Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-02-18

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low metal = very yellow. Bangles
clinked round the slender wrists. Be-
meath the pulled and rulfled skirt a
shabby petticoat OF gray cotton peeped
out. Though the weather was chill,
the girl wore no wrap. Miss Sydney
noted these details in half the time it
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 without
| shawlp' ,.-...
81 haven't any shawl"
"Well, jacket, then"
81 haven't any jacket, either, that
matches this dress" CHANGING compla-
Gently down at the berullled skirt.
"But you would rather wear jacket
that didn't match your dress than catch
a cold, wouldn't youp"
Eyes" 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, ~
know it. never attempt TO have diff
ferent wrap for each dress wear. l
can not afford it, either"
Cary stared. "How queer!'' 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. ut
will DO time wasted, | dare saw" she
said to herself, "still should like, just
for once, to argue out the dress ques-
ton with q girl like this. She is one
OF great class, and, poor things, they
are SO dreadfully foolish and igno-
rant" She made no immediate reply
to her companion, but rose and rang the
| bell.
II am going to give you cup of
tea," she said. "Hark, how it rains!
You can't go yet, and you will be less
likely to take cold when you do 90, if
you start well warmed. Besides, want
TO have you stay. should like to have
q little talk over this question of dress,
which is so interesting to all of us
women" She smiled brightly at her
| guest, who, rs if dazzled, watched the
entrance of the tray with its bubbling
kettle, its plates of thin bread, and but
ter, and crisp, dainty cakes; watched
Myra measure the tea, warm the pot of
gay japanese ware, and when the brew
was ready, fill the thin-lipped cups, and
drop in sugar and cream.
''How nice!' she said. with sigh of
satisfaction. Her heart opened under
the new, unwonted kindness and COM
fort, and Miss Sydney had little diff
Guilty in learning what she wished 10
| AZ
name. She had lived Eat home" till
two years ago. Did she like the cityp
Yes, she liked it well enough, but it
was not much like home to board. She
and another girl that worked at Snow
IL 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 60 straight to bed.
They got seven dollars week, and
more when there was extra work to do.
"Can you lay up anything out Of
thatP" asked Miss Sydney.
mo, ma'am, not q cent; ut least,
don't. There are some girls in the store
that do, but they've got sick friends to
save for"
"Now," said Miss Sydney, having thus
felt her way, "to go back to the jacket
question. AS 1 told you, l can't at all
afford to have one for every dress"
Cant you, ma'am; and what do you
do, thenP'
Il buy one jacket which will do with
everything wear"
"But that isn't suit" said Cary,
doubtfully.
"No; but is it absolutely necessary
everything should be q suitp'
1.-The girls Mt our store think SO much
of SUITS" she said, in puzzled tone of
sclf-dcfensc.
II know some people have fancy
for them, and they are very pretty some.
times. But don't you see that they
must cost great deal of money, and
that working people, you and myself
for instance, ought to manage more
carefully"
"Do you work, ma amp"
ITO DO sure l do. You look sur
prised. All, you think that because 1
have little home of my own, and live
in pretty room, must be fine lady
with nothing to do. That's mistake
of yours. work nearly rs many hours
q day as you do, and earn the greater
part of my own income, and ] have to
consult economy to keep my home and
make 1t pleasant, and among the things
which I can't afford to have, are
SUITS"
81 wish you'd tell me how you do,
ma am"
81 will, though I'm not in the habit
of talking quite SO freely about my af-
fairs, but I'll tell you, because it may
give you an idea Of how to manage bet
ter for yourself. In the first place
keep to two or three colors. l have a
black gown or two, and an olive-brown,
and this yellowish-g that you see,
and some lighter ones, white or pale
yellow. Now with any one of these the
same bonnet will do. The one / am
wearing now is black, with little jet
and pale yellow, and it goes perfectly
well with all my dresses, and so does
my black cashmere jacket, and my par
asol and gloves, which are yellow also.
Don't you see that there is on economy
in this, and that if 1 had purple dress,
and q blue one and brown, l should
want different bonnet for each, and
different gloves and different para
solp"
"Why, yes, it does seem So" said
. Cary, drawing a long breath. I'D like
to do something different myself, but
don't suppose I'd know how"
would you mind if / told you wha
l thinkp" asked Myra, gently.
"No'm, I'd thank YOU"
, ut seems to me that the chief trouble
with girls who work in stores is thai
they care more for being what they cal
stylish, than for being either neat Of
pretty. A young girl can look her hes
, in simple dress, If it is well put on ant
becoming"
"That's what mother used to say
, And Mark, he always liked me best II
, q white bib apron. To be sure he never
saw me in city clothes'-shc stopped
; blushing.