Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-08-16
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An Afternoons Economy.
By HARRIET PRESCOTT srorroRp.

Bl HARRIET PRESCOTT sPOFFORD.
I'm stireI' always advocated economy
and practiced il too, foi the matter OF that.
bought set OF majolica only Yesterday
on purpose thst | might spare the French
china; and instead OF taking that jeweled
singing-bird at two hundred dollars that
tempted me so when was in New York.
went without It, and took wonderfully
taught mocAing- bird at half the price I'm
so sorry the poor little thing died, | do
have the strangest luck. And then new
er give my servants presents OF money but
always OF my hali-worn clothes, so that
they look about as fine a. DO. Ny silk
dresses by-the-way, wear great deal long.
er than Other peoples stuff ones. so that il
they cost more In the beginning, they're
cheaper in the end. | always have them
turned By Kitty, and made over with some
thing handsome-velyet. you know. to exc
out, or lace TO bide the cracks and although
Rex saws they're like the Scotch laird's
hose, OF which there was none OF the orig
inal left. aud that il would be great deal
better If there wasn't. since the making
over costs more than another whole silk
would do. and all that sort of nonsense
still the fact remains that there Is an ex-
quisite dress, as good as new. which cost
nobody penny and he can put that in
his pipe and smoke il. And there's the
velvet and lace, besides, to trim another
dress oy-and-by, OF course-although lace
does fray out and catch so. Only the 9TH
er night. running up 10 Mrs. Gleason's
cottage on the cliff, just threw my shawl
over my head-that lovely Chantillv Of
Grandma Marsden's-and the wind blew
against the sweet-brier, and the sweet brer
waved one way and / ran the other, and
! suppose il will cost me forty dollars 10
have il mended. If there is lace-maker in
the city who can meddle with that stitch
However, that's neither here nor there. |
say approve of economy-at least do If
he wants me to; at least / used to do So
and Rex says don't even know how to
spell the word, and that when go shop.
ping, | say 10 the salesman, Dear me.
how cheap. can't you take little more?"
Ii wasn't, you know, as If We were in
any want that we would have this talk
about economy; for between the money
dear papa left, and all that Grandma Mars
den has given me. aud the income entailed
on Rex. we are able TO do pretty much as
we please. within bounds. and allow our
selves some one great extravaganza every
year. We took it last year in foot OF
wood. A foot of wood? I'll tell you all
about it. But, as ! was saying, Rex ap-
proves of economy whether do or not he
says that's the way papa and Grandma
Marsden made aud kept; and once he said
that TO go on as we were going would make
a prince come to the end Of his purse. And
| said. "How do we goS''
''Ad ibitum," said he.
And how would you have US gog'
asked.
"As If there were day after Tomorrow"
he returned.
I'm sure Reginald Parks, don't know
what you mean. AS il there were day af-
ter tomorrow! OF course there Is, unless
the world comes to an end"
II don't mean that. | mean with some
thought for the future
'Oh, if you only mean foresight, have
day after to-morrow's dinner ordered to-
day-white soup, salmon, lobster outlets
and sweet breads, roast chicken and tongue,
pease and potatoes. and ratafa pudding
and strawberry sream-and should think
that wa. foresight enough for anybody"
Dinner enough. A dinner like thai for
two! Well after we have picked little OF
il. what becomes of the restr'
Becomes OF the rest? How do you sup.
pose / known
sYou ought to know"
Why II goes into the Kitchen
And thenY'
Reginald Parks! whst ON earth has
come over your Do you suppose am 20.
ing round spying through the kitchen to
see ifthe servants eat teo muchy