Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-07


prevailing fashion. A ruffle of soi,ed
iace surrounded the girls neck beneath
."niS', over not over clean muslin
.le, hung smart locket of yellow me-
lai--yery yellow. Bangles clinked
Iound The slender wrists. Beneath tha
puIed and ruffled skirt shabby petti.
tSa tTa. Oh gray cotton peeped out. Though
.ne weather was chilly the girl wore no
wrap; Miss Sydney noted these details
~ half the time it has taken to describe
,iiein, and stirred with pity that was
halI indignation, she said:
My child, how could YOU think of
coming out on such day as this with
out shawl?'' ~"
II haven't any shawl
"Well, jacket, then.''
Il haven't any jacket, either. that
matches this dress. - glancing comnla.
cently down at the beruffled skirt.
But you would rather wear a Jacket
that didn't match your dress than catch
a cold, wouldn't yOu?n
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: I'VE Door
girls can't have wrap for every dress.
like rich ladies do.n
No." said Miss Sydney, gently. 81
know 1t. L never attempted to have a
different wrap for each dress l wear.
| cannot afford it either.''
Gary stared" "How aueerl,, 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 saw she
said to herself, still, should like, lust
Tor once, to argue out the dress-ques-
ton with girl like this. She is one
of great class, and, poor things, they
are so dreadfully foolish and ignorant. u
She made no immediate reply to her
companion, but rose and rang the bell.
II am going to give you cup of tea, u
she said. ''Hark! 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. l should like to have a
little talk over the question of dress,
which iS interesting TO all us women. u
She smiled brightly at her guest, who,
as if daZzled, watched the entrance of
the tray with its bubbling kettle, its
crisp, dainty cakes: watched Myra
measure the tea, warm the pot of gay
Japanese ware, and when the brew was
ready, fill the thin-lpped cups and drop
in sugar and cream.
'How nice!' she said, with a 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 to
know. Cary Thomas was the girls
name. She had lived ''at 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
& Asher's had room together out in
Farewell street. They had pretty good
times when they were not too full of
work, but in the busy season they
stayed so late at the store that they
didn't want anything when they got
home, except to go straight to bed.
They got seven dollars week, and
more when there was extra work To do.
''Can you lay up anything out OF
that?'' asked Miss Sydney.
"No. MAIN, not cent; at least. L
don't. There are some girls in the
store that do, but they've got sick
friends to save for
ssNow,n said Miss Sydney, having
thus felt her way, Ito go back to the
Jacket question. As | told you, l can It
at all afford to have one for every dress. y
Cant you, MAIN; and what do you
do, then?"
Il buy one jacket which will do with
everything | wear"
But that isn't a suit," said Cary
doubtfully.
mo; but is it absolutely necessary
that everything should he a sultI"
1.-The girls at our store think so much
of SUITS" she said in a puzzled tone OF
self-defence.
81 know some people have fancy
for them, and they are very pretty
sometimes. But don't you see that
they must cost great deal Of money,
and that working people, you and my
self for instance, ought to manage more
carefully"
Do YOU work, ma 'am?"
..To be sure l do. You look sur
pr,sed. All, YOU think that because l
have a little home of my own, and live
in pretty room, must be fine lady
with nothing to do. That's mistake
of yours. L work nearly as many hours
day as YOU do, and earn the greater
mart of NV own income, and | have to
consult economy to keep my home and
make it pleasant. and among the things
which | can 'tafford tohave, are "sults. .
II wish you'd tell me how you de-
ma'am. h.h;.
of talking quite SO freely about my af-
fairs but I'il tell you, because 1t may
I've Won an idea of how TO manage bet
sor for Yourself. In the first place
Tasn 70 two or three colors. have a
black gown or two, and an olive-DroWn'
and this yellowish-green that you see,
and some lighter ones, wnite OF pane
Yellow. Now with any one Oh these
,ba Same bonnet will do The one L
am @ wearing now is black, with little
;et S.t' and pale yellow, and it goes perfectly
we'll with all my dresses, and 50 does
NV black cashmere jacket, and my pa
rasol m and gloves, which are yellow ',s. also.
DON'T YOU see that there is an ECONOMY
in this. and that if 1 had purple dress;
and a blue one and brown, l snoulI l
~ want a different bonnet for each, an, an,
different gloves and different parasoisi ;, =. :
s.Why, yes, it does seem So" .s,i[ sai(
Carv drawing a long breath. ,s
1;sa & 70 do something different myseii
hnt @ I don't suppose I'd know how
would you mind if l told you "ha
r ,,;nkp,, asked Myra, gently.
Nom, I'd thank you"
..It seems to me that the chief trouph
n girIs who work in stores; Is tna
thev % care more for being what they y. ca, a,
.n .ltylish' than for being either neat a,, =,
n~stty. ~, A young girl can look her e, pes !, -
IN a simple dress, il it Is wei pun o'' ''''
pee ..That's what mother used 10 say },
nd Marx. he always likes me best SUI u
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