The Van Buren press., 1878-01-08

l can DeSih 10 uescribe its magniicence
in the way of laces and flowers. One
single spray cost forty seven dollars and
fifty, one beggarly fifty, for my entire
dress, shoes, gloves, bowers and every
thing Oh dear oh dear"
You have dozen dresses, Nettie
that are plenty good enough to wear"
"Your ideas of good enough and
mine are very different. l haven't a
thing fit to be seen"
Your apricot silk p
:" Is entirely passed.
Your violet" 49,
| "Never was becominea blondes of my
style are horrid in viole...'
Your Nile green 7"
"Oh, dout mention it. please, nam.
ma j; every blonde know has worn green,
green green, til | attn sick at the sight
of it
"Your scarlet satin am sure that
is color blondes don't often indulge in.
1t is certainly becoming, and undenably
an elegant dress You can take off the
white applique hounces and remodel with
my black Chantilly, trim it with white
and red roses. and you have dress fit
tor 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. it
is beautiful dress, Nette and certainly
can't be objected to on the score of not
being becoming"
Yes it is becoming" Nettie said,
casting a conscious glance toward the
mirror; but the truth is, mamma, l
want new dress. ID be mortified to
death to wear one of my evening dresses
OF last season."
"When l was girl. Nettie, one silk
dress for occasions ceremony, and u
quiet muslin with pink or blue ribbons,
were considered very nice outfit
remember the night your father fell in
love with me l wore white muslin,
With scarlet roses in my hair, and he says
that it is the loveliest dress girl can
wear"
can assure you, mamma, dear,
times are changed. A smile muslin and
scarlet rose dresses the heroine of novel
very prettily but such commonplace clay
as Nettie Locke requires "a gloss of satin
aud glimmer of pearls, if she expects
to reign queen rose of the rose bud gar
den of girls. I'd wait a long time for
Phil to fall in love with me dressed in
such a guy" Nettie said with laugh and
blush.
"Well, my dear, here is your allow
ance make Yourself ASH nar as pOSsihln
With it, Mrs Ierpy.-rst md Jornhinn
suggestion, however, think the blue
gros grain and your white lace overdress
will be much handsomer than a new
cheap silk
Il don't intend to buy cheap silk,
mamma; I'm going to have trailing
silk illusion, trimmed with pink azaleas
the fralest, loveliest things exactly
like the real ones. Illusion will be much
prettier than silk or satin this time Of
the year, and diaphanous dresses are so
becoming! 1t will be an improvement
on your quiet muslin and scarlet rose,
mamma Nettie cried, gayly, as she open
ed her pretty purse and pushed the crum-
pied notes in.
"Well Nettie," her father asked at
dinner, "did your money 60 as far as you
expected? l can give you five dollars
more to help yon out, il it didn't stretch
as far as it should have done"
al haven't ordered my dress yet, papa
/ I've been so busy looking over the styles
, all the afternoon, I'll take the extra
five dollars, though, if you please; can
make good use Off,
F." SO can if you don't really need it, ,
her father returned, smllingly. Here
little Essie, is your SHARE" he said, drop
ping a crisp new note in his younger
daughters lap. 81 don't know what
shall do when Essie gets old enough to
90 to parties, unless Fortunatus shoulc
die and leave me MS purse. It's lucky
have no more girls to dis.ipate my sub
stance--Nettie going to balls and Essi'
inviting her young lady friends to oper;
matinees and luncheon parties ~
elf you please, papa, | haven't invited
them yet. and I'd like to do somethin.
else with the money; may ~ littl
Essie said looking up from the paper sh
was reading.
"W hat do You want to do with il ?"
"Lend it to me-" Nette cried, laugh
ingly; it will be a charity"
Is that what you want to do with it 2
her father asked i" I'd rather you'd de
vote it to your original intention"
I" No, sir" she said, blushingly;"
want to give it away. l want to send
-. Oh, papa, I've been reading in th
paper about that terrible factory fire, ant
of all those poor people who lost no
only the places where they worked. bu
their homes and furniture too, by the fire
This paper says they are starving-men
women and children, even little babies
papa--and they need food and clothes
and everything And don't you think
oughtto give this money to them in
stead Of spending it? We don't have t'
90 to tho matinee, but they must hav
something to eat. Isn't it dreadful, papa
for person to have nothing to eat p
every dreadful" her father said, smil
ing thoughtfully down on the pretty
earnest little face.
Il want you to send it to those poo
people, papa couldn't enjoy the mat
inee it would spoil all my pleasur
thinking how selfish I'd be to spend s,
much money just for pleasure when the
need it 50 much TO buy clothes and thing
to eat