The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-10-28
1t Was the Finishing
Touch That Set Her Off.
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Written BY A. L. b.

preaching season. so he suggested t.
him that the house run a color scheme
The scheme he had planned himself
which was to have one color to pre-
dominate in the goods and dress novel.
tiles, of the new st les. DeBond liked
the idea, he was very grateful tC
Luckett for the suggestion he became
encouraged, and before another period
of twenty -four hours mad passed they
had made plans to start the color
scheme.
For the scheme to be success il
was necessary that the best known
millners and dress-makers of the city
introduce it, and this they agreed Il
do. Arrangements and contracts were
made with them without any difficulty
Therefore every step was taken TO get
the goods of the correct color (which
was decided by Luckett to be yellow
on the market before the secret OF
the scheme reached the uptown com
petitors. Ii was not long after the
color scheme had been ma le known to
the retail houses that all the most
fashionable women in Paris were
wearing touch of yellow about their
costumes.
yellow is the color, was the echo
from the dry-goods shops. The idea
had caught on. The milliners and
dress makers had pushed the color
scheme so wonderfully that it was
amazing to DeBond how the profits of
the firm had risen in so short a time
At the down. town house the word
assignment had heen "cut OUT, and
the the word success had taken its
place. Credit, praises, and increase
of salary all were being given to d.
Bond, and he was rapidly gaming
greater influence among his co-labor
ers as he had led them to believe that
he was the creator of the color scheme
Luckett was personally unknown to
all the members of the firm except
DeBOnd, and was naturally in an oppo-
site posi- ton to that of his friend.
Late in the afternoon at the beginning
of new month which promised to be
a most profitable one, Luckett found
In DeBond s Office the place where
everybody at the house usually drop
ped in''-the president, the vice pres
Ident and several others of the Compa-
ny, the ones he wanted to know.
The gathering of the fellows" devel-
oped into an impromptu business meet
ing as well as a very pleasant social
affair. Many discussions of bust ness
nature occurred, and the success
of the color scheme was the topic of
the harmonious conversation. DeBond
was thinking as he had never thought
before. IF it were not for my blamed
conscience | now could make 'hit"
among the fellows" he said to him
Il L.. e -.
that was out, but Luckett did the
right thing he helped newly
surely have grit enough to do the
same he added. In the midst of the
clamor of their exciting voices DeBond
rose proudly from his big office chair,
and told them truthfully in a few
words of the originator of the color
scheme. All eyes were turned in
amazement to the advertising mana
ger, who seemed not to understand.
DeBond hesitatel than went on trying
to tell the creation of the scheme. AS
he ended LucKett said, The color
scheme has a history let me tell it to
you. Luckett flushed with resent
ment at what he had said, and while
taxing newspaper from his pocket
he pulled himself together to say,
Really there is nothing for me to
tell, as the representative in this city
for the New York Blade has given a
good narration of it in his article
which appeared in this issue. have
received. LucKet gave the paper
to DeBond to read the article that had
the big head lines. Del}ond looked at
him ia establishment The idea of
the color scheme being written up in a
New York journal, he sal in a sur
prised tone.
That is interesting read it
aloud, some one requested emphati-
cally.
DeBond looked over the headlines,
and began to read the following:
Paris, Nov, 2O.-Miss Elodia
Christy Mcclure, daughter of United
States Senator Mcclure, of Virginia
is one of the principals in pretty ro-
nance which will have It's culmina-
ton in a wedding in February. Miss
Mcclure is a mos beautiful American,
and has been IN this city nearly two
years studying art.
The romance which has Just ended
in the announcement of her engage
ment to Mr. James Clary Luckett, son
Of the president of we'll known col
Iege In New York city, is the culmi-
nation of friendship which was be-
gun little over a year ago when they
met at a dinner table in the dining
room of one of the most fashionable
hotels in Paris.
A few hours previous to the dinner
Mr.. I.uckett was in the Office of the
hotel looking over the register. Among
the names of the Americans was the
name-the same one was written in
the identical hand rting as that
which had been written on the small
piece of paper, he had been carrying
in his memorandum book for three
years
Mr.. LucKett could hardly have
told why he had k-pt the piece of pa
per. He certainly would not had the
been less entertaining and
original, and the name less beautiful.