Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26
THE LADIES' TAILOR.

window opposite mansion on Fifth ave
nue.. 1t appeared there one misty morning.
When the fog lifted a bit, Miss Mangrove
caught sight of it and exclaimed:
81 shall positively sell this house and
move farther up town. Trade is as resist
less as the sea, and for society to endeavor .
to stop tits commandments on the aristocratic /
portion of the city is as vain as was Mrs /
Partington's broom fight with the waves .
l abhor trade"
She turned from the window with n shud- .
der, as if the gilt letters Of the sign had
Leaned over and touched her Familiarity on
the shoulder
Miss Mangrove was besieging society.
Jabez Mangrove, her father, had been "a
persistent success from the time he left the
farm and sold tinware from house to house.
When he bought for a song prescription
for liver pill he quilted peddling and de
voted his energies to pushing "Mangrove's
Liver Pills" Fate may have been sarcas-
tic when it took him out of the world by
congestion Of the liver, but the public had
no idea how congcsted his pocketbook was
till the amount of his estate became known,
and then there was amazemcnt that there
had been so many bad liyers in the world
during one mans lifetime.
The first step taken by his only heir,
Amelie, was to sell the pill mandatory
its good will and patent, at such sum
that proved she was born to commerce.
Then she bought the mortgage on an arts
tocratic mansion fOreclosed it and took
possession From there she had besOught
society to take her in. had hoped toensnare
some scion of one of the old families and
had failed because her father had been in
the patent medicine business. That was
why she hated trade.
But her tactics had changed. She was
determined to break into society She
wasn't pretty, exactly, but she had good
figure, wore no corset, and Hattered her
self that she had manner as pronounced,
not in the way of lOuducss, but as notice
able as that of any of the Four Hundred.
But she was not in it-that was the sum
of it all And accordingly she fretted
outside Of the closed doors, aud lay awake
at night in her dainty bed devising ways OF
making a break in society," walls.
One night, with a weary sigh she fell
into a troubled sleep: for hours she had
been scheming how to obtain the coveted
entree. And now, in her uneasy slumber
she began again the wearisOme will-o'-the
wisp chase after the magic word entree
Even in her sleep she felt herself uttering
a protest against the repetition of the use
less pursuit, but before She had wholly
voiced her unwillingness to follow the
dancing, teasing sprite labeled entree She
saw the letters Of the ladies' tailor sigr
march before her. They were in command
of the big gilt NJ, who lifted his hat re
spectfully TO her as his company filed past
At the word they broke into doubt
mick and in "A few seconds they had sur
rounded and held prisoner the agile an'
evasive little devil she had chased 50 man.
times in vain
The company Of gilt letters faced about
and marching within a respectful distanc
of her, halted. While they presented arms
the corporal NJ. led forward the mischiev
GUS imp and placed him on the palm q
her outstretched hand, which she close
gently, holding fast the coveted privileg
which in her dreams the sprite Away
had represented.
81 have the entree at last" she e1
claimed and awoke to veNation at hayin
felt so much Joy over deluson, and ma
ly to wonderment about the signiitcanc
of the letters having made the entree
prisoner and then presenting 1t to her
The dream troubled her not little I'll
next day. To her its meaning was plain
NJ Dufre ladies' tailor, could procure fC
she call upon him, when nobody that WI
ANYBODY patronizcd him? At last she CO.
cluded to request him to call upon her, an
she sent him a succinct, businesslike not
The following morning he called upC
her and she was astOunded to meet
handsome, quiet, well bred man, who pr
ceeded at once to open case OF samples.
Not those" she said haughtily. "Som
bodv else will wear a dress of the 9th
end of the same web"
"Ab." said the tactful business ma
closing the case. II supposed l was
show YOU the latest importations, but
am at your service to procure for you al
fit Won with what even the Baroness Roti
child cannot procure duplicate Of"
1.-THE reason want a new tailor IS tina
NAV be original in my costumes II y
are a reader Of the society gossip publish
in the sarcastic weellies you Will see IN
am laughed at because !, as they "
carly say, am not in it, meaning that
excluded from the circle to which aspl
Yesterday, owing TO a dream OF the mig
before had an idea, which l determin
to confide to the first ladies' tailor WHIT
face inspired confidence. You seem to b
gentleman, and one not likely to betray
secret"
She paused a moment to note the ell
of her words upon him, and was pleas
that he showed no symptoms OF eXcltem'
or eagerness to learn the nature OF
communication she was about to make.
81 determined never to wear the du
cate of the material or the pattern d
dress or hat worn by any other WON
To that extent can be exclusive. do
think YOU are able to meet my deman
And if YOU are, what is it worth to yor
undertake TO render me wholly origina
the matter Of dressW
M. Dufre did not reply hastily.
seemed to be estimating the probable
that his devotion TO one person would "a
him. One society woman might ma 90
fortune of a ladies' tailor, but woman
recognized by the Four Hundred was
likely to make other wealthy women ye
20 hnue M nnfre mike their dresses.