Middletown transcript., 1896-12-05
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easy task and yet Lbere are tho those who
ara obliged to, solve this problem IoEre.
tire from q world. ns vu.I 81 e4stiv zy,id q,
Mn 70 one, realizes h my max ks SHIFTS, ~ =
said ope or ,thesel Spartan7likei society
martyrs, land no Dne cares. Il AS dong
as I keep up with the rest; it, does not
IN the least matter, but II I should asay
that + must give up going TO this or
that function because I had h6 clothes
t should be dropped that Is ali, not BE-,
cause Of my clothes, but ,b5cau use Of my
absence but If = girl accepts the, str
uation, and CLEANS up her twoo pairs of
kidsgloyes alternately patches up her
gowns and goes and hasa geod timein
spits Of everything, people are very
kind, and it really does not make d bit,
of difference. h2''is E4.sl''ss'i' 9.s'o7l l''i 81
"The great thing is, as I say, to go
all the same, without one false shame
about what cannot be helped 8 Another
thing I find. . she continued, 'pbiloso-
phically, s.is that If I wait long enough
for anything Lno longer need it. Last
summer, for instance, I wanted a cou-
pie Of new organdies and another hat
quite awfully, but / could mot squeeze
| out the money from father, SO each
| week found I could manage somehow
and 50 1t went on, until a cold August
storm made me. realize that summer
was. ON the wane and tha. ] really did
not want the dresses, This winter ]
| am trying the same thing with a much
needed new jacket. 1 am in hopes, II
I wear my old one long enough, that
my longing for new one will have ex'
hausted itself. Sometimes my enforced
makeshifts are verylfunny,, or at leas'
they would be funny if they were no
so very tragic. '7'+2 7[i'a' Ssse
One time wheniI wanted to go to a
ball I found my only pair Of white slip
pers were not only quite black but they
were SO rubbed at the toes that 1t was
impossible to clean them any longer
so did what had done before in ar
emergency. covered them with white
satin, stitching down the edges very
NEATLY and covering up deficiencies will
a. bow.ss.A At distance they passed
muster fairly well, but T. certainly did
not desire to have them examined aant
resolved to trytoremember to keep NJ!
fleet wen under the hem of my gown.
To my dismay the, first figure the cotil
Ion was one where q sheet is held up al
Lone end of the room, and the women wht
are up in the figure must stand behint
it with their feet, ipeeping out be-
low the sheet fer themsn to guess from
Well, you can fancy Ilwas in agony ,buI
lthere was nolhelp for it, and niy8home
covered slippers were exposed with tlie
lrest. There was d moment ! discussion
and laughter among the men, and ther
the sheet was dropped. and and Il 1 saw Jack
B. standing before me- looking very
quizzical. -
| ] suffered agonies at the time, but
do not care now, for we are engaged +
be married, and he says ! shall have al
the newslippers IiWant.oi He said be
guessed the feet were mine because lhe
knew THAT Is what he said) how clever
| Twas, and how managed and al
That. He admired ny cheerfuinsss
and thought (please II remember t1at5
am quoting him) how few girls wopli
be brave enough not to let the want Of
money prevent their senieying ,wha
came their way, snd many, would hayt
been made unhappy by having SO mrct
less than those about then.ts Soihe
treally began 10 likeame from thatsavery
night.i9r yul 'dgi5' -sdt saYjEb odw wolisf
r. boos or aa9tis - aaryI!s1g ssnnosd
ss9Ils SOME NOTABLE ,woMEN.iil eta
| Mrs. Maitland, q, member of the Lon