Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-26
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Inexpensive, aud well-made clothes,
There ave many sorts and kinds OF work
lngglrls, and the majority OF them might
be too proud, and few % them too fas-
tidlous 10 avail themselves OF
thus method OF going well, dressed
Bat there are some who take
very kindly TO theae feathers
which have been worn by lucr birds. A,
funny thing happened few we, ks ago.
A lady on ono OF the far south avenues
turned u number OF dresses over to the
soliciting agent OF secondhand shop
near Twenty second street, aud among
them was verf protentous robe OF
royal purple velvet. with sort OF
she'll plating lined with delicate pink.
II supported huge EIzahothan
collar and heavy train fell from
the shoulders In stately wealth of faorio.
II had seen come grand occasions in its
day, but Its day was past This lady
asked for u second girl IN the Sunday
Tribune, aud In the afternoon OF the day
camo maiden from the Norseland, proud
OF carriage and tirm Of limb, whom the
mistress went to consult In the basement
hall. Whom she saw her sno stood
aghast. For she seemed, gnd she could
not tell quite why, to be confronted with
the ghost Of her former self,
SHE DEGAH no woNnnR
wildly what her SINS had been, and fell
into cogltation about the irish bAnshees
who kindly come TO give Que pointers on
approaching death Suddenly abe per-
oeived tho resemblance 10 herself To end
In tho gown, the train OF which had been
nipped IN It's dow, but the wealth of
adornment OF which was undisturhed, the
Elisabeihan collar held \ pebian head In
rather uncomfortable but effectively
| proud pose. For the sake of her family
and her friends, and perhaps for her own
sake as we'll, tho lady thought II best TO
let the damsel 20 nor way
Bat here IL another tale with another
ending. A merry little actress, who
could dance 30 well that no one per-
ceIved she could not sing, was In tho
habit whenever her company reached
Chicago OF taking the dresses of which
abe was tired TO a friend In the old.olothes
line, whose tirst name was Isaac. One
day she sent dress that she was In a
vuandary over. at Nioean't ~ Just
| right thought shes "tho sleeves were
always heHgy. Why, can reach my
head with my arms and feed myself quite
comfortably "a thing that one
can never do In dresa that ute
halfway It's comfortable and warm
10 be sure No doubt many poor
creature would be glad Of it. hut then,
after ali, II has go style 10 SO It went
down on State street with the rest OF tho
cast of. But shortly after this the little
actress took 70 herself husband and his
ways were devious and strange, so that
the heavy heart OF the dancer madc her
feet leaden and she no longer knew the
exaliatlon the footlgbts give. The fairy
| In pink tights In one short year became II
graye.eyed enllcn girl. struggling with a
baby In one arm TO keep hunger at
bay with needle. The pretty
frippories OF the stage were all be.
drsggled and thrown aside, the jaunty
travelling suits had gone this way and
that and one ahyoriug day when the
baby was asleep the little actress found
herself IN dim room az the back OF the
pawnbrokcr's ehop looking among the
crowded rows Of dresses TO find some
thing TO keep the cold from her. Sud
denly ehe made discovery. II was .
plain, dark flannel, neatly made, and
warm and soft. The trader had had II a
long ilma and made an oahy bargain.
| There was fsverlsh transfer ~ u few
hard-earnod coins and the III 0 actress
went home ana wept over the familiar re-
mindcr OF happier days, which she had
reclaimed IN her cast-off dress,