The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-20
WOMAN'S
What Two Bright Young Girls Did with
Seventeen Cents and Il Half.

What Two Bright Young Girls Did with
Seventeen Cents and II Half
We had wanted so much to furnish
the parlor this fall, Bessie and l. But
when poor. o%verworkcd papa, who
drudged in a bank-when dear papa
went to Canada-wc knew it was not
to be thought of.
But Bessie, who took Blessed Hours,
with its charming Home Depart
ment our dear, sunny-faced Bessie
was not a bit discouraged.
"Do you sec that?:' she said. draw
ing nc to the front window Il day,
and pointing with IN air of delightful
mystery to the ash-barrel.
But WHAT began, in bewilder-
ment.
"Wait and Sect said Bessie, spark
lingly.
When | came into the parlor next
morning l stood translixed, and gazed
ecstaticallv.
The ash-barrel stood in the middle
of the room. Had it not been for the
aroma of denaycl vegetables, with
which it filed the air. ! should hardly
have recognized it. A piece of bright
ly-ligured cretonno covered its top;
and green paper-cambric descending
to the floor, with 4 charming finish of
brown paper, gayly rutlled and pinked
on the edge, completed the most strik-
ing and picturesque ccnter-table i'll the
world.
Bessie stood near, enjoying my aston
ishment and admiration.
"What will We do with the ashes;?"
said, wonderingly.
leave them IN the range said
Bessie. brightly.
After that. the work of furnishing
the parlor went on joyously. With
Blessed Hours always before us, and
with our own busy brains and deft
fingers, it was a sweetly absorbing pas
time.
An old cheese-cloth polonaise of Bes-
sie's did nicely for curtains. The
places where the tucks had been let
down were conspicuous, TO be sure;
but one hardly thought Of that-the eff
feet of papa's old red ~suspenders,
which looped them back, was so
daintily pretty.
Dear Besse planned another surprise
for me.
"Look!' she said, covering my eyes
and leading me to a corner of the par
lor.
1t was occupied by our next neigh
bor's chicken-coop standing on three
empty spools, the whole neatly strained
with pokeberry juice.
"a what-not!' | cried, in rapture.
81 brought it in after dark said
Bessie, gayly.
A cozily-tcmpting easy-chair was
made from two soap-boNes, piled up
and stuck together with a bandoline,
and covered with Il blitile piece of
calico. A scalloped paper which had
come on top of a cake made a lovely
tidy.
Dear old Aunt Nabby stopped in on
her Way to a precious home MEETING
Just RS we finished it.
what girls they are!' she said, her
peaceful old face lighting up as our
parlor burst upon her.
''Try our easy chair, Aunt Nabby,"
said Bessie, pressing her into it.
| suppose it was because the bando-
Inc was not thick enough that the up
per soap-boN came off just then.
Don't let this discourage YOU,
said Aunt Nabby, with gentle
gayety, as we helped her from the
room.
A pretty and capacious catch-all was
made from one of Bcssic's overshoes,
t~astcfully vanished, and fastened to
the wall with Il tack which we first
carefully polished. When it was not
in use as a catcl-all. she wore it as
usual. This. together with a CHEEKY
bent-pin receiver. an old tomato-can
hung up with a delicious bit of pink
Irvine, frightened u walls, once so
bare. and gave the finishing touch to
our dear. cosy, delightfully."- Lonesome
parlor.
"And all for seventeen cents and a
half"' we said, sobbing on each others
necks with half-incrcdulous joy.--Pack.
FEMININE FANCIES.