Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

G<S9SSYk Crushit the fact
~ 10, ~ that she possesses
a remarkably fine
figure and elegant appearance, being, in
fact, known as fashionable beauty
and would therefore at any time be a
very good advertisement for any really
stylish milliner or tailor. Owing to the
extreme depression IN the value of land
which has naturally resulted in the di-
minutiOn of the incomes of the nobility
and aristocracy, Lady Charlotte Grad
dock proposes that Messrs. Crump &
CTushit should make an arrangement
to provide Der ladyship with costumes
for the rest of the season. her Iadyship's
recommendations in the very best society
TO be consiJ2re in lieu of other or pecu-
mary remuneration Lady Charlotte
Chaddock incloses half a dozen cards
of invitation FOR one week, that Messrs.
Crump & Crushit may feel assured that
all recommendation viii be in the very
best quarters. Perhaps Messrs. Crump
< Crushit viii be interested in know
ing that Nine. Sidonie supplied her lady
ship, on the same conditions, with a
court dress for the first drawing room
this season. and that the dress was de-
sCriDed in Fiction. The Spheres, and, in
fact, III all the smartest journals. and
that Sidonie received nearly d dozen Or
ders for the next drawing room in con-
sequence Of the descriptions already men
toned Of Lady Charlotte's appearance"
Mr.. CrUmp-shOrt, puffy and very
glossy with pomade and finest broad
cloth. and Respondent with beaming face.
patent feather boots, diamond rings and
ruby and diamond scarf pip--touched
an electric bell which summoned a clerk
into his au-jlsg presence.
Send me the shorthand clerk" he
said
There was knock at the door, and the
shorthand writer entered
sit down, Brown. and write as die
tate, said Crump. Of Crump & Cushit,
ladies' tailors and outfitters to Il. R. Fl.
the Princess Of Wales, ETC., ETC., New
Bond street, w:
"MADAM-Mr. CrImP begs ne re-
spectfully to inform you that, as he has
upon his books very many pretty and sol
vent ladies moving in the best society.
who patTolize his art and pay their bills,
he can enter into no engagement to pro-
vide your ladyship with costumes for tie
season Nevertheless, if your ladyshio
would like TO call upon Mr. Crump at II
a. N. on Monday next, which hour will
be convenient to him, he viii see if he
thinks it would be of any service to the
firm to come 10 any arrangement with
your ladyslip
- remain, madam,
Yours respectfully,
pro C2U3IP G CRUsHIT."
Lady Charlotte Craddock was only 90
years Of age, and had enjoyed the repu-
,ation of being a fashionable beauty for
'even years. The foJrth of Lord Eglin-
ION s seven unmarried daughters, seeing
no chance OF ever tisting the joys of d
season In town wnile her three elder sis
tiers remained 5-iil unmarried, and feel
ing that as her Years already numbered
IL she would be passae and quite too
tgi-htlu.'y e.derlF" before it could posi-
bly, be her turn to be presented. she made
Che most of uer opportunities at afternoon
Yea during the autumn. so that before
thr end Of the shooting season Col. Sir
Al-aruor Craddocl had formally asked
;Or her hand and had been accepted as
son-in-law 10y Lord and Lady Eglinton,
whocou-raula:ei themselves upon hav.
ing been aaie to establish a daughter SO
well without any Of the expenses Of pre-
5enta,ion or season in London
Lady Charlotte Craddocb was present.
ed upon her marriage. and Immediately
took foremost place among thatseason's
bellies
In the autumn her husbands regiment
was ord red To Fjzabad, an Indian sta
ton in the province Of Dude. As du-
tiful wife, Lady Charlotte accompanied
her husband to India; but as she found
life uncomfortable in the station. she soon
formed the opinion that the heat was IL
furious TO her health, and discovered that
her constitution had already suffered
severely from the trying effects Of the
climate, ana that it was absolutely nee
essary for her to fly to the hills for the
benefit Of her health. There the purer
air. heavily charged with the Irritation
which ever lourisheS in Indian hill sta
rions. apparently had a very beneficial,
though not lasting, effect upon her
health, for it seemed to be necessary
that Lady Charlotte Craddock should
spend the greater portion of the year at
Tucoori, or the Happy Vale, where her
solitude was relieved by the society and
attentions of Mr. Lotus Brackenbury,
a young cavalry officer, who was able 90
enjoy invalid leave with sufficient health
and spirits to iaaugurate Irritation with
the belle of the station. and to waltz at
every informal dance. of which there
are always many IL hill stations, hastily
arranged with a view 70 be-uiling the
WEAKNESS of lone n ried women whose
husbands are away in the plains. 1T
these little dances, /. IN became matter
of course for 1ir. BrackeuDury and Lady
Chsrto~.e TO waltz together through a
very large percent of the programme; /
and il during her STAY IN India love let !
ters and keepSakes crept mysteriouSly /
into Lady CharIotte's dressing case. her /
elderly husband was 50 unobservant and /
seemed TO care 50 h,,le that it really !
served him right SO said Lady Char
latte in answer - the time and novel
hCnored stiil. small voice, etc.
Sir Algernon CraGJock had but two
years more to serve n India, and st the
expiration Of that n Rod he and Lady
Charlotte left the station in which hls
wife had spent 50 many 6'eary days, and
IN whose ad iacent station had occurred