The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-07
DOLLIE'S LETTER.
A Chat About Dressing-A Pretty
Jersey, and Other Matters.
DEAR NELL:

OuA lEL NCll jill
quite sure that after you have been married
six wears as L have been YOU will not have
such an exalted opinion of men. 1 re-
member before we were married Will used
to say to me that the "fervent effectual
faith of one soul in another was about all
that 4 man or a woman either, needed to
make them happy" But M goodness,
Nell, il Will didn't get warm panca Is
for breat fast or didn't find his slippers just
where he wanted them, am quite sure
that the faith have in him as man and
a gentleman wouldn't count for mu h. OF
course | am not finding fault with Will, he
Is very ME in generalities hut he has some
habits which worrv me very much. For
one thing he will laugh at the peculiar
crazes of women and SAYS they are nothing
more than lot of cranks when they get
in'o one groove. "NOw for instan' e." laid
he, "lOok at EN- hos he, have been hand
painting ever thing for the last two years.
SolemnlV Dollie, many and manv u time
when laid off my best Prince Albert coat
| was tually afraid by the next time |
had ccasion To Use it You would have one
of the tails painted with a one legged
storx and the other with u sun flower or
some other gim-, rack, for the Lord Knows
what YOU women will do when you ONE
get started" "Well,"I said, you see that
the fe Is of your stupendOus mind were
unrealized, for bel eve with the exception
of 4 ST ,ir from Mumm's extra dry Viii h
was spilled upon it the night on wore it to
he legislative banquet given III Jeff.rsOn
CITY, and the additional Ornam Mt ( a few
drops of turtle soup, made of rabbit, care
lessly disposed over the fir Mt, the coat i
p rfectly intact" Will cpered his eyes at
hat, winked syly at me in a teasing man.
ner, and then began 70 whistle tire only
the life ri me II where he picked that
up-"Sally is the i for me-"
VII and L n-vrr quirre', however, we
both think it wi gar, and so in few min
utes he was te ling me- about some la GIL
able scenes which he Jaw at one OF the con-
ventions the other..night He id, 'one
b AIMED 10 | got 60 excit d that h. inst
stpCd up and sawed the air with both
hands and .ouldn't articulat. one wO d B"
ughed very heartily, and then i said,
"WhO was the loo, Will" ooh" said
he, ste foo was your humble ser ant"
Well, Ne :, have My had an cuti g
twice since | wrote you, cne W At little
musicale, and Ii erary enter ainmert, the
other calling on fri, nd w'O resides on
Fifth street she had just returned from
visit wi h frierds in 1t Louis, md after
5 ne p ca ant chat concerning what she
h d n in hat city she showed me such
a beautiful jersey she bad bought at Vanter-
voorts.
twas of a dark, rich brown jersey cio'h h,
with electric b ue velvet veSI, collar AM
cuffs. The but ons are also OF velvet, as
we'll IS the postil ion pleatingin the b 'ek.
On tn ST, collar an cuffs, were designs
f meta lie braid, with here md there a
tiny gold butterfly The fec was very
pretty. and while think of il, Nell, it
would be so pretty for you, stree YOU ere
such dec ded onde. OF course, know
YOU like pretty clio hes as vel as he RS
of us. and your taste is u"approachable
Speaking of dress, Nell, reminds me that
he I'd Mr. r. 7. G. say the otrer day that
women would not give so much time and
at ten ion dress If t were net to p'ease
the men" But you and both know tn t
to be u true, ard was surpr sed to hear
so shrewd masculine observer make such
mist Ike. The fact is, woman spends
much time, md good deal If her hus-
bands or fathers coin upon fer toilet, for
several rea ons, the lie 81 of which is to
"p ease men," she knows perfectly well,
that no man outside of dry goods clerk,
car te q. b her ad rnments are, although
e may be in her company for h urs. He
h con u-ed impression of pretty
devi,. in silk, satin, bio" and lace which
she used 10 heignten her charms but to
save his soul h. cam tell anything about
it. Now tn re is Will for ins auce, when i
ooce in a While SIX his opi ion sbout some
toll { article, which | have taken infinite
pains it, h will look at it sharaly nj
ask eli her. "shere did you get hat thing?"
what K nd OF stuff is il DOlie" or
someth ng mil He is JUS ise other
men the mate i | IS new recOgn zed and
il the effect pleases him, he don't care
whether it cost SIS, Or 80 cents. i remem-
Der on he brought me a lowell bla X
TX for birtrd Y pr sent, for w"ich he
gave 3 30 pc. yard AMI sometime alter that
he came home one evening md harding me
a sample f summer silk he said in a curl
OILS sort of voice." Dollie is that stuff all
silk ? why YES, | ssid, "where did you t
it d What did you want t. know for?
"Why," said he "Will l. was buying his
wifi d,ess off o. that to when OPP
pei at HIVES store and he got it for sixty
i've rents Eer yard and-ad thu fact is
L. lie, if t III TX as you say, don't yc u
think p id pretty >'eep for tina, drrss gu,
you?" OF course Nell explained to the
de IT foolish boz, but tn is My another
illustration that a man lacks The knowledge
which would fit him to b, a gCo critic in
the sGsirs and no on knows il bstterthsn
his fellow woman. Hence while a woman
may study mans tase IN colors and eater
To TN 4 IN so ia as her complexion will sd
nit, vet that she ever selects DIRE Sc to suit
him is all sheer nonsense. She will be
piaued If he d, es not admire new suit,
on the sele :tion and make OF which she has
wasted much effort, but she VIII put down
his lack Of appreciation to mere masculine
stupidity land endure it just the
me as she does his, propensity for
smok 'ng ard going out three nights in the
week to "attend lodge" when an "Adamless