Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-09
DELIA'S WAY.
How Three Girls Made Fortune o"'
of Cold Cream and Rose Pearls
Rv Margaret Ford.)

"It's n shame" said GOliy. p"'
don't know how we can help II. POOR
we are. and poor l..
1--WE must remain" said Bella. NO. IN
deed, II there's any ingenuity IN Inv
feminine brain I'm going TO work out OF
IT," .
Work Bella exclaimed Molly, Win
oon,,arra.ion in her dark eyes-pretty
langulshing dark eyes, 10 when cohs'e'-
nation was unbecoming. 4.
"Certainlv. WHY not? our money u
nearly all gone now and It's either WORK
or starve."
oh. Bella. how can you talk SOL ex-
claimed Nina. -. ,,o,,. ,,ba,
you mean. Do you Suppose ser,'arts and
opera boxes and horses have always DeeI
furnished to you that they are always
going to be? Now. when there is no one
to furnish them =. man, toIIv
at would have been harder TOT nun mn,
than for any OF us II he had lived Goa
was good in taking him. ] think. ,.o,,
"Oh. Bella! Any one would SUPPOSE iii an
didn't care anything ABOUT MN ~ '
Good In taking HIM! ,,t,,
nut Bella made no reply. She sat WIN
her fair check resting on her manu-, Ia 49,
a dewy food OF recollection III nrI 49,
been her fathers conidant and consoisr
and nurse and friend. while the other
girls we're dancing and hir;lng am
making merry: and she knew now Una,
OF the world OF business. Of the hrst pr,n-
cinles of life. had only hfrseif 10 iooh
10 as soon az their little hoard was gone,
What kind Of work. BeliaT soopeu
Molly. o,,.u
"snd What viii Roland Tascot saw
"I can't heip what he says. non .
imagine he will say anything. noi,
Imagine We shall ever see MIN again
bella, don't believe you nave a., u
heart in your body! When he was 80 In
love with you!' J., ,.a
"Perhaps he was not. He was In love
with papas fortune and my position: ana
then I aid very well to carry or the
Tascot name"
II should think so,' cried Nina, her
Indignation taking another turn. AS |.
there were a Tascot OF them an .nal
had YOUR bloom. your Titan hair, your
eyes YOUR perfect teeth, your shape. your
carriage-your accomplishments. a.,
"Yes. Bella. these are our accomplish
merits" nh. .>ro,
Good for nothing" said Bella. Not
Professionals by the multitude DO very
thing we can DO, and do 1t all a great
deal better ,,.
"yyhat are we going 20 dor
81 fancy" said Bella. laughing. and
embra cling them both together. that you
are going TO DO nothing but heip me ons
goIng 10 work. What I said iust now
about the cold cream gave me idea.
''Wha'-what sort OF an idft SIAM
mered Molly
"Well. YOU shall see" Mt
"lt was week afterwerd that Bella
came TO the two girls with something III
her banda little whlte-sailn boAIanl
a she opened 1t. and then thS inner
wrapping of silver tissue, papssr, she so n'n
exactly fitting the box. THAT Is what
| am going to do she said. ,,,.
~ don't understand" said Molly.
"I am going to make soap.
The girls were too aahast 10 speak' oil
recipes 7 shall make soap. OF the hnest'
toilet-waters. colognes. rose-pearIs, arc
matte vinegar ] shall put them up IN
the dajntiest style. The creditors are
going 10 let us stay on In the houae one
wear. BY that time | shall be able TO
rent II. We shall use these pariors Tor
sales-rooms: and ! am going out now 10
speak to Mrs p tsre,gh ths ~" Whole city
and OUTLYING territory. Our things VIII
"Oh. oh, ohr' cried the two girls. fall-
ing on each Others nccks and weeping 10
'I'm sorry you're ashamed OF me-,
said Hella. derlurely. But II YOU doh
ike II you needn't appear. although !
think il would bring Ms great traie OF
curiosity for time. az any n,Sa ran tbon YOU
n doesn't matter for me. | snail De ~
in a day or two ny the time You are Z,
we shall have made little fortune. anu
then We can go away anS spsh q, !" Ew wdT
In the North of Africa, in the West OF
America ~ ~, NOT nv
our grandfather. but py ours 800 ca U,a
graves r to think OF YOU, And what in
the world viii Roland TascotI ,,
I'VE won't talk OF those those tnlnRs, r wou
have any better idea We will act upon H.
But now my cologne-water Is dlgesths,
and ali nv other brews are under way
in the Kitchen and laundry. ana I'm
when Belia came back Mrs. Des-
senerly came back with her, and:
gathering up her superb robes, wlthou,
Seeing the girls, she descended TO the
lower regions and began TO Inspect
"You are sure OF your recipes. my
loye?' she said. ..r..
"Oh. perfectly" answered p aan,, tr nav
how many generations before her-oid
still-room secrets, when the family were
still at home in the old Devonshire house.
I've made the cologne )ustd a. ss sss sag
and cassia-wood, with camphor ana
cloves. and mace and NORWOOD, WITH
sage and thyme. and orange-nowrrs ana
lavender rsw hr..a them ' ali together
in rectified spirits. stirring and stirring
and stirring, and distilled them all on
through that little still, and added them
ali TO the fragrant oils. jassamine; berga-
and neroli. and stirred and stirred and
stirred again. and filtered oh-and now
see IL anything was ever more delclous
MY dear, il Is whole garden OF
and there" said Bella, there Is the
their baths by the quantity. made Win
rose-water and orange-watsr ana myrtle-
water. and little scrap OF amoershsmst;
Peter shake II for hours In warm room.
and then shaken II again day longer
and I have decanted and fiitered u
"It will make their bodies feei IKE
And then there are the rose-pearls.
make them with poor Peters help. beat
ing heap of petals In mortar III
altar of roses. drop by drop; and then
peter rolled them in his old black palms.
before se% they hardened and there they
are to perfume the fine ladies', laces.'
Admirable. my dear. admirable"
And the vinaisre anonaaQue-ssn =
and crushed camphor' and oil .ot cloves
and rosemary and bArgsmot and lavender
and cinnamon and pimento, with tribe o!
neroii. all rocked and shaken III the
camphor 10 quite dissolved. and II will
charm away nervous headaches and
Thousand other ails"
II must have some OF IT, IL always dId
cure my megrirns But how did you
"Oh' Peter bought the palm-oil and the
soda for me: and We boiled them together:
And we made smother With oliye-oii ana