New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-09-24

ssWell, " laughed Mrs. Lindley
! you will be wiser six m on6hs iron
now, and then you will take Cousir
Mary's and my advice .
Il hope shall be wiser. Perhaps
you think | will be sadder. too
i Some Of my friends seem to believe
that l have hidden goodbye to al
the pleasures Of life, ana to all m,
common senses. rs we'll But that's
because they do not know DR.. Ken
dali as l do. Still, would like te
show them that I have shred 81
sense left; SO I shall array myself in
good, substantial Work-a-day gowns
such as befit my age and the station
oflife whereto am called"
s'You are incorrigible.: 2
Not at all. have simply thought
out this whole question of clothes as
it concerns myself, and reduced it to
an exact science You see, with nv
complexion, I can't wear blues and
greens; reds and yellows are out OF
the question for one of my mature
years and my profession of pastor
ess;' purple DO not like; so there is
nothing left but blacks and browns
and grays, and assure you am
equipped with them. l have run
through the whole gamut, and can
produce almost any shade of them
from my wardrobe at a minutes
notice."
"But what will you do with the
wrapper"
''Oh! I'll keep the lovely thing, and
once in a while will take it out and
remember Cousin Mary; and delight
my eyes with looking at it. 1t is a
delight to the eye
80 the wrapper was folded away
and the next day it went with Helen
kendel to her new home.
Time passed, and in the ASSERTION
OF her new duties and fitting herself
into her new place, the box and it's
contents We're almost forgotte
One day in making some changes
the box happened 10 be brought to
light, and the wrapper was taken
out to be put in some other place.
Before it was disposed of Helen was
interrupted, and it lay upon a chair
all night. The next morning was
dark and rainy. She was late, and
in hurrying her dressing she remem-
bered that her ordinary gray morn
ing dress was out of repair. Hesita-
ting a moment, her exc caught sight
Of the card with "A Rainy-Day
Wrapper" on it. She smiled at the
RIGHTEOUSNESS Of wearing such a
thing on such a morning: then, as
she paused q sudden inspirati
came to her. ''What if should? [
declare! I'll do it!'' she exclaimed,
and in q spirit OF mischief she threw
it on. A glance in the mirror as
sured her that at As the color was
becoming to her clear, dark COM
plexion and brown hair and eyes.
But she went out and took her place
at the break(asttable q little shame
facedly, it must be confessed.
ooh, mother, how pretty you
look!' was the greeting ofTeddy, the
youngest and privileged pet of the
household, as he came around to
give her the good-morning kiss.
cts her pretty dress, . commented
outspoken Phil .. s..
Eyes, [ guess it is" said Teddy,
surveying it critically. cts so rosy.
Where did you get it, motEer?''
''I've had it ever since l came here,
only | thought it was too gay for
the mother OF such big boys to
wear
"Oh it isn't protested Max, the
Oldest, a young man of p. cts
good to see one bright spot in this
wretched dull morning. | wish you
would wear it every time itrains. 2
making sunshine in a shady
place. quoted DR.. Kendall, mischiev-
ously, but looking at his wife mean
while with admiring eyes.
1t was a merry breakfast, spite of
the pouring rain outside; and, after
her husband and boys had separated
to their several emplovments, Helen
Kendall did some serious thinking.
The boys evident pleasure in the
pretty wrapper was a revelation to
her. Could it really make any diff
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Was it not possible that perpetual
browns and blacks and grnys, even of
differing shades, might in time be-
come q trifle monotonous and de-
pressing? And especially upon dull
morning, when it was SO easy to
strike a minor keynote for the day?
Neat she always was, with immacu-
late collars and cuffs and frills, but
couldn't she add beauty to neauness
sometimes? Could she not strength
en- her influence over the boys by
making herself more pleasing in their
eyes? Yes, cousin Mary and Mrs.
Lindley we're right. How blind she
had been not to see it before. She
would henceforth wear the wrapper
whenever there should be occasion.
Occasions came in plenty. Once
when Teddy was sick he asked be-
seemingly if his mother wouldn't put
on the rosy Dress" and, when she
| did. he uuietel down and went of in