The Washington times., 1895-05-19
rising from the fOam." said Mrs. Des-

rising from the foam." said Mrs Des-
Srurrty
"Aad then there are the rose pearls. 1
make them with poor Peters help. beating
a heap OF petals in a mortar till they were
a black paste, aud dropping in altar OF
roses drop by drop; and then Peter rolled
them in his old black palms, and marked
each with four dents before they hardened.
aud there they are to perfume the fine
ladies' laces."
Admirable, my dear. admirable"
And the vinaiEre anumalique-isn't that
pungent? 1t Is glacial aceuc acid, and
crushed camphur aud oil of cloves and
rosemary and bergamot aud lavender and
cinnamon and pimento, with q triflc OF
ner0li, all rocked and shaken till the cam
phur is quite dissolved, aud il viii charm
away nervous headaches aud a thousand
other ails"
Il must have some Of it. 1t always did
cure my megrims. But how did you man-
age the soap?"
''Oh, Peter bought the palm oil aud the
soda for me, aud we boiled them together.
And we made another with olive oil and
suetand soda, aud when they had hardened,
we shredded them with some white curd
soap, aud melted some, in water bath,
with essence Of orris root for a violet
soap, aud some with all the fragrant oils
for morning dew soap, and we poured 1T all
in these little square molds, and when
they were set we rubbed them smooth and
folded them in tissue paper, aud 1 had
ordered the little boxes, and put the gilt
writing on the covers myself"
You are a genius, Bella. my lover
You See, If il works at all we can do it
all over on larger scale"
But you must have the coIognes and
angel water and the rest in cut glass, you
know
Eyes, 1 have ordered it. 1 sold my pearls
to pay for it and the boxes and the fragra
oils. The pearls were my own-the credit
OTIS didn't take them"
my dear noble girl You are a lesson to
all the daughters of the billionaires But
you must. put tremendous price on these
things if you want to make them the fash
ion. Now you are going to have them in
the drawing rooms, and you are going TO be
there TO sell them; Peter will be down here
preparing them, Who is going to carry
them home? For your customers viii not,
you know" .i
1--WE wiH,'' said Nina and Molly, looking
in the door. tt.r
what noble famnyi" said the great
lady. IL all the girls in America were
like you, it would be a different world
herel' And she swept them all into her
ample arms. 'And now," she said, "you
must all come home and dine with me-"
But Bella said that would not be best
Mrs. Dessenerly might be saint on earth,
but other people were not, and what was
day kindness tomorrow might be scant
courtesy; it was inevitable that they would
be made to feel their position, and they had
best accept it at the start.
You would not have thought, no wever,
that there was anything of the sort to ao-
cept, had you been in the French drawing
room few weeks later. All the old ele-
gance of the place was in evidence-the
messy rugs, the soft gloom, the rich hang
ings, the pictures, the baubIes, the deep
lounges. Only on the tables aud consoles
lay the little pomade jars, the glass col
ogues, the boxes of the rose pearls A
pretty maid, in coquettish cap and muslin
gown, usllered in tie guests; Bella herself
received them, Mrs. Dessener1y hphoIding
her the first few days. Another maid
passed a ciaret cup.
Who would have guessed these maids
were Nina and Molly with their curIs
brushed out OF sight and bound away be-
meath their caps, and their ruffled muslin
aprons wrapping them TO the chin?
As Tor Bella, she was gracious, as gem
tie, as elegant, meeting all her old acquaint-
ances, as if nothing had happened, showing
her samples, taking their orders, sending
their vinaigrettes TO be filled, as if she were
simply doing the kindnesses and courtesies
of herown house to visitors.
OF course there was presently no such
place of rendezvous as Bella Frent.h's par
lors. There fine ladies met lie another aud
their gallants, and there they made their
purchases at great prices, feeling they had
something nicer than could be had unless
Bella had some connection with the toilet
people or kings and queens and princesses.
And there one day Roland Tascot had the
assurance 10 come In the train of some great
dame and TO ignore the girl whose heart he
had been on the point of claiming before
the Grassy of her fathers failure camel
When, at the end of year, Bella added