Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-14

why, who else would they be for, darl-
ing?"
"But have no use for so many, auntie.
You have not seen my wardrobe yet, l
have more dresses than can wear now"
You can give them away, or wear them
in the country; they will do very we'll IN
the woods, but we wait stylish clothes for
YOU here. Yours are all old fashioned. Sis
ter told me YOU had not had a new dress
since last fall. These are not a beginning
of what you want, We must have some
party and ball dresses for you and theatre
costumes" Then turning to Madame
Batiste she said: "Have you white Grape
lisse, madame, embroidered with silver
or gilt thread?"
Il have but one, and bought that for
a customer-a young lady who is to be
married next fall. 1t came in with some
other goods on last Tuesday in the Cad
mus from Paris which made such a short
trip, you know. Itarrived just two months
from the day l ordered it-Only think how
quick"
1T is the very thing l want. You can
send for another. If she does not want it
until fall, you can easily replace it before
them"
81 cannot do that. If she were to hear
of it she would never forgive me-o
''She need never know it," replied Mrs.
HOughtOn.
''But the young lady was enjoying the
thought that she would have the first one
OF the kind that was imported" said
Madame Batiste. ''YOu know 1t is en-
tirely new. / was showing her the sam
pies which had been sent me, and she
went into ecstacies over this and ordered
it at once"
Il am compelled to have it for Clare, SO
you need not say another word about it.
If she wants something different from
anyone else, let her have one of those
worked with gilt thread"
THAT would not be half so suitable for
bride, you know" replied the madame.
81 wish had not told you of it,"
'As you have, you may as well produce
it, for intend to have it,"
After some more persuasions and dis
suasions from the one party and the other
the dress was produced, which was daz-
! zlingly beautiful.
Mrs. HOughtOn closed the box which con-
tanned it suddenly, saying:
'YOu must not let anyone see tit will
| make it too common, and when you take
Clare's measure let it be the first dress
you make. propose giving a ball TO in
I trOduce her into society, and she must
have it to wear"
Madame Batiste at length yielded the
matter, though with some computations.
and only after eXtOrting promise from
Mrs. HOughton that she was not to tell
where it came from, but was to pass it of
as one she had herself brought with her
from Paris.
Madame Batiste comfOrted herself with
the reflection that she would make her pay
/ well for it.
Some other dresses were chosen Of SINH
| lar fabrics for similar purposes, but moth
| ing half so rich and beautiful as this.
Madame went on exhibiting her goods.
"Here are some beautiful breakfast
| caps" she said, (which came by the same
vessel. They are so nicely arranged that
| they will entirely conceal the papers in
| the young lady's hair when she does not
| feel like pulling them out before break
| fast"
/ ''Clare never uses papers; her hair curls
| of itself. | have been deplOring it that
/ there can never be any variety of arrange
ment with her hair. If it were straight
she could supply curls whenever they
were needed. but being curly it can never
! be made straight"
| Il should not suppose you would ever
! wish it to be straight when 1t is so charm
ing as it is"
Madame Batiste had some bonnets pre-
/ duced, and Mrs. HOughtOn suited herself
/ i'm that line without being obliged to order.
| Habit and hat for equestrian purposes
/ came next on the list. Various other
1 toilet appendages were selected, and af-
/ ter having spent their whole morning
/ there Mrs. Houghton left with a charge to
| Madame Batiste to have everything made
up and sent home as soon as possible, and
| send the bill to HoughtOn & lie Verrier-
/ she said it would be cashed.
! Clare had silently suffered her aunt to
/ have her own way in the purchases. She
/ had never been in the habit of spending
1 so lavishly upon herself, but she did not
| wish her aunt to be ashamed of her, and
| her mother never objected to her spending
I all she pleased, though it is true she had
never wanted half so many things at once
| before. They did not reach home until
nearly dinner time.
When they met at the dinner table Mr..
! Houghton asked what they had been doing
all the morning.
81 have been to Madame Batiste's with
| CIare,'' his wife replied, 'EtO order an out
fit for her. 1 told her to send the bill to
you, pa. l suppose YOU will cash it for
ststerY'
"Have you any idea what it will be?1
sNone in the wOrld-prObably somewhere
near two thousand dollars, for l bought
| largely, and Madame Batiste always
/ charges tremendously for everything"
sSWhV, auntie," exclaimed Glare, drop
/ ping her fork in establishment, Il never
dreamed you were spending so much
money. l hope mamma will not think me
/ eXtrayagant."
II gave sister COrnelia permission to
buy everything for you that she thought
you needed"
at would do very well for you to give
my wife that permission" said her
brother, ''fOr you can afford it; but it
would not answer for everyone to do So"
"What is the use of having money if
you cannot spend 1T" replied Mrs.
HoughtOn.
Clare felt more annoyed than she was
willing to admit. The bill is to go to
HoughtOn & lie Verrier, she thought, and
what will Mr.. lie Nerrier think Of me? He
will suppose that all L care for is dress.
She resolved within herself that she
would act more wisely in the future.
IL am intending to draw more largely
than that upon your pocket before very
long" said Mrs. HOughton to her hus-
band. II am going to give a private ball
as soon as l can make the arrangements"
''Well, l have always honOred your
drafts" my dear, "and presume L can do
so yet. propose sending wagon to the
plantation next week; perhaps you have
some commands there"
''The very thing. L can send for butter
and eggs, and turkeys and fowls and
game, but l am too much fatigued to make
any plans to-day. You must not send un-
til 1 make out a list of what want. You
ask him to buy up all he can for us in
the neighbOrhood.
eff he will send a message to ma'am
Dinah at my place." said Mrs. Honfleur,
''she can gather a great deal there. My
negroes always have fowls and eggs to
sell. and she can save butter if you wish
her to. l told her to give all the milk to
the servants while l was away; that she
need not trouble to make butter, but she
can make it for you il you desire it."
At last they separated for the night, and
each retired to their respective rooms.
Clare found Rosa awake, and perfectly
carried away with establishment at every
thing she saw. She had never been twen-
ty miles from her own home before, and
she could not have enough to say about
the strange and novel sights which pre-
scented themselves to her.
''Miss Glare, what tor dey make dem
houses Ober yOnder so tall for? Dey look
like dey been jes' ready to fall on US; an
dey been STAN so close tOgeder, too. Lam
must be mighty sca'ce in dis town. Dis
place no been half so pleasant as our
home; de niggers put on such stuck up
airs. too. Kate been toss 'em head and
make out like me and Oracle 5 nobody. l
done been Glib 'em piece o. my min to-
day. l tell 'em my mistiss 'nOugh bet
tern he owns; dat she done been hab more
niggers dan all in dis town."