The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-06


The woman with the washed-out
polka-dot gown looked sadly at her
friend in the fresh looldng tan linen
frock who had called to see her. 81 Z
What are you looking so blue
about?" asked the tan liren girl. The
washed-o woman eyed her sharply
Then she fushed.
Il suppose YOU mean my gown?"
she replied. mo doubt you are sur
prised to see me wearing such raggy
looking thing-but I'm doing it as
punishment"
The tan linen girl looked the washy
gownssover.s Are yourMsins as bad
as that?" she said. Il can hardly
believe it,
| ''No womanly woman should ever
lbet on a horse srace!is announcedssh
| who was being punished. ME
''Oh, don't know!'' said the tan
linen girl. 81 won hat and dozen
gloves and two pounds of bon bons
on the Suburban.. -
"Oh, pouf! I don't mean bets like
that You never have to pay II you
| lose. / mean real money"
AZ never knew you were that sort
of grill" said the tan linen one.
NO. am not; that's the trouble.
don't know anything about it. But
there are worse things. 1t all began
| with this gown-this limp, spotty look
ing thing you see me wearing. This
is one of those alluring creations that
you see in shop windows on beauti-
full blonde wax lady with red finger
nails" "a ,g, ~ -rsgs.s -
Gust fancy" said the tan linen
girl. &@H 9 -+ p
/ "You wouldn't notice the gown at
all except that you see it from the
street scar. You wouldn't see it ex-
cept that it has a big staring price
mark on the wax lady's chest or hang
ing from her elbow like a theater bag
This holds you and although you may
have the natural, Unborn antipathy for
purchasing goods that are marked in
windows, it fascinates you like 6
Japanese crystal.
I'm reality it is a regularly cooked
up trap for catching feminine Holsters
and there is always lot more lobster
to a feminine one than the other kind
You stand staring at the gown ant
say to yourself: Twenty-Five dollars
Goodness. That's how some wome1
manage to dress so cheaply. Now
should go to aChargemS s ana pay forty
five for ore no better . -...
You don't really think of gettinI
the gown, but you yield to the tempta
2 tion of going in a shop that you'v'
never been in before. You are me
inside the door by an imposing speci
men OF masculinity, who smiles an
bows with certain magnificent ur
bending of dignity and then almos
carries you to the elevator. When yo
are projected on the floor designate
you are met by another man. H
usually looks as though he'd seen be
ter days and has that straggly sort c
; whiskers that you might call neal
. This man scrapes before you an
2 call out a young woman, feet hig
= with a 4S bust measure, who passe
you on to another Juno. By this tim
e they have you landed in the basl1e
You feel positively ashamed to hav
come in for such a cheap gown. Fr'
uuently all they have TO do is to brin
out a $50 or 500 gown at thi
stage and you order it"
"If you have the money, you meant
And sometimes when you don
have it. You find the gowns are mao
up without any silk lining. That,
course, reduces their value, but tt
heavyweight girl tells you they are {
light for summer. Then with a so
of Japanese wrestling tactics they g
one around you in some way before
tall mirror and pull it down in Il
back just as Warfeld does when
sells a coat in the play, and tell "
that all it needs is a little alteratio
This is just what naTpeZed to n
e, l will say that the Juno girl seem
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