Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-06
ALL FOR the SAKE
OF CHARITY
Ethel Wilberforcei"

'My dear Grace!'
What are you doing out in this rain
with all those bundles?"
Il don't wonder you ask am per-
fectly ashamed. You never do a thing
of this sort but you meet all your
| friends. I'm shopping, my dear, and
/ left my motor car at Lyman's and
walked down while the chauffeur did
another errand. / simply had to get
these things for my maid. She is fix
ing a few of my common things be-
| fore l go away next week. That girl
is a perfect treasure! We're going to
Palm Beach, you know"
Really! No, didn't"
''YeS. / always run off during this
season of the year-things get so slow
here at home about now, don't you
think so? So am up to my very ears
-tailorS, dreSSmakers and milliners-
/ detest the whole lot. / have just fin
ished my errands. You better jump
into my motor car and run up to the
fair for-well, for something or other.
/ can't remember what. It's at Lewis
hall-it won't take a moment. My
husbands sister Marion is interested
in it and I told her I would go and
buy something. One must help these
charities along! 1t is very worthy
object, raising money to send some
woman to the hospital, or to the coun-
| try, or somewhere.
Marion is always into such things
1t does not seem to CRATE on her to
hear about cases like that. | am very
sensitive can't stand it. It makes
me faint and ] don't get over it for
days. But Marion throws it right off;
sometimes | think things don't go
very deep with her. She's a nice girl,
and of course I'm awfully fond Of her,
! but she is so odd. She never cares
for the things | do. She spends all
her money on those settlements and
she never has her hair waved, Or
we'll, you understand, Grace, dear,
what l mean"
Eyes, of course l do, my dear!"
Eyes, we're nothing alike. / simply
can't do the things she does, but I'm
glad to help with my money. l al
ways give to all good Objects think
we all ought to- oh, yes. Here we
arei He can come back for us in
Is minutes; don't you think so? One
can buy a great deal in 10 minutes.
We shall not want to stay longer than
that-the air is always SO bad!"
Eyes. 1 don't think we want to
stay long"
Fifteen minutes then. Why, l had
no idea there would be so many peo-
pie here How unbecoming black is
to Flora Williams-it makes her look
so old"
well, she isn't young!"
mo, but she doesn't have to tell
everybody of it. What are these
aprons? Aren't they pretty! That's
all hand work-every bit of it. 1t
would be awfully nice for somebody.
| Two dollars! Goodness, what a
price! I never use aprons anyway.
Let's look at the handkerchiefs.
"One can always buy handker-
chiefs!"
YES, but I never carry but one
kind-very sheer, with a tiny hem
and with my three initials tandem
broidered in the corner. Of course,
if / could find them here I'd buy
them, no matter what they cost. They
haven't them, you see! OF course,
you couldn't expect it at fair
What's over there?"
Dolls"
ooh, dolls are lovely! Not that
ever have any use for dolls, but. l
love to look at them. Isn't that one
in pink sweet? Well, well leave the
dolls for people with children. Is
that neckwear in the corner?"
Yes. Let's go over there. You
will surely find something nice over
there!"
My dear Grace, positively I can't!
Mrs. Davenport is in charge of that
table, and we've had a difference and
don't speak / can't go to her table.
1t would be so awkward. There isn't
time anyway, for the motor will be
back and l mustn't keep the chauffeur
waiting in this weather. One must
consider the servants little They
are selling ten-cent grabs over there.
Well have just time to have one as
we go out. Nothing but a pen wiper!
They never paid three cents for that!
One always gets cheated at fairs.
Come We must hurry for l have
an appointment to have my hair
waved, and / must go and buy some
fresh violets These / am wearing
are sights Awfully glad you came
with me, These charity affairs take
lots of time, but l feel that those
who have should do for the less for
tunate.
"Good-by, dear. Come and see me
before we go to Palm Beach. Yes,
we leave on Thursday"
French Peasants Odd Business.
GIN France. at this season" said a
bird dealer. 'the banks of the streams