The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-31
THE GREAT BAZAAR IN FREE
WILLIE.

WILLIE.
They were going to have bazaar In tina
town. There was good deal o. distres:
among the poor, for the panic came, snC
hard times came, and some manufacturer
failed, and those who did not reduce theil
working force, and many operatives were
out of employment, and were wanting
help. Economy and retrenchment were
the order of the day. The ladies, some o.
them, did their own sewing. Some die
with but one servant; some did without
any. They kept their daughters out oil
scho to retrench school expenses, and
the academy dismissed one teacher, young
lady with an invalid mother. The ladies
who kept the house managed very closely
indeed, and deserved much credit. Mrs
Millyun concluded not TO buy the ten
dollar silk she longed for, and took one
for four. Even more, she got friend to
smuggle it from Europe, and it cost even
less.
Everybody said" What good example
of economy Mrs. Millyun sets us! There
1t is not al all necessary, only it makes ii
easier tor US to do it who are obliged to do
it,"
But Mrs. Jones, the dressmaker, missed
the patronage of Mrs. Millyun, and thought
that her work, which had always bsen
good enough before, was good eRough
now. But there was no use 10 employ so
many hands ifshe was not going to have the
best custom, and all of IL, too. So two OF
her sewing girls were paid off weeks before
the usual dull season and even then ii
was not easy, with her sick husband and
lame little boy, to bring her profits to the
expense point, let alone saving anything.
Then Judge Rochester set an example
OF economy. His bsrn needed repairs; but
although material was low and labor " as
plenty, it was no time to have extra ex-
penses: so he let it 60. So poor Duffale' IS
little boy had no overcOat, and staid Cut
OF school. 1t soon became obvious that
something would have to be done fer the
poor to keep the wolf from their doors
and "tbe bazaar" was the talk of every
body. The tender glow OF benevolence
pervaded society. Judge Rochester gave
$50, with a warm feeling around his
heart that did him credit. Mrs. Millyun
gave 500 toward paying expenses OF
getting it up; and so ON through society.
The young ladies worked early and late
over fancy work and the pretty costums in
which they were to appear at the bazaar
The wisest economy was pTactised. Every
done by professional hands and when
necessity called in skilled labor, 1t was al.
ways expected that a handsome deduction
should be made, as it was a CHARITY
Sometimes the employees grumbled, but
dared not offend rich patrons and SO they
did it, even though grudgingly.
"Whst blessed thing it Is" said Mrs.
Allen, her fine eyes suffused with mois-
ture, shat we are getting on so we'll with
the bazaar. Everybody seems so willing.
Thus, Mrs. Johnson finds time to help us,
even with her seven children: and Mrs.
Triboiite has lent US Der grsndmother's
brocade tor our Mare AntOinette and
Mrs. Millyun has given so much to bear
cur expenses. We shall not be Obliged
to hire anything done scarcelyp
'Humphl" said Miss Mary Bryant, who
was Mrs. George Aliens single sister, and
had five thousand q year of her own, and
no questions asked. AS I said before,
"Humpp' said Mary Bryant.
"Who makes the coffee this Year," she
asked.
sob we are going to do that ourselves.
and we are going to save that, and Mrs.
Brown said she wouldn't do it,"
am see to the Coffee" remarked Miss.
Mary Bryant.
WHAT you make coffee7 What did
you say about cooking yesterdayW
mot at all. Pm going 10 pay Nora
O'Lsy two dollars a night for coffee and
frying oysters. Her husband is out OF
work and she has six children. For the
four nights of the bazaar it will be quite a
lift, and she will csme Sin at the death and
help clear up"
"Well, of course, II you pay out OF your
own pocket, IL Is nobOdy's business, but
the Relief Society won't pay any bills"
Generally speaking, / pay my owp,"
said Miss Bryant. "What are the girls
going to make, this afternoon when they
come hereT
"Dress dolls. There's a great deal msde
on dolls, il you understand 1t. II you
dress them cheaply and shoHily, and sew
on the clothes, you more than quadruple
the cost in the profit. Don't you sect"
81 understand. / was sacrificed to such
dolls in my childhood. Flimsy tarletan
and spangIes, and to cut stitch was 70
sacrifice q whole wardrobe. And the doll
had on nothing to speak OF during the
rest of her natural existence. Do tbess
young ladies propose to immediate the
juveniles also on the altar Of economy"
"What a queer girl you arel don'l
know what you mean. Of course, they
want to make all they can for the bazaar.
But here comes the first Of them, while
we are talking, and here IL Mrs. Johnson's
man with the dolls In the clotbes-basketp'
In truth, IL was q pretty, kindly sight
TO see the girls gathered together In Mrs.
Aliens pretty rooms. Girls are 30 pretty
In themselves that It don't matter what
they do; they are always the incest Of al
thIlgs % lSok AZ, But to-day tLey LQeap: