The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-14
LITTLE HOUSEWIFE" REGRETS
HER METROPOLITAN SHOPPING
losses s1.23, Half Days Time, and
Temper on S1.B5 PrOposition-swears
on on Trading without Previous Lo-
cal Canvass.

chi Oa0EhSS.
Yes" said the Little Housewife rue
fully, I've done the last bit of shopping
] propose to do in Chicago until I've
thoroughly canvassed my home town"
The Little Housewife sighed as one,
who. although having suffered. had
gained by the experience.
It was at one OF those impromptu So
cial gatherings which occur by reason
of one caller running into" another at
her hostess home. Then another caller
drops in and another, as will sometimes
happen and what was intended to be
q formal call on the part of each Of
the visitors. resolves itself through
coincidence into party"
The latest newcomer had just entered
the coy sitting room IN the home of q
certain popular Hammond matron. as
the Little Housewife gave utterance to
her new conviction on the shopping
proposition.
why this loyal resolve?" queried the
newcomer settling herself in a comfy
chair.
ITS a long story" answered the
Little Housewife doubtfully.
Those present chorused their interest
Well" began the Little Housewife,
thus encouraged, you know 1 had set
my heart on one of the those dear little
red riding hood things for baby"
What's that?" interrupted the young
mother whose small daughter is the
age of the Little Housewives youngest.
20, they had their day before your
time. 1 wore one in my childhood and
/ understand they are to be the thing
again. They are a little quaint cloth
affair, tailored to look very prim, a
cIose-fitting cap and finished with a
little cape, a few inches long. The cape
may be made with an inverted plat be-
hind and the little dud ties under the
chin with wide and ample bows and
has big crush rosettes on each side
where the ties fasten. 1t Is of bright
red and lined with soft China silk.
But that is not what 1 started to
tell YOU 1 needed some broadcloth for
the little garment and knowing the
color was not easy to get, I made spec
ial trip to Chicago to look for 1t. l
went to six stores before 1 found the
shade 1 wanted and had to pay 50 cents
for three eighths of a yard, at the rate
of $3.50 a yard. l was sure l could
get the bit of white silk for lining for
less in Hammond than I could in Chi
cago and anyhow it was late when
finally found the cloth, so I determined
to get the silk at home.
The next day I went in to the Lion
store for the lining and sewing silk
took sample of the red cloth along
to match the silk and as 1 was pur-
chasing my yard of China silk 1 hap
pened to see a bolt Of red cloth almost
at my elbow. 1t was marked So cents
and the placard set forth the fact
that the material had been reduced
from s125. / pulled out my sample
and put 1t along side the bolt of red
cloth, and the shade was exactly the
same.
II am not going to claim that the
material was as good as what / paid
$3.50 a yard for. but it was good look
ing stuff, and plenty good enough for
Martha Elizabeth's hood. 1 figured it
out that 1 paid just $1.55, including
railroad fare and street car fare, for
a bit of cloth that I might have bought
in Hammond for 80 cents. thereby
losing 1923 and a half a days time
to say nothing of my temper, by the
transaction"
That explains why you got that
silk for your waist in Hammond the
,other day." put in the young mother
NO 1t doesn't" asserted the Little
Housewife. Il bought that silk in Chi
cago."
And then the tea was served.