The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08
BY MARGARET E. sANGsTER.

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Copyright, 1896, by Joseph b.. Bowles)
The woman's exchange was original
ly a happy thought, and is now a fact
happily accomplished in all u larger
towns and cities. There is no village
that might not with propriety have a
woman's exchange If women, married
and single, found il convenient to or
ganize and carry one on with, of
course, a cooperative basis.
The exchange needs only a pleasant
room located on a business street or
near n business center. Here may be
brought for sale articles of beauty,
costly wearing apparel with which the
owners would like to part for a con
sideration, and various domestic prod.
ucts. If there is a woman in the com
munity who has a special gift for deli
cate cookery, she may save her neigh
bors trouble and add something regu-
larly to her own exchequer by selling
her cakes or pastry, her homemade
loaves, her pickles and preserves at
the woman's exchange.
Sometimes a woman's exchange es-
tablishes a reputation for a particular
dainty, and people send from far and
near to obtain it for their parties or
social teas. 1t is desirable that or
ders should be definitely taken for
pcrishable goods or else there will be
loss either to the consignee or to the
exchange.
Women who wish to consign articles
Of value to an exchange, must plainly
state the amount they are worth and
the lowest selling price the owners are
willing TO accept. They will probably
be asked to pay a small entrance fee
and a commission will be exacted on
the sale of the articles. A pathetic
interest sometimes attaches to the
beautiful objects seen at a woman's
exchange. Here is a lace %flounce. evil
IDENTIFY an heirloom. Looking at its
hlmy tissues, priceless in the eyes Of
any woman who loves real lace. and
observing that IL will be sold at a sac.
%riflce, n reads between the lines
the lack of ready money, the story oil
waning fortunes. the decay of an old
family, in brief, the mutations of for,
tune that in due time come to those
who have long been prosperous. Few
houses there are that do not sooner oil
later feel a chill breath from the biting
winds Of adversely. This length o.
lace adorned the gown of a fair lady
who danced at a ball with Marquis
de Lafayette. 1t has been worn by
other women of the household. at gay
assemblies and bright weddings since
that proud day, and now it Is to pass
| into the hands of strangers and it,
valid or pay the tuition Of a struggling
student.
Near the lace Is an exquisite shaw
Ct creamy crepe. wonderfully embroid
cred and deeply fringed. Half a cen
fury ago 1t crossed the water and wa.
The gift of a traveller to his sweet
heart. She wore ii for years with tn,
sort of pride that women take in raj
ment that cannot be bought in ever,
shop. To-day you may have it, or I, /
We have the price in our pocketbooks
A fan. an ivory carving, a picture
what is there not here that tells it
story to those who pause. reflect an,
sympathize?
There is not a woman's exchange II
he land that does not hint at time
Of altered fortunes borne with nobl
self-respect and Of womanly devotion
not reluctant to give its best if it ma.
add some brightness to the shadowe,
lot of a loved one.