The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-16
BLOCKADE roiLErres.
tsHecr Costumes Worn by Southern Laaic
During the WAR.

tsHecr Costumes Worn by Southern ladies
During the War.
''You should have seen me during
the war;" says Miss Spencer II looked
loo awful for any thing
Il did see you," rejoined Mrs
Carroll. You remember when you
We're in the village to which you had
llown from the bombarded city. You
had ON a curtain-calico bed-spread,
gorgeously lowered, made into dress,
which you called a Bompadour eos
tune. And l remember, too, that the
tluslSy maiden of twelve who handed
me glass of water, was attired in
tick dress Of exquisite design, simple,
yet elegant. OF this, too, l thought
you seemed quite proud
Il was proud to think how cleverly
| adapted myself to my circumstances.
That girl was in tatters. All the calico
that had run the blockade was bought
up, so bethought me of wool mat
tress that | owned and ! ripped il up
aud sold the wool to be woven and
made into clothing for the soldiers, had
the tick washed and | made 1t into two
dresses and two aprons for Flora.
''Do you remember Mrs Ashford's
bonnet and how we all screamed NJ
her as she entered the room: Where
on earth did you get that new bonnet?
Did il run the blockadeP' No. in
deed she exclaimed, proudly. This
| Is the same old bonnet that filed me
| with despair whenever l looked at it,
It did seem such IA hopeless case. l
procured some black varnish and gava
the straw two coats OF it. | dyed the
faded old ribbon with polSe-berry juice
and made cluster of buds out of
pink tissue paper and covered them
with puff Of black lace. and you see
the result of my Ingenuity
II gave my flannel skirts TO be util-
zed for soldier who was dying In the
hospital of consumption continued
Miss Spencer. and, as substitute, |
made skirt of heavy three-plT ear
pet. II was rs heavy as lead. Of
| .ourse, bat It was the best that could
be done under the circumstances.
made one also for Flora. and the dusty
maiden, as you call her. was very in
! dignanr at being compelled TO wear a
/ tstf'ltL SAAft. anu lntpflteQ me Lltttl
/ had dressed her in the mattress and the
carpet, and i don't know what's com
Ing next. she added, tearfully.
do you not remember, inquiries
4 Mrs. Carroll, Mrs Pember's descsip-
tion Of her fuil-dress toilet boots of
untanned leather tied with thongs,
| woven home-spun dress in black aud
white bIocks-the back. an old silk
washed. scraped with broken glass into
a pulp. and then carded and spun: and
white cuffs and collar of bleached
homespun; and hat plated Of rye
straw. dyed black with walnut juice, a
| >hoe string for ribbon 10 encircle 1t;
nd knitted worsted gloves of three
/ -hades of green-the darkest bottle
hade being around the wrist. Will,
d color tapered to the loveliest colon
7 the pea at the finger tips. Yes. ws
ere busy women in those days. Tn,
else OF the spinning-wheel was heard
throughout the land. and the constan,
jp of the scissors as we cut up oui
.nneI skirts to make shirts FOR the
eek in the hospitals, and our besi
eesses to be turned into dressing
owns for them. We tore up our liner
eets to send for bandages. ana VIZ
ripped our floors of carpets TO make
sldiers' blankets. ."-DenloreSf Month