The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-11-10

tie, hung smart locket of yellow me-
tall very yellow. Bangles clinked
round the slender wrists. Beneath the
puffed and ruffled skirt shabby petit.
coat of gray cotton peeped out. Though
the weather was chilly the girl wore no
wrap. Miss Sydney noted these details
in half the time 1t has taken to describe
them, and stirred with pity that was
half Indignation, she said:
"My child, how could you think of
coming out on such day as this with
out shawlp'
81 haven't any shawl"
swell. a jacket, then"
81 haven't any jacket, either, that
matches this Dress" glancing compla-
Gently down at the berullled skirt.
''But you would rather wear jacket
that didn't match your dIess than catch
a cold, wouldn't your"
"Yes," admitted the girl, in rather
an unwilling tone. 'But the only one
I've got is purple, and it looks horrid
with this blue" Noting dissent in her
companions face, she added: "We poor
girls can't have wrap for every dress,
like rich ladies do"
NO" said Miss Sydney, gently. 81
know it. l never attempted'to have a
different wrap for each dress wear.
1 cannot afford it either"
"Cary stared. "How queerl" she
began, then changed it to. ''But you
and us are quite different, ma'am.''
"There was something wistful in the
face which touched Myra Sydney. 1T
will be time wasted, L dare say" she
said to herself, still, should like, just
for once, to argue out the dress-ques-
tion with "a girl like this. She is one
of great class, and, poor things, they
are so dreadfully foolish and ignorant. y
She made no immediate reply to her
companion, but rose and rang the bell.
81 am going to give you cup of tea, -
she said ''Harkl how it rains. You
cannot go yet, and you will be less like
ly to take cold when you do go, if you
start well warmed. Besides, l wasn't to
have you stay. | should like to have a
little talk over the question of dress,
which iS interesting to all us women. -
She smiled brightly at herguest, who,
as il daZzled, watched the entrance of
the tray with its bubbling kettle, its
crisp, dainty cakes: watched Myra
| lht lCds wal Illt DOb VI gay
Japanese ware, and when the brew was
ready, sill the thin-lipped cups and droI
in sugar and cream.
''How NIGEL" she said, with sigh
of satisfaction. Her heart opened un.
der the new, unwonted kindness and
comfort, and Miss Sydney had little diff.
ficulty in learning what she wished tC
know. Cary Thomas was the girls
name. She had lived sat home" till
two years ago. Did she like the cityi
Yes, she liked it well enough, but II
was not much like home to board. She
and another girl that worked at Snow
: 81 Asher's had room together out il
Farewell street. They had pretty gooC
times when they were not too full ol
work, but in the busy season they
stayed so late at the store that they
didn't want anything when they go
home, except to go straight to bed
They got seven dollars week, ant
more when there was extra work to do
"Can you lay up anything out o
that?" asked Miss Sydney.
"No, mann, not "a cent; at least.
don't. There are some girls in the
store that do, but they've got sicl
friends to save for.n
Now" said Miss Sydney, having
J thus felt her way, ''to go back to the
, jacket question. As told you, can =
, at all afford to have one for every dress,
Cant you, mann; and what do yol
do, thenp"
5 IL buy one jacket which will do will
, everything l wear"
, But that isn't suit" said Car,
doubtfully.
'No; but is it absolutely necessar,
( that everything should be "a suit2"
' "rhe girls at our store think so mucl
= of SUITS" she said In puzzled tone Of
I self-defence.
4 81 know some people have a fancy
@ for them, and they are very prett!
sometimes. But don't you see tia
s they must cost great deal of money
d, and that working people, you and my
! self for instance, ought to manage NOR
carefully"
o Do you work, ma'amp"
b., ITO be sure L do. You look sur
!. prised. All, you think that because
| have little home Of my own, and liv
!. in pretty room, must be fine lad,
t with nothing to do. That's mistake
IS VI NOulDs L Nhlh iltftl llldll1 llOlll
), a day as you do, and earn the create
part of my own income, and have +
L consult economy to keep my home an,
make it pleasant, and among the thing
which Ican'tafford tohave. are ''suits.
e 81 wish you'd tell me how you dc
Il ma'am."
u 81 will, though Pm not in the habi
II of talking quite so freely about my al
Il fairs, but I'll tell you, because it ma
give you an idea of how to manage bet
J, ter for yourself. In the first place
IL keep two or three colors. L have
IL black gown or two, and an olive-browI
IS and this yellowish-green that you sec
. and some lighter ones, white OF pal
L yellow. Now with any one of thes
the same bonnet will do The one
= am wearing now is black, with littl
" jet and pale yellow, and il goes perfect
|, well with all my dresses, and so doe
ii my black cashmere jacket, and my pa
rasol and gloves, which are yellow alsc
Ie Don't you see that there is an econom
" in this, and that if had a purple dress
ID and blue one and brown, | shoul
" want a different bonnet for each, an
'e different gloves and different parasols?
Is why, yes, II does seem So" sal
Cary, drawing long breath. al
like to do something different myself
I'd but don't suppose I'd know how
5, "Would you mind if told you VIII,
s. thinkp" asked Myra, gently.
3. "No'm, I'd thank you."
rs sit seems to me that the chief troubl
Is with girls who work in stores is tha
l. they care more for being what they ca
stylish than for being either neat @
,t pretty, A young girl can look her be:
a in a simple dress, il it is we'll put on an
le becoming"
1T THAT'S what mother used to say
IN And Mark, he always likes me best
5h white bibapron. To be sure, he nevt
Is saw me in city clothes''-she stopped
ly blushing.