Telegram-herald., 1891-09-29
OLD CLOTHES.
4 Mads-Over Jacket and VIVA. rt
DID for Its Ownsr.

IL Carlyle had had my experience HE
philosophy of clothes would have been
modified taereby | cannot say in Just
what particular, bas l am sure such an
experience could net have failed To af-
fess kis views on the subject
| was the youngest Of q family Of
ssx. and the law OF succession ~ cast
OF garments being Hrrnly established
m the family. | was brought up in old
clothes Ny sister Hannah was the
eldest, next 10 her came Maria. then
came Tom. my only brother, followed
oy the twins. Ladors and Isabella. and
last and In all respects least. made
my entrance into thc family.
| suppose the law of succession afore-
mentioned was q necessary feature of
my mothers dom-sticsconomy for she
was lett widow shortly after my
birth, without an abundance with
which To support the faaily. Maria,
being but year and half younger
than Hannah. was very near her in
Kize, and seldom had 10 suffer the infe-
heity Of wearing her outyrown or out
worn clothes The fact of Hannah's
having q new article of dress or adora-
ment was generally considered . sufi-
cient reason that Maria should have H.
Tom. being tho only boy, was favored;
ani he was the only one who was per-
nitted anything like extrsvagance in
dFes& His cast-of garments were
gi~on 70 cur neigh Dor. Mira Hobbs
still poorer than we, to be converted
into garments tor ''the little Hobbses,"
as We used TO call her numerous Off
spring. Ludors and Isabella openly
resented tao ''made-over" garments
Furnished them from Hannah and Ma
ria's wardrobes, and soon outgrew
the possibility of being forced to
wear them; bat think must have
been a poor-spiritcd child, for ! not
only stayed little" so long that when
l had. at last. grown tall the fact was
caite ignored. but generally accepted
what was given me unconplainingly,
aud when. on one occasion did give
an angry expression 10 my deteAtation
of our clothes and nv desire for new
ones, the family were astounded Ny
mother said she would not have
thought II possible for her little Bah TO
show such naughty temper and selfish
spirit; and. seeing that he'd brought
her TO the verge Of tears. ! rsfrained
from further complaint though the
little Bah" was, 1t that moment, ~
offensive 10 me as the cast-of gar
ments
never liked the name Of Bah.
which. in fact. Is not my name, and
really Is not q name at all, being mere
iy a contraction OF baby. which had
been worn for . short time by every
child In the family. except the twins,
TO whom m could not be conveniently
applied. and had ~ last, like the old
clothes been given - me IA Anal pos
session. while my own regal-sounding
nanae OF Minerva" had been laid
away. presumably as too good for my
everyday wear. To the title OF "Bab."
sufficiently diminusive In itself, was
generally sdded the diminutive adj
iective sfittle," and was called little
Bah" unsu was fully five feet five,
which is . little moro than the height
OF either Hannah or Maria; but they
possessing more avoirdupois and i'm
portance than I, no one ever thought
OF calling them little
That this much wearing OF old
clothes had . manifest effect upon my
destiny Will clearly appear from the
facts which I am about TO relate. At
tie time Of which l shall speak.
Hannah ard Maria were both married,
anil Tom uae in his senior year In the
college At D.. An epidemic OF
measles causing the college to close
earlier than ssual. he came home in
March. accompanied ty a friend who
was q tcxcher therc. I was absent on
visit 20 my Aant Maria when they
arrived. sud when | returned home,
this friend. Randolph Morey by name
whon, Lrdora aud Isabella. though
Trey were both engaged. declared Ia
be "splsadidf' had gone on, taking Tom
with him. 70 visit rctntivcs In ".
Soon after mv return. Ludora and
Isabella went 70 spend week with
Aunt Maria and do some special shop
ping with reference e. the double well
ding in which they we're to figure Tot
many weeks la.er. The next day
sfter their departure my mother said:
"Bab. wish ron would see that Toms
room 10 in order. De viii be back
SATURDAY., and Isudora and Isabella were
50 busy With thcir sewing don't think
they made hie room - Lest "a IL might
be-
found thatt tl1e room might he made
reater picked up = garment which
TaFn lad 3nnx across a chair. and car
re- it u his closet. on entering which
uiy eye fell upon a weil-worn blue fan
mel eost a-sl neither garments hanging
taere. ard novel idea flashed into my
nisasl Not long since a dress of dark
bsae serge had been male for ne ont
- Lutlora's and fsabells's old cnes. and
neesiss = Jacket Of some heavier ms-
tersf u-ls .aatchin- the dress n eotor'
~ u.aise = asise completes ard CEN
{ rtsble for She ccrl autumn daTs By
rsrpinrs., thoSs e7rraeats and ~ssafne
= { prassfnx fbs better Parts of theE
couf get qaite respectable i2ese'
o. - thena. ard who would ever know
frs-a wa-rr~ s,ttasasa 80 ] knew
Ten wenia MS c8re. ar, al.hoazf
tssero as still "rtght seseTt - wear y
sN~rl. 81 Nrs 10 - w,slsld have said
tf ecslf - 7-rTa bsss fiftle nsef'
wtshost patching. sad ! sas asaorrts
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