Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-23
A Competent C0Stumer.
From the Brooklyn EaEIe.


 "Is the gentleman that knows every
 thing inY stammered vision of goldeI
 hair and sea-blue eyes as she stood tim idly beside the managing editors desk recently.
 Everything about whatg' asked the editor clawing under his desk for his shoes, and trying to hide his stocking feet under him. Upon which particu- lar branch do you seek infOrmatiOnF
 "I don't exactly know what tO do, | pOuted the strawberry lips "Pa says can only have one dress this spring, and l don't know how to make 1t up. thought the gentleman who answers questions could tell me- 'H'mr muttered the managing edit or; 'he has gone up in Maine to find out why geese always walk in single file. An Anxious Inquirer'wants to kRow. What kind of a dress have you thought of gettingY
 That's what want to know. I want something that will look well with terra eOtta gl yes
 -Yes, yes" murmured the editor; "then you should get one of those green things, with beads that turn all kinds of colOrs, and some fringe and fixings of that kind"
 Would you have it cut princess or wear 1t with pOlOnaisey' she inquired, looking at him searchingly.
 "You-you might have it cut princess around the neck and TOW of polOnaises around the bottom" suggested the edIt- or. That's going to be very fashion able, and a couple of hip pockets would set it of royalty"
 'I don't know" muTmured the beauty. -I haven't seen any of that style. Do you know whether panniers are worn bOuifant this season, or whether the skirt Is tighty"
 "Oh, certainly" replied the editor "They are made with all the bOuffants you can get on 'em. Some have even sixteen-buttOn bOuffants. and there was q lady Tn here yesterday who had pan nier that came clean up to her neck. should have 1t pretty bOuifant if 1t was my dress"
 Well" stammered the blushing blos- som, would you boX-plait the skirt or shirr it?"
 -Shirr 1t, by all means 70 exclaimed the editor. 'Shirr it straight up and down, and fasten 1t with these loops Of black tape"
 "You mean frogs" ask | the beauty.
 'NO, no; these big loops that slip over two buttons. That sets off the shirrs and gives a sort of tout to the ensem- ole" and the editor leaned back and l smiled superior.
 Don't you think revers of a lighter ! shade would look prettyy" she inquired !
 They'll do to fix up the back, but l | would not put 'em on the front" an- swered the editor sagely. "Revers are l very well to trim a hat with, but they | don't set off a dress front"
 How would you have the oorsageg"
 T wouldn't have any at all. You would look much better without one.r
 Sir" she exclaimed, rising.
 ''Oh, If yOu insist, you might have a small one, certainly not over three inches long, for short dresses are the style now"
 "Yes-yOu don't seem to understand she commenced.
 "Oh, don't r." he retorted. ''That's what 1 am here for. l think there is nothing SO lamentable as to see a young l ady dragging her corsage through tn, l mud and dust. Still, if you want one. -Ou should have 1t SO you can take it of when you go on the street, and onl wear 1t at home. They are hard to han He, and not one woman in a hundred an kick her corsage gracefully"
 'I am very much obliged to you" sh. ] nurmured. You are very good, Tn l ure."
 Don't mention it, replied the editor politely. "I think when you get II hired and revered and pol0naised, ano you'll like it very much. You night get sash and some pig buttons O put on behind, or if you like anothe tyle better, you might trim the whol, ront with bouffants and wear the pan. iers for hat"
 'Oh, thank you. sir" exclaimed tb, lushing bud, as she scuttled down th, talrs
 "Swipes" said the managing editoi ith cOmplacent smile and a glance oi pproval at himself in the glass Swipes,you may tell the foreman to send le proof of the Fashion Notes as soot 8 they come in. I have observed thu'
 great many errors have crept il itqlv 70 |