The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-01-05

passionately because it had been hid
den, would not be SAYING enough;
upon that one point he was simple.
ton; his love fooled him to it. Unex.
pectedly he succeeded to the family
estate, and then he spoke; and Selma,
after some vacillation. married him.
H. was not vet disenchan,cd: and he
never glanced at the possibility that
his wife could bring on real embar-
rassment through extravaganza.
My dear. have what you like; you
are the best Judge"
The words were as the sweetest
music in her ears. She sprang up,
humming scrap OF song.
You dear. good Oscar, | knew
you were never going to BE- IN old grit
fin. l think | must have that lovely
green and white gauze. 1t was the
most magnificent dress. ! was divided
between that and a lemon-colored dam
ask. III have the gauze. And gauze
dresses cost nothing"
"Nothing?'
Next 10 nothing. Oh. Oscar. there $
another thing. NV presentation. l
have gone on and on. waiting for Lady
Dalrymple TO come to town. and now
there are only two drawing-rooms
more. Mrs. Cleveland goes to the
next. and will present me. Shall she7 "
If YOU must be presented ut all.
don see any good in it, for my part.
Your mother never was presented;
and yon only occupy the place she did,
Selma.
"You are Goth" exclaimed Mrs.
Dalrymplc. II declare it is quite dis
respectful to her Majesty, to say you
see no good in drawing-room! It's
as bad rs treason"
Not quite, answered Oscar. in his
dry way. Il have little doubt her
Majesty is glad enough when draw
ing-room day is over. She would not
miss you.
Il shall tell Mrs. Cleveland / go
with her to the next" said Selma, dis
posing of the matter. And order my
court-dress to-day"
She flew upstairs. II was early yet
to appear at Madame Damereau's; Gus
tom had regulated a late hour. What
cared Mrs. Dalrymple for custom just
then? What does any lady, young and
vain, care for it, when fete-dress and
court-dress are waiting to be decided
on? She would 60 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 goodly stock of dresses; but
vet not all the stock; for the lace, mus
lin. and fiimsv 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 bel
zaline; satin. plain and figured; velvet;
silk, plain, damask. lowered. shot.
corded and glace; robes disposition.
and robes not; two-founced robes, and
three-fiounced, and four-founced, and
double-skirted and open SO many that
the eye looked to their colors for relief.
Beautiful colors: green, blue. pink.
lilac. purple, gray. pearl, stone, violet,
brown, amber, lemon; not dress of
every color, but dress of every shade
Of every color. And yet-new and
rich, and elegant as they were, Mrs
Dalrymple could not go to the fete
without a new one!
II want thousand things cried
Selma, when she reached Mime. Dam
ereau's. Have you sold the green
and-white gauze dress?'
No. was Madamc's answer. she had
kept it on purpose for Nine 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 gnineas, and that included the
fringe ard trimmings. Selma had told
her husband that gauzr dresses cost
nothing! She was too eager to ask the
price now.
Il shall 60 in it to the breakfast on
Thursday. What mantle can wear?'
A momenious question. Mrs. Dali
rymple and Nine Damereau ran over
the mantles. scarfs. shawls. ETC.. pos
sessed by the former, as many rs they
could recollect. and came to the con-
clusion that there was not one that
would Ego with it.
Il have lace mantle, said Madame
-''ah' but il is rechcrche!-a real
Brussels. Ii there is one dress in my
house that it ought to 60 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 beautiful price. also.
TWENTY-FIVE guineas.
"Oh. my goodness twenty-fiv
guineas.'' cried Selma But LII take
it. A breakfast fete does not come
every day.
For wonder--for q wonder--Selina
had exhibited her white lace bonnet
+, with the emeralds but twice, and came
to the conclusion that that would do. +"
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.
! think | must have new parasol;
My point-lace one is soiled, and /
| caught ii in my bracelet the other day,
and tore it little. You had beauti-
full point-lace parasol here yesterday.
Let me see it.
uc oilc YOU WcTc iOOkluS AZ yes
terday will not do" cried Madame.
! ut is lined with blue. Mime. Dali
recmp knows that blue can never go
with the green dress. / have got one
parasol nh. but il is the beauty!-a
point-lace lined with white. will got
it. 1t does snrpass the other.
1t did snrpass the other. and in price
also. Selma chose it. 1t was twenty
guineas.
And now about my court-dress l
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 jun, ture who should come in
but Mrs. Cleveland. Your court
dress need no, cost YOU very much.
she said to Selma. land it is nearly the
end of the season. White is less eA.
pensive than my thing else. For abou,
fifteen pounds you ma have one OF
elegant simplicity. Always best for q