Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-07-14
An Afternoons Economy.
BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sPoFFoRD.

I'm sure I've always advocated econ
omy, and practiced it too, for the matter
OF that. l bought set of majolica only
yesterday on purpose that [ might spare
the French china and instead of taking
that jeweled singing g-bird at two hun
dred dollars that tempted me so much
when was in New York, [ went with
out it, and took a wonderfully taught
mocking- bird at half the price. Tn so
sorry the poor little thing died do
have the slrangest duck And then
never give my servants presents of
money, but always of my half-worn
clothes, SO they look about as fine as I do.
My silk dresses, by the way, wear great
deal longer than other peoples stuff
ones so that if they cost more in the be-
ginning, they are cheaper in the end. |
always have them turned by Kitty, and
made over with something handsome
velvet, you know, to exc out, or lace to
hide the cracks and although Rex says
they're like the Scotch laird's hose, of
which there was none of the original left,
and that it would be great deal better if
there wasn't since the making over costs
lIIOlO lllull dliOll1Cl WlOlC bllh WOulu
and all that sort of nonsense, still r.
mains the fact that there is an exquisite
dress, as good as new, which costs
nobody a penny and he can put
that in his pipe and smoke it !!
And there's the velvet and lace,
besides, to trim another dress by
and-bye, of course-although lace does
fray out and catch SO. Only the other
night, running up to Mrs. Gleason's cot
tage on the cliff, 1 just threw my shawl
over my head-that lovely Chantilly of
Grandma Marsden's-and the wind blew
it against the sweet, ,brier, and the sweet
brier waved one way and / ran the other,
and suppose it will cost me forty dol
lars to have it mended, if there is lace
maker in the city who can NEEDLE with
that stitch. However, that's neither
here nor there. I say approve of econ
omy-at least / do if he wants me to at
least l used to do so-and Rex says I
don't even know how to spell the word,
and that when I go shopping, say to
the salesman, "Dear me, how cheap !
can't you take little more ?"
Itwasn't, you know, as if we were in
any want that we would have this talk
about economy +; for between the money
that dear papa left and all that Grand
ma Marsden has given me, and the in
come entailed on Rex, we are able to do
pretty much as we please, within bounds,
and allow ourselves some one great ex-
travagance every year. We took it last
year in a foot of wood. A foot of wood {?
I'll tell you all about it. But, as / was
saying, Rex approves of economy wheth-
Ell I do or not he thinks he does he
says that's the way papa and Grandma
Marsden made and kept land once he
said that to go on as we were going
would make prince come to the end of
his purse. And L said, How do we go ?"
odd Gbita@11, said he.
"And how would you have us go, ?" [
asked. it'H a,'t 80
GAS if there were a day after to-mor-
row." he returned. ..I0iea1H9 sIt
c I'm sure, Reginald Parks, don t
know what you mean. AS if there were
day after tomorrow OF course there
IS, unless the world comes to an end.
"I don't mean that / mean with
some thought for the future"
ooh, if you only mean foresight, I
have day after to-moTow's dinner order
ed o-day-white soup, salmon, lobster
outlets and sweet breads, roast chicken
and tongue, peas and potatoes, and rata
fla pudding and strawberry cream-and
| should think that was foresight enough
for any body"
"Dinner enough. A dinner like that
for twol Well, after we've picked q
little of it, what becomes of the rest?"
"Becomes of the rest? How do you
suppose L know %
"You ought to know" t
"Why. it goes into the kitchen"
"And then %,
"Reginald Parks what on earth has
come over you? Do you suppose an
going round spying through the kitchen
to see if the servants eat too muchp"
"No, l don't suppose you are. That's
just what 1 say. But l suppose you
should"
Hurry into the kitchen and say
Save this, and Don't touch that t'A-el