Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-25
TALE OF W GOWNS.
Proof Conclusive That especial" Inn
portations Are Sometimes
Duplicated.

Store made suits of all grades have
many advantages, but some disadvan-
tages, among the latter being the pos
sibility of duplication. One young
Brooklyn oma had an amusing ext
perience when attired in a new suit a
few days ago, relates the Eagle Of that
city. She entered q Fulton street car,
and almost Immediately her gaze rested
upon a tall, fine looking girl, attired in
a stylish suit, the counterpart of that
worn by herself.
The young woman dropped into the
nearest seat and furtively eyed the
girl, noting that the cut, trimming,
buttons, were all identical, that the
girl had dark hair, and remembered
that the suit had been particularly rec
commended to her because 1t set OIL
her dark hair and complexion, then
wondered If the saleswoman had sold.
the suit to the girl after taking hints
on the sale herself, or If the girl had
been the one practiced upon. She
noted, also, that the girl wore gloves
just the color of those she had on, but,
thank goodness, her hat was different.
The young woman discovering that
the girl was entirely unconscious Of
the duplication, gave a sigh of relief,
but her peace of mind laster but a few
brief minutes, during which time a
trio of older women entered the car,
saw the young woman opposite and the
girl similarly attired farther down in
The car. She drew her companions at
tertion and one of them said; "They
don't seem to be twins else they would
be sitting together" Here the first
speaker said "Sh-h! l think this one
knows it." nodding toward the young
woman in a way to attract the atten-
ton of several men in the car, who
looked politely amused over the tops
of their newspapers. Presently the girl
left the car without seeing the young
woman. and there was subdued but
audible laughter. The young woman
got off three blocks from home and
when telling of her experience said.
81 know 1t was a foolish thing to do.
when | had braved those eyes for so
long, but | simply could not stand them
another minute"
However, the suit is handsome and
must be worn So the next day the
yoHng woman donned 1t and went to an
afternoon tea. While talking to one of
the guests she noticed that the COS
tune worn was one made by a eele-
hrated Partisan modiste that had been
the most attractive feature at a recent
In one of the large stores
Presently they were Joined by another
guest and the young woman was inter-
ested to observe that the gowns were
replicas.
For q moment the two were not con-
scious of this. Then the first mentioned
guest said Coed gracious!'i and the
second well | should say 30. I've
been wondering why you looked so
oddly familiar to me; l suppose that Ia
one of BlaHc's gowHsy Yes, l thought
SO. though where | bought mine Ia NJ
York they assured me it was a special
Importation Then bot1 laughed and
each complimented the other on her
good taste, and the first guest said
my dear, we must be sure to stay
at opposite ends OF this drawing rssoE
to-day and when we expect to attend
another affair we will have to tele-
phone 30 as not to wear our duplicates
at the same time again. GAnd,' said
the young woman. "you will have to
get Mrs. Brown on the wire when YOU
telephone, for she showed me a drccs
that she bought of Blanc when she was
in Paris this fall, that is lust like that
Won are wearing Then, as a consider.
she told of her own experience on the
car the previous afternoon, and the
first guest laughed and said: "My
niece has a suit Just like yours. hut
she lives in Chicago. SO that need not
you. | noticed that yours Ia
like, hers as soon as l saw you. NY
Is that suits are made IN
trioss sent to different places with The
expectation that their wsarers wilN
meet But, You see, It is the IN.
expected fhab freQsently happens. !