Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-17

Dalrymple to come to town, and now
there are only two drawing-roOms
more. Mrs. Cleveland goes to the
next. and win present me. Shall she?"
eff you must be presented at all. /
don't see any good in it, for my part.
Your mother never was presented;
and you only occupy the place she did,
Selma
You are Goth" exclaimed Mrs.
| Dalrymple. Il declare it is quite dis
respectful to her Majesty, to say you
see no good in drawing-room! It's
| as bad as treason"
"Not quite" answered Oscar, in his
| dry way. Il have little doubt her
| Majesty is glad enough when a draw
ing-room day is over. She would not
miss you.
Il shall tell Mrs. Cleveland 1 go
with her to the next" said Selma, dis
posing of the matter. ''And order my
court-dress to-day"
] She flew upstairs. 1t was early yet
to appear at Madame Damereau' Gus
tom had regulated late hour. What
cared Mrs. Dalrymple for custom just
/ then? What does any lady, young and
vain, care for it, when fete-dress and
a court-dress are waiting to be decided
on? She would 90 and have Madame's
| ear all to herself, before others came to-
share it.
She pulled aside the ''sheets and Ia
blecloths,' and glanced underneath.
1t was a goodly stock of dresses; but
vet not all the stock; for the lace, mus
| lin, and fiimsy gauze, and delicate white,
and delicate pearl, and delicate pink,
and delicate other shades. were repos-
| ing in drawers, out of sight, between
folds of tissue paper. Barege and bal
zarine; satin. plain and figured; velvet;
silk, plain, damask. lowered, shot,
corded and glace; robes disposition.
and robes not; two-hounced robes, and
three-fiounced. and four-flounced, and
double-skirted and open; so many that
the eve looked to their cOlors for relief.
Beautiful colors: green, blue, pink,
lilac, purple, gray, pearl, stone, violet,
brown, amber, lemon; not a dress OF
every color, but a dress of every shade
of every color. And yet-new and
rich, and elegant as they were, Mrs.
Dalrymple could not 60 to the fete
without new one!
Il want a thousand things" cried
Selma, when she reached Nine. Dam
ereau's. Have you sold the green
and-white gauze dress?'
No, was Madame's answer, she had
kept it on purpose for Mime. Dali
reemp. Milady Oak-tonne had come
in yesterday afternoon late and wanted
it, but she had told Milady it was sold.
Selma took it all in. The fact was,
Madame had tried to persuade Milady
Oakton into it, but Milady was proof
against the price. 1t was only seven
teen guineas, and that included the
fringe and trimmings. Selma had told
her husband that gauze dresses cost
nothing! She was too eager to ask the
price now.
Il shall 90 in it to the breakfast on
Thursday. What mantle can / wear?'
A momentous question. Mrs. Dali
rvmple and Mime. Damereau ran over
the mantles. scarfs, shawls, etc, pos
seSsed by the former, as many as they
could recollect. and came to the con-
clusion that there was not one that
would s'go with it.
Il have Il lace MANTLE said Madame
-'.ah! but it is recherche.-a real
Brussels. If there is one dress in my
house that it ought to go with, it is
that .green-and-white.
She brought it forward and exhibited
it upon the dress. Very beautiful; of
that there was no doubt. 1t was prob
ably beautifurprlce, also.
twenty-five guineas."
..Oh, my goodness - twenty-five
guineasr' cried Selma. but III take
it. A breakfast fete does not come
every day"
For wonder-for a wonder-Selina
. had exhibited her white lace bonnet
with the emeralds but twice, and came
to the conclusion that that would do. y
Not that she hesitated at buying an
other, but it was so suitable to the
? green-and-white dress.
, ''And now for my court-Oh, stop.
l think | must have new parasol;
NV point-lace one is soiled, and
caught it in my bracelet the other day,
: and tore it little. You had beauti-
: full point-lace parasol here yesterday.
Let me see it.
ssThe one you were looking at yes
terday will not do cried Madame.
, ut is lined with blue. Nine. Dali
!. recmp knows that blue can never 60
with the green dress. | have got one
parasol-ah, but it is the beauty.-a
, point-lace lined with white. | will get
it. 1t does surpass the other.
1t did surpass the other. and in price
also Selma chose it.. 1t was twenty
, guineas.
, '.And now about my cOurt-dress.
, am going to the next drawing-room.
1t must be all white, of course"
''Je croiS bien que Oui, answered
, Madame. '.As if bride, with taste,
would be presented in any thing else!''
= | At this juncture who should come in
but Mrs. Cleveland. Your court
p dress need not cost you very much.
she said to Selma. land it is nearly the
. end of the season. White is less ex
! pensive than any thing else. For about
: fifteen pounds you may have one OF
: elegant simplicity. Always best for {
, presentation.
5 Nine. Damereau turned up he1
a nose, and Selma turned hers down
both in contempt of the advice. White
u silk was fixed upon; not very ex
n pensive in itself; but before its ap
\ purtenances Were completed, its train
and its trimmings, and its lace (rea
f Mechlin). and its ribbons. and it
4 fripperies, and its head-dress, and it,
g flowers, and It's feathers, it hae
Q amounted to-not pounds, but scores
: Mime. Dalrymple went to the break
/, fast, and she and her attire were lovely
!. amidst the lovely. She went to tn,
e orable Mrs. Cleveland and the admi
t ration and envy she excited were great
5 Very satisfactory 30 her, no doubt; very
d gratifying to her heart which was jus
e then topsy-turvy with vanity. And 81
l. it went on to the end of the season
/; and her pleasurable course was neve