The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-12-13

three or four hundred dollars for her new
ball dIess; Clara will spend quite as
much then Maud Campbell is to have
a magnificent set of new jewels, and her
dress-I went with her to madame's to
have it fitted yesterday, and it's grand.
| can't begin to describe its magnihcence
in the way of laces and flowers. One
single spray cost fOrty-geven dollars; and
fifty, one beggarly fifty, for my entire
dress, shoes, gloves, flowers and every
thing Oh dear! oh dear"
You have a dozen dresses, Nettl6,
that are plenty good enough to wear"
Your ideas of good enough and
mine are very different. l haven't
thing fit to be SEEN"
Your apricot silk?"
is entirely passee."
Your violet ?'
Never was becoming. Blondes Of my
| style are horrid in violet"
=" Your Nile green?'
ooh, don't mention it, please, MAN.
ma every blonde / know has worn green,
| green, green, till am sick at the sight
of it"
g Your scarlet satin? am sure that
is color blondes don't often indulge III.
1t is certainly becoming, and undeniably
an elegant dress. You can take off the
white applique hOunces and remodel with
my black ChantilIy, trim it with white
and red roses, and you have dress tit
for an empress"
''TOO imperial, mamma dear. It's en-
tirely too early in the season to appear IN
such brilliant dress"
"Then wear your blue grOs grain. 1t
is beautiful dress, Nettie, and certainly
can't be objected to on the score of not
being becoming"
" Yes It is becoming" Nettie said,
costing a conscious glance toward the
mirror; "but the truth is, mamma, l
want a new Gress. I'd be mortified to
death to wear enc of my evening dresses
of last season"
When I was a girl, Nettie, one silk
dress for occasions of ceremony, and a
quiet muslin with pink or blue ribbons,
were considered a very nice Cuttt. /
remember the night your father fell in
love with me / we're a white muslin,
with scarlet roses in my hair, and he says
it is the lOveliest dress a girl can wear.
II can assure you, mamma, dear, times
are changed. A simple muslin and a
scarlet rose dresses the heroine of a novel
very prettily, but such commonplace
clay as Nettie Locke requires a gloss
of satin and glimmer of pearls if she
expects to reign queen rose of the rose
bud garden of girls I'd wait a long
time for Phil to fall in love with me
dressed such a guy" Nettie said with q
laugh and blush.
"Wen, my dear, here is your allow
ance make yourself as gay as possible
with il" Mrs. Bscke returned, laughing,
ly. off you will permit me to make q
suggestion, however, l think the blue
grOs grain and your white lace Overdress
will be much handsomer than a new
cheap silk"
81 don't intend to buy cheap silk
mamma; I'm going to have a trailing
silk illusion, trimmed with pink azalea:
the frailest, lovelIest tnings-exactly
, like the real ones. Illusion Will be much
prettier than silk or satin at this time o
! the year, and diaphanOus dresses are sc
becOmiugI 1t will be an improvement
on your quiet muslin and scarlet rose
mamma, " Nettie cried, gayly, asshe open
: ed her pretty purse and pushed the crum
, pied notes in.
= Well, Nettie," her father asked a
dinner, " did your money go as far as yOU
expected? I can give you FIVE dollar
more to help you out, if it didn't stretch
as far as it should have done"
81 haven't ordered my dress yet, papa
I've been SO busy looking over the style
all the afternoon, PlI take the extrt
five dollars, though, if you please; cal
make good use of it,
d" 50 can if you dent really need it, ,
J her father returned. smilingly. " Here
: little Essie, is your share" he said, drop
: ping a crisp new note in his yOunge
' daughters lap. l don't know what
} shall do when Essie gets old enough t
go to parties, unless FOrtunatus shOulC
5 die and leave me his purse. It's lucky
/ have no more girls to dissipate Dly sub
e stance-Nettie going to balls and Essi
4 inviting her young lady friends to Operi
e Hatiuees and luncheon parties -
3 If you please, papa, I haven't invites
/ them yet, and I'd like to do sOmethin
! else with the money; may ?" littl
i Essie said, looking DIP from the paper sh
e was reading.
: What do you want to do with it 2;
h Lend it to me-" Nettie cried, laugh
r ingly; it will be charity"
IS Is that what you want to do with it?
- her father asked. I'D rather you'd de
vote it to your original intention"
No, sir" she said, blushingly; 1"
: want TO give it away. / want to sent
7 -. Oh, papa, I've been reading in thi
II paper about that terrible factory fir, an
S OF all those poor people who lost not onI
Il the places where they worked, but thei
, homes and furniture too, by the frt
= This paper says they are starvirg-meI
q women and children, even little babies
y papa-and they nsed food and clotht
e and everything. And don't you think
g ought to give this money to them il
= stead of spending 1t? We don't have I
90 to the matinee, but they must hay
70 something to eat. Isn't it dreadful, pap.
= for a person II lave nothing to eat %
Y Very dread. ul," her father sal,
Ie smiling thoughtfully down on the prett,
; earnest little face.
Ie 4 want you TO send it to those pot
a. people. papa. l couldn't enjoy the ma
rs inee: it would spoil all my pleasul
e thinking how selfish I'd be to spend
Y much money Just for pleasure when the
# need l. so much to buy clothes an
1t things to eat"
al think you put your money to