The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-04-02
GdbrieIIe'S
Easter.
). BY OLIVE NIL. X

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T~HERE could have been noihins
frcsi,er and morc spuagiiht
than Nine i.oulses Imported
bonnets and hats, which had
igst arrived from Taris aud were being
uDpaCked amid The admlring cxclama'
tlpns of the employees ~ her establish
meHt
Nine louise was fashionable mlili'
ncr Her models came direct from
Paris. and ber loyal patrons believed
that the saliifuI iingcrs Of her work
women often improved upon the orIgi.
malls, bot II you wanted bargains OF II
your purse was limited one Nine,
Ioulses establishment was the last
place 20 visit.
You say ask too mochc" madame
said one day 20 a customer, 'bui made
moiselle should remember II Is not "
velvet nor 70 ribbons nor ze plumes
what make 20 cost II is zc cachet, ~
style. you can find nowhere else IN re
city. III mademoisclle can get dat
cheap. eh blen. so much &c bettaire for
her"
Among the lmportatlons which We're
not 20 he made visible 10 the public eye
until the week before Easter was one
superlaiiyely charming hat 1t was OF
cream point lace, with kind OF velled
suggestion OF the tender green OF
spring verdure aud was trimmed with
a dropping spray OF exquisite llacs. II
was hat for beautiful young blond.
"Ab. but Ia petite Rose Lambert
must buy dat hatr' madame exclaim-
ed. clasping her hands aud gazing with
adoring eyes AT the hat "Nid her skin
so white and rose, her eyes like &c blue
sky and her smiling mouth she viii be
sharmingr'
"Ah, yes. and her father Is rich,
rich" said Miss Stoll, the forewol<an,
"and he denies her nothing, You will
not ask less than thirty for this hat,
madameT
Forty dollasw madame said deci-
slyely. at cost me ten IN Paris, and
II was bargain Look. Real lace and
&c flowers! II We make not leetle
profit ON our eonfections, how VII re
business beep upf La petite. Lambert
VIII give re price, and sire viii he re
grand advertisement for ze style. Or
ders VII come In from re light and 10
dark. from re ugly and re pretty. She
vii look so lovely dat dey viii all tlnk
Il is zc hat dat makes beautiful"
Among the workwomen who were
admiring the new hat was one TO whom
1t would have been quite as becoming
as TO the young lady for whom 1t was
Intended. Gabrile de Kernlon had the
same rose leaf skin and wayy golden
hair, though her eyes were dark gray
instead OF blue, and her eyebrows and
lashes were nearly black. She was n
beautiful girl and De Kernion with
all the stately grace of her decayed
line.
But what use had poor working
girl for aristocratic ancestry Such
questions as that many of the creoes
OF Louisiana have put aside In their
pralseworthy efforts 10 make a bare
living. The affairs OF the De Kernlons
had gone from bad TO worse until the
last descendant OF the line had gone TO
work for meager wages TO keep herself
and her widowed mother from stary-
ing.
Certainly they were quite near star
walton for long time before Nine. de
Kernion could make up her mind to
consent TO Gabrielle seeking outside
The work at home would
be well enough, for the girl would not
he exposed TO the contamination OF
coarse associates, but such work could
not be found and poverty Is peremp-
tory master who does not always leave
II 10 one TO decide where he shall make