Milford chronicle., 1892-04-29
A Factory Girl's Easter SUIT
and What It Cost.

A Factory GirI's Easter Suit
and What It Cost.
Easter is comm and | had my
heart set on a new dress; but ma had
been sick and the young ones neeaeo
lots of things, 50 my bit Of money
had been pretty well used up for n
only get five dollars a week ana l,W
two dollars for board and another
for nv carfare. so after saving for
two months. and some week. nome
7 found only three dollagS left for
nv Easter rig. Mother said | should
keep my wages the second week in
April. and her and me would make
nv Easter dress in the next week.
Myl wasn't glad when Saturday
came. and with another dollar for
overwork started out to buy my
rig. My heart was kinder jumping,
YOU lust bet, for / heard so much
about something to do with the big
Governor Mckinley that was max
ing everything so dear that poor
folks like us couldn't or needn't ex-
pect to have new clothes this spring
| I went to Sixth Avenue because lots
of the Girls in the mill had all said
they was going to G and street, and
Sixth Avenue is more stylish, so l
lust bet | could beat them in style.
Ma said had better get some SILK
as it was cheap now and maybe l
might strike q sale; but ] soon
changed that tune, for silk was %
cents yard and only l9 inches
wide. aud I knowed | must get
pretty wide stuff if l only got six
wards, and ma said it would take six
yards anyhow T struck sleek
looking Teller at another counters
and he showed me something,I guess
it was Cancels hair, 80 inches wide,
for only So cents a yard, and he
kinder sniker and said he guessed
six Yards would do for me. seem ]
was so kinder little. 1t was mag
nifcient stuff. Tut l guessed it was
kinder old-ia-hioned; but the young
= man told me mo 4" and said bein' as
+ | was a blonde sme blue silk woalC
a. make a kinder bandsom' front; bu
| [ told him souldn't stand that anC
he said he guessed l could, anC
e needn't take TIL dress till | fOunC
+ out the price Of the silk; so l saw
another YOU Teller at the sill
e place that let me have some rea
e China (America made) % niche
e wide. silk for SO cents a yard, but
only needed a 1 yard, he said, 50
s went back and bought my dress.
e Ofcourse | sad to have braid an'
4 things. but it didn't cost much
4 only SO cents for all the fixin''
9 Then l got lovely hat for only 3
e cents, and just hit a bargain, 1 guess
/ in ribbon, and got lovely loni
J. streamers and flowers and that ye
, low lace for SLIT; and just as l lei
S with my hat l saw some lovely stOn
e trimming, and only IS cents yaro
so guessed I'd get some, for l ha
p 81. 40 left, and then / saw Lowell
n swade kid long gloves, just the colo
v of nv dress, for SO cents; so got
n pair, and then went to a shoe stor
/ and then got lovely pair Of oxtor
/ ties for $I.25. Well you bet didn
n believe much what folks said abou
It that Mckinley yarn, for there wa
o with g cents in my pocket and a
:. my fixin's up bought. When l &c
v home ma was just surprised to Sc
n how | had spent my $500, thong
d all of the things just cost $7.Sl, an
e we set right down to plan out m
g dress, and she thought everythiT
If was lovely, and bet I'll outshin
o them other girls with their lugs.-1
3 FACTORY GIRL,in american Econ
Is mist.