The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-29

70 you pleaded her friend.
ics, used 10 wear those colors II
ny young days. and IL were eieh teen
even swcnty-eight. instead 81 forty
eight as ! am. u would BE- just IN.
thing. But viii you look az the label
a kainy-Day Nrappcrr Whatever doe.
cousin Mary mcan.'
Just what she SAYS. Helen. She
wants you % wear IL In your new home
70 brighten The duh. rainy. depressing
mornings for your husband and chill.
| drcn"
n thought cousin Mary had better
sense Of corrcspondcnccs Now. IL
could ever bring myself to put on this
dainty thing. II would BE- upon some
cioudlcss sunday morning in early June.
should want 70 sit out upon the piazza.
with the flowers blossominr and the
birds singing. and the blue Sky over.
head. and every thing in harmony.
Even then. lin sure. should feel like
little brown sparrow in the feathers OF
q bird-of-paradise. A rainy-day wrappcr.
indeed. No. thank YOU Nv gray ono
with inc Persian trimming will do well
''''''.~ !" ~ rainy Qtl>-
Ny dear. you are wrong. believe me.
and cousin Mary is right. She has lived
IN honscfull Of brothers all her life.
and knows, as do. that the masculine
eye delights in soft. pretty colors. Men
don't always know what il is that
pleascs hem. but they are pleased with
bright. cheerful colors in . woman's
dress You should wear the wrapper
Tor The sake OF your husband and boys. /"
oh. as for DIR. Kendall, the dear
man. he y 50 absorbed in his studies
that hc would never know whether
was robed in sky blue, or grass green.
or dandclion yellow, or poppy red
bless him. As for Phil and Teddy.
they are rampaging boys. too Young TO
know or care what anybody wears;
while Max and Howard are young gen.
'lcmcn o. such fastidions tastes I'm
sure they'd laugh to sec their new old
mother trirkcd out like young girl.
No my dear friend, know my duty
better"
Well" laughed Mrs. Llndlcy. "yon
Will u wiser six months from now. and
then SOU will take cousin Mary's and
my adyicc.r
n hone shall be wiser. PERHAPS
you think ! viii be saddcr. too. some
81 my friends seem 70 believe that
have hidden goodbye to all the pleas
ures N life. and 70 I'll nv common
sense a. we'll. Bnt that's because they
DO NOT know Dr. Kendall as do. Still.
would ike 70 show them that have a
shred Of sense left: 50 shall array my
self in good. substantial. mork-a-day
gowns. such as bctit my age ana the
station Of life whcreto am called
You are incorricible.~
"No' al all. have simply thought
out this whole question OF clothes as IL
concerns myself. AMI reduced il to an
exact science. You see. with my CON-
plcxicn. can't wear blues and greens.
reds and yellows are out OF the preston
Tor one Of my mature years and nv pro-
fcssion Of ''pastoress;" purp.e do not
like; 50 there is nothing eft but blacks
and browns and grave. and assure YOU
! am fully equipped with them. have
run through tho whole gamut. and can
produce almost any shade Of them from
my wartsohc at minutes notice.
Bat what will you do with the wrap !
per-"
oh III keep the lovely thing. and I
'nce in awhile will take Il out and re-
member cousin Mary. and delight nv
ives with looking at it 1t is delight |
% the eve
so the wrapper was folded away. and
he next day il went with Helen Ken
Iall 70 her new home
Time passed. and in the absorption Of
'er now duties and fitting herself into
'cr ncw place. the box and its contents
'cre almost forgotten. One day. in
making some changes the box hap
encd to be brought to light. and the
'rapper was taken out to be nut in
ONE other place. Before IL was disposed
Helen was interrupted. and il lay
pom chair in her room all night.
he next morning was dark ana rainy.
he was late, and in hurrying her dress
~ she rcmcmb bored that her ordinary F.
ray morning dress was out OF repair.
lesitating moment. her eye caught /
ght Of the card with "A Rainy-Day
'rappcr' on it. She smiled Al the
dict lousness Of wearing such thing 4
such morning: then. as she paused, II
srdicn inspiration came 70 her. I
What II ] should? declare. Ill do
: she exclaimed. AMI in a spirit OF i
ischief she hastily threw il on. ALI
ance in the mirror assured her that al | 2
rty-eight the color was becoming to e
r clear, dark complexion and brown
air and eyes. Bnt she went out and 4
ok her place at the breakfast table !
little shamefaccdly. It must be con-
sScd. y
''Oh. mother. how pretty you look.~ 4
As the greeting Of Teddy. the youngest h
~ privileged pet ~ the household. a. =