The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-02-04

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al Declare, mamma, I am completely
disheartened 20 was the exclamation of
pretty Mamie Bristow, as she returned
from hurried walk, one clear, cold day
in early December.
s.Disheartened, Mamie, why?" and
Mrs. Brlstuw raised iiereyes to her daugiIt-
erss face rs she stood BY the table. idly toy.
fas1 with her muff and striving to keep back
tiae tears that threatened every moment TO
"A long Elee, dear, for one who Is expect
fAiL
Ing so mitch enjoyment. really believe
If Aunt Ethel were not here You would cry"
''Enioymenti that is Just It. nlamma.
frtn't have any pleasure at all l mist
either stay at home or wear my old clothes.
and that won L do ~ and here the threat
elled shower began TO fall from Nannie's
eyee. Miss Duane Is just overrun with
work. The Misses Fay are going TO Beech
wood for the holidays, and she has pronliS-
eCI6l1en that sEse viii not even csita dress
ofaDy one until their work Is completed.
AMI saw seTeR-no. nine dresses, with
skirts and sacq,ies, lying about. o, dear
what shall tlo2@
s.T.et me into the secret, Mamie, and
perhaps can help you,n broke I'm Aunt
Ethel's cheerful voice, but Mamie had
sunk upon low stool at Ter mother feet,
and was really indulging in hearty cry.
II don't see much help for Mamie, "
slowly said Mrs. Brist0w. stYOu renaeI1a-
Der, we had just returned from the city
when yoH arrived last evening, where we
lad spent the day in making purchases for
Mamie. Only the day previous she had
received an urgent letter from q niece of
her fathers requesting that she should
spend the holidays with them. They are
anticipating Il merry time. Ellen. the eld-
est daughter. Is to be married, and wishes
her sister and Mamie to act as bridesmaids.
The wedding was not expected to take place
until spring, but for some reason the time
has been changed to Christmas Eve.'i
s.Then, this Miss Duane Is dressmaker:
Is there no other in town?'' asked Aunt
Ethel, as Mrs. Bristow paused.
Yes, two more. but they are simply
worthless. Miss Edgar, whose STYLES new
nice silk for me by its i'll fit.''
''DOn't despair yet. Mamie yOu have
nimble fingers and good sewing machine.
Christmas is three weeGs off, and reliable
paper patterns are numerous"
Paper patterns yes? and Nannie's
face was raised from the handkerchief, and
looked the contempt her voice could hard
ly be trusted TO speak.
Il beg OF you, Ethel, not to mention
paper patterns, for the only real merit /
know of their possessing is the sure cause
they are ofspoiIing both temper and cloth"
''That is not my experience, . was Aunt
Ethel's rejoinder.
Ibid You notice the travelling dress
wore on my arrival ?''
Yes, Auntie; and thought then, if
only could have your dressmaker -
.tWeH, my dear, you can. She is at
your service
s.Why, Auntie, she wouldn't come two
hundred miles,
'.WiIlingly. Five thousand. ifdesired.' -
'.But Anntie. | don t Understandable though
do admire the neat and tasteful house
dress you are wearing
''What experience have you had with
paper patterns - qucried Aunt Ethel,
addressing Mrs. Bristow.
''AH | desire :. was that lady's hasty
ejaculation. First. ruined, utterly rtI-
ined, handsome nerino for Mamie, by
using those obnoxious paper patterns,
which are warranted to save tlressmaker's
big bills. Then Miss Duane cut me a
saoIue by one, which I proudly wore to
the city, expecting many compliments OH
the fashionable. dressy cut of my new gar
ment, but strange To say. received none.
At last INV pride could bear it no longer,
and I appealed to friend to kEow if 1t
was not neat and becoming. Imagine my
that she. rather liked the style when it was
f:lshionable-in fact. she, herself, had one
like it two years previous The only re-
ply l received to my protestatious, that
she must be mistaken. as it was a pattern
taken from somebody's fall and winter
catalogue for that year. was that some of
thosc. paper patterns were standard FASH
ionS.o
so they are. Some, not all, - inter-
posed Aunt Ethel.
s.And mamma, - said Mantle, edo YOU
remember BFidget's oyerskirt? Bridget,
our second girl, isquite a neat scamstress-
for ordinary sewing, mean, of course.
terms, aud bought one of an Ovezkift
The first We knew Of it, she came to the.
parlor door one evening to ask mamma If
she was very busy, saying, L beg pardon
mum fur my fofTardniss, but I've got
quare thing here. cut iist by the pattern,
but can't put it togitlseE in no shape at
all, num- Oh ailnGie It was Just fun to
see the 'quare thing; though was sorry
eIlongh Tor poor Bridget, WHO said size had
done jist as the print on the pattern tould
her, The Oyerskirt was to be in five pieces
and she had cut 'em list so, but how them
five PAGES ever wint togither, 'twuz Enorein
any poor crayflIur like her could teII.'
why the pattern looked no more like the
cut IN the book, than anything in the
VdfyaI.e d + is vas not like II. ~
But @lsey claim tp import al of these
pas'ffst ssfIlst !. nostag aoessnse. Tl,cye are
Hoae 81 thdse papef rat teens that are ever.
where offered for sale, or that dressmakers
usually keep on hand, that are either 5nl-
ported or ,ft1shion96Le. 8 They are simply
seR0nderscgipt,s ~ as some one has apt1y re-
marked, or as the makers themselves plIt
il, they are ssdesSgned' 'sto in1itzsle Tie wood
cuts which have appeared in foreign peri
odicaIs several months previous.
tsWhy, fricnd.of mine from New York
said the other day that no one there ever
supposes for Q nlement that the Paper
Fashions, on the So called Reliable Paper
Patterns issued AID SO called all OYER The
county, arc fash ionah hle. aud 4hak these pat
terms aEe NeltldEn 1iol It Ill New York, exJ
cept BY poor people or BY those who are
not at all careful about their style of dress
s.Why, Aunt Ethel, and yOus a6lvise me
20 haye nly nice new dresses made hy
suclaRs Nlese & ZE#A zAt
8 tsNot at all, my dear neither do nd
wise that you take the old styles of two
years back, as did your mother. Do you
think, Mamie, that you wotfld Ike my
dresssnaken? Ifso. Twill get her for you, =
and Aunt Ethel rOse from her chair.
tstNfSats o-tlays adHs EtIlelFsz sss
Eyes, to-day. Mamie. Wait and I Will
show her to you, and Aunt Ethel trim
figure tripped across the room and ont in-
70 tie lsalls but 70. soon return with the
laughing excIanlation, Here slci Is, Nan.
nie now examine her and see IL She
VIII suit. 9 s1li
ssWIlat, rolls Of tissue paper and come
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