The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-05-05
DOLLIES LETTER.
Something About Wills Bad
Break, Her Idea of Character
in Clothes, Etc.

DEAR NELL:
The past lev d VS. of balmy breezes and
: raining sunshine" has quite given me a
new lease OF life, and suggested after ali
that We Judged rather hastily when we pre-
dicted that spring would not be here until
! summer accomp MED her. Will says he
MS qui'e certain spring is here, because he
saw me gazing at some lace curtains in a
down town store window the other day, and
he knew by The wistful DIR. op at the cor
ners of my mouth that WIS calcu atirg
} how they would look in the front psrlor."
Will has such teasing ways, and yet some
times he is so absent minded sbout ordi-
nary details of life that am qui pro-
yoked with him. Now, for irstauc /, We
entertained Mrs. s. st tea the other evan
ing and we had those dainty little Scotch
tea Cakes which you remember you we're
so fond of when here -snd what did Wi |
do but utterly ignore the fork which had
been placsd on the pla for ore purptss
and h.ired Mrs. s. with his own fark, TAX
ing i. direc ly from his mouth. W 5
very much mortified, not so much because
Will showed such securely, for 1 well
know he is perfect gentleman in his coz
ductand in this ,se was oply lite absent
minded, but she is so en- regle and never
make7 any allowance fer what Will terms
"bai breaks" / took him TO task the first
opportunity could sget and aid Evil
lie" never csll him Willie only when
wish to impress him, and then say it with
great deal of emphs sis-"are you aware
that you assi,ted Mrs. S. to tho-e cakes
which were served at tea, W tn your own
fork, and also thst you had just used it fer
conveying goodly portion Of sardiue TO
your MOUTH"
"Why, no." said Wilt. "Is that so?
Did she kick shout it very much, Do
lie"
Certainly not" answered, "but of
course she noticed it, she IS so particular
and it really was very impolite"
"Y.s, so it was" said Will, but I'll
promise you faithfully that the very next
time help her in that hesthenish fashion
I'll cal! on her and apologize if it costs me
ten dollars"
"Oh Nell, DID you ever"
Yesterday eve, ing when / wss down
Town met your old friend, Mrs L., and
how &c she did look. Her dress was
black-black satin AID tufted etamine but
it was stylish and very btco ming. Do yo1
know, Nell, th nix there is so much char
scter in clothes. and although Of course
these do not "make the mat" yet they have
considerable to do with the womsn, and
even cast of gam nts give an idea OF the
weaIer's personality. Tor inst,rc', it is i'm
possible for me TO as -ociate handkerchief
that is Ike go.samer scented with vic.
lets tn coarse re 4, round double-chinned
woman, and on the other hand / C .nuot
imagine lee. collar with q black suesk at
the back OF the neck as ever having been
worn by a lden- haired, trim spirituelle
blond. 1t somehow belongs to a brunstie
with a wsrt somewhere nsar her no and a
|, ok as if she hsd been put ing oD powder
without performing IN ablution. 1 have
seen draperies too, that upon someipeople
would have resolved themselves into a
most unsightly bunch and yet upon others
bad really Classical EFF. CT. A
slipper will disclose not only tie
curves of the ares foot, but il will speak
right out and say whether the wear had a
quick springiDg step, or was dull, heavy
ami dr. ggipg. II the former, likht heart
teat the accompaniment, if the latier, sor
row had somehow he'd the reirs fer many
dsy. Even old shoes which are ruu over
at the heel and worn out st he side, can
say some thirg Of the wearer's inability t.
keep q secret, and OF q sort of laxness in
character which would make a man de-
ceive end be untrue to his wife, and q
woman ing up her children without
tea hing them TO pray. Then those deli
cate and exquisite lace, which, somehow,
Nell, always appear to me rs poems in
clothes. whsn they are the color of pale
moonlight, / can always imagine th.t in
their folds are signs from the hearts of
those yearers of whom ii is said
that they must pass their lives
when at work, iu damp Underground apart
meuts lest the dry atmosphere above
ground csuse the thread 10 be Sriule snd
thus unified for use. Think o. II Nell.
day after day, perhaps, with hardly enough
food ts keep them from being hungry, these
poor creatures weave thresd by thread, the
patterns which are so pure and perfect
that they em To have BEN fairy fashioned
Well, to me these lsoes seem to belong ex-
clusively to dear old ladies who have soft
and wrinkled cheeks and bands OF silver
hair snG dim eyes, which have in them
the pace which belongs "wbere the wesry
rest from troubing.,' Then there are
tints: it is almost impossible tn believe
that q urse, freckled fare and hair, which
is not Titan red" or golden" or eau
burn" or anything romantic, but Just thst
unde6nsb'e red which accompanies raw
boned wrists and CREASED shoes and loud
voice as ing in harmony with csmeo
pink or Nile green or any OF those delicste
shsdes which seem somehow to belong BY
right to Young ladies and young matrons
who are honest and sweet and pnre and not
80 smart as to be able TO boast that they are
"nsver Going to hsve any bsbies, DO
indeedp Oh Nell. speaking OF
this class. is il not dFesdful to notice the
conduct of such women, and is ii not very
strange how they join so much knowledge
and experience that they can so boastfully
DEFY the Creator II mskes my heart trem-
bic within me when look at little Bessie
and sweet "Bsby Blossom" snd picture
them as grown women with a knowledge
iu their possession which is an insult to
God. Will says am always thinking of
the children's future. and ought not to