asked.
ooh, we are going to do that our
selves. Mrs. CLAY asked us 81 a
night, and so we are going to save
| that, and Mrs. Brown said she would do
it
9TH see to the coffee, remarked Miss
Mary Bryant, dryly.
What =! you make coffee What
did you say about cooking, yesterday"
"Not at all. I'm going to pay Nora
O'Lay two dollars night for coffee and
frying oysters. Her husband is out of
work and she hassix children. For the
four nights of the bazaar it will be quite
a lift, and she will come in at the death,
and help clear up"
6 Well, of course. If you pay out of
your own pocket, it isnobody's business,
but the Relief Society won't pay any
bills
Generally speaking, pay'my own"
said Miss Bryant. "What are the girls
going to make this afternoon, when they
come herei',
"Dress dolls There's great deal
made on dolls if you understand it. If
You dress them cheap and showily, and
sew on the clothes, you more than quad
ripple the cost in the profit. Don't you
see %
81 understand [ was sacrificed to
such dolls in my childhood. Flimsy
tarlatan and spangles, and to cut a
stitch was to sacrifice whole wardrobe.
And the doll had on nothing to speak
of during the rest of her natural exist
ence. Do these young ladies propose to
immediate the juveniles also on the altar
of ceremony 2"
"What queer girl you are I don't
know what you mean OF course they
wants to make eli they can for the
bazaar. But here come the first of
them, while we are talking, and here is
Mrs Johnson's man with the dolls in
clothes basket
In truth, it was pretty, kindly
sight to see the girls gathered together
in Mrs. Aliens pretty rooms. Girls are
so pretty in themselves that it don't
matter what they do; they are always
the incest of all things to look at But,
to day, they meant business There
were bright, experienced ones who cut,
and industrious ones who sewed, and
ignorant ones who botched, and idle
ones who shirke;!, and husyhodies who
inspected but did not work, as always in
such affairs.
Miss Bryant came in while they We're
the busiest, with her walking dress on,
and the brightest of smiles on her face
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