Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-21

possible"
What should be shall be-" quoth Als Amy
ott OF whom her friends declared that the i'm
possible was to her Carthage to the Romans
inc milestone of valor. what will it COST"
On only the matter of gown and bonnet,
snoes, gloves 'ruffs and cuffs and fardingales and
Things. And I've Just ten dollars to spend AL
us the indifference of rude world to my pro-
auctions augurs i'll for the republic! Not a can
vas not panel not plaque, not trumpery tea
Dot nave sold this spring. The Bartletts are
immense swells couldn't go, looking shabby to
. .neir palace. II they had only given me an order
instead OF an invitation! In Rome they bought
oy the yard, by the ton, by the bushel, by every
sort OF dry and superficial of every sort of
dry and superficial painter Don't you think Als
very very rich people might once in a way, do good
by stealth and blush to find 1t fame by patron
izing, humble genius?"
when I'm very rich, I'll tell you Meantime
the question is, what gauds has humble genius?"
And the answer is, none; that is my one black
SILK Twas courtly once, tits conscientious STILL
thanks to court plaster and ink The old wine
colored would do for dinner, and I've two even
Ing dresses which can face lamplight. But to
parade this old serge, which is my one street
dress, on Fifth avenue-no, thank you! AS for my
bonnet it's simply an affront to Maytime and the
cheerful dawn
"Oblige me, Miss Beck, by getting off that trunk
which pretends to be couch, and let me examine
your resources"
MY want of resources alack! Item: fossil
bonnet, its blackness sicklied DER with the pale
cast of dust, its edge broken, It's shape-if shape
that may be called which shape hath none-out-
lawed. Fancy me in that chapeau at the Museum
reception. They'd put me on a pedestal for
Cypriote antiquity. Allis don't possibilit-
les in that horror"
81 see certainties, triumphs-the prophecy of
French hat, the fufment of the New York visit.
l see the joy of compliments for you and the Joy
of conquest for me- Will you sacrifice your win
ter bonnet?"
"Joyfully; l have always detested it. Next
winter is eight month away. must sell
vas, or at least coffee-cup before them
"Co0d Now rim off all the velvet hrush II
thoroughly, dampen we'll on the wrong side, and
draw it your hot fat-iron until the steam
raises the pile. Have you a strip of stiff wigan?
All, the very thing! You see, we can't cut down
this relic into capote because the shape won't
do. So must cen piece 1t out for poke See,
l fit on this scrap of foundation two inches wide
on top and narrower at the sides. and we have
the very shape to frame your 1tfgnonne face.
Then wire 1t all around. Then l take the vel
vet chow nice you have made 1t look, child!),
and cut 1t, and piece it together, so, into long
bias strip five inches WIDE Then gather 1t on
each edge, it first on the outside, just deep
enough to cover the piecing and the breaks, and
turn 1t to face the inside. There, isn't that
pretty puff? Meantime do you shake the feath-
ers over that skillet of boiling water till they
we'll steamed and then take this dull knife and
draw every least barbule between the blade and
your right thumb very lightly, not to break of
the fragile things and see what airy, funy, curly
plumage will succeed these spiny tips"
"Oh, fairy godmother" cried Marian, "your
name is Wonderful! But, after all, not to seem
ungratefu the straw looks more foxy than ever
beside that velvet
THAT is how shallow commonsense mocks at
genius" sighed Allis. "Have you never heard
of sponge blacking, msbeliever?"
"That friend Of honest poverty lives a life of
secluded usefulness behind the Discobolus over
your head"
"But me no butts then but perpend blacken
the straw very carefully, and then give 1t sec
ond coat There, miss know nothing blacker, ex-
cept SANDER