The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-22

first who has thought me worth while to
visit" she said, with a laugh that disclosed
| the pretty little dimples up close TO the
corners of her beautifully shaped mouth.
Mrs. Morton is handsome-un dcniably
handsome. She is about five feet six inches
in height. She would be little too heavy
for q girl-although there are many girls as
heavy-but she has a tapering waist and
beautifully moulded neck and arms Her
eyes are large, bluish-gray and very expires
sive., Her complexion is healthy white.
She can boast of her nose and her mouth is
exquisitely aristocratic. Her lips are
curved and full and every smile awakens
the most babyish and bewitching dimples /
have almost ever seen. Although Mrs.
Morton's face has not one wrinkle, and her
years scarcely seem to warrant it, her hair
looked quite gray in the dimly lighted room.
Gray hair is always an attraction, even
when combined with youthful face. II
was dressed very neatly. twisted to the
crown Of the head and there rested in
heavy, smooth coils, met by wavy fringe
on the forehead.
OF course every woman will want TO know
how Mrs. Morton was dressed. Well, she
wore a gray cotton gown, with waist
which fitted to perfection, the skirt trimmed
in white, open-work embroidery. A straight
gold bar fastened the collar, and there was
no other iewelry except large solitaire and
q large emerald on the third finger of the
left hand. A gray cotton gown, the ma
terial of which couldn't have cost more
than S.! Think of it. and a woman, too,
whose husband is quoted at some $4,000
600
II was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y, . said
Mrs Mortar ychpu ur0ad hat. In falI mn Of
herself. my name was Anna Livingstone
Street Ny father was a lawyer in practice
there, and so there we lived and received
my education. After awhile we removed TO
New York, and was in society quite awhile
before met Mr. Morton. So, you see,
there's nothing to tell.n
"What do you like best in dressr'
Something plain, always plain" she an
swered, hurriedly. 81 never cared for dress
but You know when one is in society one
must obey certain rules or be conspicuous
for eccentricity. wear nothing but cotton
or flannel gowns during the summer, or for
very extra affairs foulards. My preference
in jewels is for pearls, and have some fine
ones, but am not fond of much jewelry Of
any kind.n
What do you do all day!r
My days are very busy, as is every
mothers when she does her duty she said
pleasantly. Il have always been my own
and although am not prac-
tical cook know what TO order and when
things are right or wrong. / see after every
thing of domestic nature. / get up at
seven O'Clock and give my servants orders |
for the day; then / see to every detail about |
my children-that they are bathed, what |
they shall wear and eat AT $3.50 o'clock we
breakfast. Since we have been here the |
children eat with us, and the first thing dis |
cussed is the news. We take all the news
NO xtyax wish IN mi afHoa ~ ha
political question. Tho governess reads |
them TO the children, who take as much in |
terest in it as do. Then keep up an ex |
Lensive correspondence. My literary efforts |
are confined TO voluminous letter writing, |
but my uncle, Alfred Street, who died some /
years ago in New York, was poet.n
How many children have youlr
Now you will laugh when tell you that /
have done nothing but raise family and /
keep house since | married, but it consti- |
lutes my whole happiness she added |
hastily. as if fearing / would infer other /
wise. Edith, my eldest, is tall. handsome |
girl Of fourteen; Lena is thirteen, Helen is |
Twelve. Lewis Parson, my eldest boy, died |
while we were in London. Alice Is next |
and is nine, and Mary, the baby, is seven
They have a French governess, and they |
keep up their music and drawing during the /
all other lessons are put by until |
winter. They are very happy children, too.
They have their tennis ground, their pony l
and dog cart, In which they take long daily |
irives about the country; they ride and |
hey do fancy work, and then each has her
little duty 10 perform. One looks after the |
poultry and brings in the eggs; another sees
20 feeding the dogs, another 10 the flowers
and so on. They are busy Children
Have you any brothers or sistersfn
81 have no sisters, but have brother in
london. He is q partner Of Sir Roderick
cameron in Australian shipping business.
Wy father has been dead some twenty
Tears.n