Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-09-04

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IONABLE DRESSMAKERS
London Truth
We then went with Lila to have hel
new travelling dress tried on, very
nice composition in grey erepon and
silver braid, with sweet little coat to
match, lined with sartan silk The fiji
proving satisfactory, Lila said she
would take the gown home with her in
her carriage, and asked for the bill.
"Bad form, know" she said to Ine,
when the proprietress of the establish
ment left the room to have the account
made out; but l always pay at once for
gown that really fits. 1t acts like a
charm, Madge. For those that don't fit
or that I've had lot of trouble in trying
on, never pay under six months; in
bad cases year."
When the beautifully dressed modiste
came back she said:
DO you wish to pay now, madame?"
"Yes," said Lila, "because the gown
fits so well. And remember, Madame
Dash, that always pay at once in such
case"
"Ohr' said madame, 81 wish every
body were like you. L can't get any of
my accounts paid. Ladies do not realize
what our position is with regard to ready
money. We have to pay our work girls
every week, and monthly salaries to our
filters. L give my premier e300 a year,
and pay for her board her lodging and
her wine. The firms from which we get
our expensive materials and costly en-
broideries only give US months credit.
The landlord expects his rent to be
punctually paid. This means constant
flow outward of money and there is
hardly any coming in"
Tears stood in the poor wOman's eyes,
and she looked pale, haggard and worn
out.
"But why don't you dun these women?"
asked Lila, in her sharp, abrupt way.
"If l did, madame, they would never
come to me again. They do not like
being asked to pay"
She looked so miserable as she said
this that | felt quite sorry for her, and
asked if she was going out of town to |
have a nice rest after the fatiguing
season.
al cannot, madame she said, "unless |
some of the ladies pay me. l have
never had 50 busy season, and have |
never before made up such number of |
dresses. That is why L am
so very hard up"
"And when will you get paid?" asked |
Lila.
"SOme will pay in six months, Others |
in year, but many of my customers
never think of paying an account until
it has been owing two years, at least"
AGES OF MAN AND WIFE.
Ladies' Home Journal
1t is always better for a man to be
several years the senior of his wife. And
I'll tell you why. The average girl who
bless her-stays at home,
and makes home a blissful abiding
place for her husband and her children.
The man goes out into the world and
has the responsibility of caring for those
who are at home; and yet time does not
seem to set its seal on him as it does on
the woman. The little cares of life ruff
f1e her, and too often make her look, as !
we say, "old before her time" Now,
even when this does not happen, she '
does prOpOrtionately grow old in appear
lnce sooner than man, and for that
reason she wants to take the benefit of
The doubt and let him have the added
years to start with Then, too, you !
should desire to keep your heart and !
mind young, to be his intellectual COM
and this is much easier 2
when your husband is old enough to be d
the guide, philosopher and friend" 1
The love of woman to her husband al
ways has little of the maternal in it 5
hat is right and tender-but she does A
lot wish to be mistaken for his mother
Be wise, and marry man older than
one who has seen life in its
many phases and who can guide you
yer the rocky places ;and who has learn
d that it is not always wise to obey i'm
ulse, but that any important duty
hOuld be well thought over.