Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-07-10
Mchancstwn Frederick County, Maryland Thursday July TO- $780,
ONB WOMAN'S WAYS.

III S no use We worn all lne cdsC'oll
: clothes I'm going to-
There was no sign Of irritation or i'll
nature in the girls bright face as she
made this assertion. She sat in the
center of heap of discarded tinery.-
There were frayed and spotted velvet
skirts, satin and silk waists, strained
out and threadbare in almost every
seam, -tlounce1 snd bcdraggled gros
grains and nuns vcilings, crumpled rib
bons and torn laces p
what do you propose to wear":
Florence Annable's only companion
on this occasion was her married sister,
Mrs. Paul Grenman, in whose pretty
ears sparkled valuable solltaires, and
whose fingers were crowned with costly
Jewels. Mrs. Grenman's tone was cold
and the smile on her flultless lips was
almost a sneer.
Il don't mean anything unkind, Ju-
lia, Miss Annable replied, but the
truth is, am not comfortable in sec.
ond hand clothing.
blanche would be edited at your re-
marks; FIorence,' said Mrs. Grenman.
1T was no easy task to get these things
together,' she added, with increased
hauteur. You know very we'll that
my maid expects every garment that |
discard, and 50 does HIanche's.'
Notwithstanding her protest, the
young lady had selected the least lnlnr-
ed of the velvet skirts and had begun
to rip off the BRAID. But she threw
down her scissors now and stepped out
of the debris
THAT settles it, Julia she said, with
shining eyes, but with no other indica-
ton of excitement. 4 will sort those
rags and jags and velvet gowns into
bundles, and you and Blanche need not
dlsappoint your maids.
What stupidity, Florence. Mrs.
Grenmun hastcned to say. You know
we want you to have our things. You
have made lovely costumes many times
out Of poorer material than that
The lady tone was a little more con-
cilmtory. She evidently had some rca-
son for not wishing her sister to carry
out her threat
These things are much more sulta-
BILE for your maid than for your sister,
Miss Annable replied, as she set about
her task.
Perhaps you think that your sisters
should keep you supplied with new
clothes? :? SAID Mrs. Grcnman
No, | do not but | will tell you
what | do think, Miss Annable re,
spondcd, with heightened color, but in
firm, cool tones. 4 think that you and
Blanche ought to be willing that l
should earn my wardrobe.
Earn it . SAID Mrs. Grenman, dis
dainfully. what new and abominahlc
crotchct have You got INTO your head
now? Something to disgrace us all, |
suppose
If you and Blanche would pay me in
hard cash. as yon would be compelled
to pay Il professional for playing the
piano at your luncheon parties and
your kcttledrums, your receptions and
your informal evening gatherings,
could buy my own clothes, and be bet
ter satlstied.'
Mrs. Grenman's establishment and
Indignation were overwhelming.
who ever Thought that one of our
family could Re 50 coarse and mercen,
ary? Pay ones own sister for playing
IL few sonatas and quadlilles once in a
while! Why don't you ask us to pay
for condescending to attend our kettle
drums and receptions? Indeed, Flor
ence, If I must say it, think you have
been generously compensated for any
thing you have ever done for either Of
us; and Mrs Grenman waved IA jewel
Cd hand toward the bundles in the cen.
ter of tho room.
Julia, will find out what a proles
sional pianist will charge for playing
the piano the same number of hours as
| do Miss Annable began again, calm
ly. Then, not being professional,
will play for you and Blanche for just
half the amount
Mrs Grenman rose, picked off few
bits of the thread from her handsome
black silk drcss-she had been darning
a tiny bit of lace and proceeded to ar
ray herself for the street.
The room in which this conversation
took place was in the fourth story of a
so called fashionable boarding house,
and this was Florence Annable's home
Her father and mother were both dead
the former having survived the wreck