The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

in polite repro.
baton. while the attendant coughed
Just the ghost of cough.
1T will be ze mode" said madame,
gently, but conclusively. Mime. Kill
Nankul, re Miles Amboy-ah! ze han,
ton, &c best people, all baf ordaired such
costumes Mademoiselle will not wish
to be out Of re fashion, one-how you
call it?-one dowdie, eh?''
''Of course not" replied, indignant
ly; land if they are really going to wear
that dreadful thing
at is as hat re honnair to inform
4nademoiselle. Re grande danes, re
ibankair, re doctair, re air-r-risto-
cra6que ladie, all"
Very WELL" interrupted, with a
sigh; Il suppose shall have to make a
guy of myself like the rest But it is SO
ugly"
Madame shrugged her shoulders m
Vii they touched her ears, and extended
her palms with a deprecating gesture
Mas non. Whatevair is in re fashion
is always charmant"
IN, cieU OUR murmured the at
tendant, initiating her mistress exactly
IN both shrug and gesture. "Obsairve,"
continued madame, turning the dummy
supporting the costume around in order
to reveal its beauties in clear light,
sit is no longair ze-how you call him?
re skinny sl1airt, leetle sing like ze
raggy doll baby. Non! 1t is like one
beeg balloon. 1t make one grand dis
play. People shall say: Aha! she is of
re reesh fader, she is of re air-r-r-isto-
GRAFT CertaSnemenu'
"Certdinementf" muttered the attend
ant, like an echo.
Though L by no means regarded
Nine Marquetrie's argument as sound,
there was no help for it. Crino-
line was to be in fashion; ana in these
days one may as well be dead as out of
the fashion. So ordered the costume,
bore the agonies of trying on" with
commendable patience, and in due
time the dress was sent home.
Of course l was anxious to see how
should look in it. / had the box taken
to my room, and, assisted by Pinner
my maid, | proceeded to open it. My
fingers trembled with excitement as I
fumbled at the cords, SO that I could
hardly unite them. Primer shared my
agitation.
The last knot was reached, when,
bang! whop! simultaneous shrek
and squawk-one mine and the other
Pinner's-the lid flew into the air and
something like a gigantic Jack-in-the-
box bounded up with a tremendous
Hutter and thump. The shock and the
fright threw Primer one way and me
the other, both staring with Mortified
eyes at the thing which seemed to be
podding at us overwhelmingly.
recovered my senses first and began
to laugh. "Lawk. miss, what on sirth
is that?"
'The new dress, you goose" l re-
piled Don't you see?"
! "Aw!'' grunted Primer. bending eau
tiously over the box, 81 thought it
might be one Of them dinnermite ma
chimes. 1t bounced up at body so,
I'm all of tremble."
Its only crinoline skirt" I said,
grimly, lifting the combination ginger
1y out of its nest. Come, help me try
bit on
Possibly you have already OWNED
that am a rather original young per-
son-''a crank" brother Willis calls
me 1 have always hated the thousand
Gnd-one details of dressmaking. just
say to my modiste: Il want new cos
tune: get me up the proper thing, and
don't bother me about it" When it
comes home put it on, and there's an
send
| know almost as much about the
steam engine as do about the intrica-