Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-04-11

matter. DE had as much idea of the
expense attendant upon an extrava-
CANT toilette rs the man in the moon,
and he did not seek to inform himself.
Long-headed, cold and cautious was
he; never but upon one subject had he
was his love for Selma, when she was
Miss Dalrymple. To say that he had
loved her passionately, all the more
| passionately because it had been hid
den, would not be saying enough;
| upon that one point he was q 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.
He was not yet disenchanted; and he
never glanced at the possibility that
his wife could bring on real embar-
rassment through extravagance.
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 o song.
| "You dear, good Oscar! I knew
! you were never going to be an old grit
fin. think must have that lovely
green and white gauze. 1t was the
most magnificent dress. I was divided
between that and a aforementioned dam
ask. I'll have the gauze. And gauze
dresses cost nothing"
"Nothingp"
NE. Next t to nothing: Oh. Oscar: shere's
have gone on and on, waiting for Lady
Dalrymple to come to town, and now
there are only two drawing-roo1
more. Mrs: Cleveland goes to the
next, and will present me. Shall sheP"
eff you must be presented at all.
don't see any good in it. for my part.
Your mother never was presented;
and you only occupy the place she did.
Selma"
"You are a Goth" exclaimed Mrs.
Dalrymple. ~ declare it is quite dis
respectful to her Majesty, to say you
see no good in drawing-room! It's
as bad as treason"
"Not quite" answered Oscar, in his
dry way. II have little doubt her
Majesty is glad enough when a draw
ing-room day is over. She would not
miss you"
II shall tell Mrs. Cleveland 1 go
with her to the next" said Selma, dis
posing of the matter. "And order my
court-dress to-day"
She few upstairs. It was early yet
to appear at Madame Damereau's; Gus
tom had regulated late hour. What
cared Mrs. Dalrymple for custom just
thenp What does any lady, young and
vain, care for it, when a fete-dress and
court-dress are waiting to be decided
onP She would go and have Madame's
ear all to herself, before others came to
share 1t.
She pulled aside the "sheets and ia
blecloths," and glanced underneath.
It was goodly stock of dresses; but
J yet not all the stock; for the lace, mus
lin, and flimsy 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 ball
zarine; satin, plain and figured; velvet;
silk, plain, damask, lowered, shot,
corded and glsce; robes disposition,
and robes not; two-founced robes, and
> three-founced, and four-founced, and
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
7 of every color. And yet-new and
rich, and elegant as they were. Mrs.
Da!rymple could not 60 to the fete
without new one!
II want a thousand things" cried
Selma, when she reached Nine. Dam
ereau's. 'Have you sold the green
and-white gauze dress?'
8 No, was Madame answer, she haC
kept it on purpose for Mme. Dal
: reemp. Milady Oak-tonne had come
Q in yesterday afternoon late and wanted
0 it, but she had told Milady 1t was sold
Selma took it all in. The fact as
Madame had tried to persuade Milady
Oakton into it, but Milady was proc
= against the price. 1t was only seven
= teen guineas, and that included tn,
s fringe and trimmings. Selma had tolo
|. her husband that gauze dresses cos
Il nothing! She was too eager to ask tn
r price now.
Il shall go in it to the breakfast o,
y Thursday. What mantle can wear?'
2 A momentous question. Mrs. Dial
n rymple and Nine. Damereau ran owe
the mantles, scarfs, shawls, etc., pos
8. sessed by the former, as many as the
clusion that there was not one tina
would Ego with it,"
II have n lace mantle, !" said Madam
v fan! but it is reoherche!-a res
+ Brussels. II there Is one dress in m
house that it ought to 60 with, it
that green-and-white.'
Oh She brought it forward and exhibite
it upon the dress. Very beautiful; {
ID that there was no doubt. 1t was prol
70 ably beautiful price, also.
y twenty-five guineas."
y "Oh, my. goodness - twenty-fiv
r. gulneas" cried Selma. 'But I'll tax
10 it. A breakfast fete does not com
70 every day."
)" For wonder-for wonder-Selir
m had exhibited her white lace bonn'
q with the emeralds but twice, and can
q, to the conclusion that that tswould do.
ne Not that she hesitated ut buying al
40 other. but it was so suitable to Il
green-and-white dress.
'.And now for my court-Oh, sto
=, I think 1 must have a new parasc