The Washington times., 1908-11-11
HUNPS AND MEASLES
DELAY SWELL FROCK
Sewing Girls Shouldn't Go
Where Such Germs Are,
Thinks Milady.

A4OL at all surprised 10 near 0er say 10
Lesbia. as the filter fitted: I'm afraid
shall have 10 disappOint you about let
ting you have this frock on Tuesday.
What's the matter?" asked Lesbia
moroseIy, and 1 know that she. too. was
not as surprised as she might have been,
for she had conhded TO me on the way
down that she was convinced that she
would never receive 1t on the date it
had been promised.
HUMPS" replied the coUturiere-"a
measles. Two Of my girls have the
mumps, while my best skirt hand has
the measles and she should be ashamed
OF herself, for she's had them twice be-
fore"
poor thing" said /
Not poor thing at all; why did she go
where germs are?" inquired the cou-
turIere yiclOusly- There are plenty OF
places for her to visit without going to
houses lined with mumps and measles
10 see people"
l felt properly squelched and made no
reply and directly the dressmaker be-
gan again. She spoke to the hitter this
time Have you set them to ripping
Airs. Blanks frock?' she inquired.
The filter, her mouth full OF pins, re-
turned indistinctly that she had.
Yearned for DireCtoire.
And that will take an age" sighed
the head Of the establishment. Mrs
Blank Is an old and remunerative Gus
toner or mine. and so you see I cant
say anything TO her" she explained
She had me make her frock in the
extreme of the Directoire style tight
skirt, coat with mide Iapels. high-waist-
ed and all the rest Of il.
1t was pretty, though 1 say it as
shouldn [, but she looked nightly as If
she should be going to a fancy-dress
ball when she had 1t on. argued with
her about it, and begged her to let me
modify il a bit and not have H. 80 ex-
IRENE, but she was firm. Some one must
nave told her that she was picturesque,
Tor she persisted. and we made tha
gown. Il went home Yesterday, after
sAe put II on completed and prOfessed
10 De delighted with il.
Vel II came back today. and Mrs. |
ElanA accompanied II at a respectful |
Instance, and said that Mr.. Blank hated
IL perfectly mated IL, my dear, and said /
mat he could not consent TO allowing
me TO appear ia such d garb.' She end
cG by pointing out ways in which it's 4
character could be- so changed that ii /
would be more in accordance with his /
Wen, it was exasperatIng for YOU. Of /
course, but IL seems 10 me a man has a I
right 10 object to his wife making a car /
feature OF herself observed Lesbia.
They Don't Even Speak.
so he has" returned the couturiere /
Cmiably. THE only weak spot in the /
situation is that IL is a notorious fact
that long ago Mr.. and Mrs. Blank ceased |
10 speak to each other. Why. they
don't even say Good morning and 1
Good afternoon But that's the way
things go. When a wife drags her hus-
band in by the ears. as it were. in 4
ordering her clothes l lust come TO the /
conclusion that they don't get along
very Well and that he does not know
whether she wears haircIOth or satin as
regular thing
Lesbia interrupted 10 ask something
about buttons and the cOuturiere arose
from her seat near me looked the gown
over with an eye FOR detail and q quick
ness or comprehension that surprised
me- ordered a seam taken in, here a
stitch let out there, a fold draDed higher
ana a tuck let out, pronounced upon the
matter of buttons and was back in her
seat before / could say Jack Robin
son, which 1 wouldn't have said any
way for II isn't in my vocabulary.
II hope II will be very stylish said
style is a thing just as elusive and
5ne&plcable as charm" said the cou-
1urIere in the tone Of one who has care |
fully analysed the situation.
II depends largely on money" 1 sug- /
gested
Not Question of Money.
mo, it doesn't" declared the cou-
turiere stoutly. Il have girls come 70
me who have very little money indeed
just about enough 10 allow them one
suit season without scrimpiug, per
haps. one whom I have in mind
dresses all in a hurry. Her blouse is
seldom tied down properly, her heels are
sometimes run over, her skirt is fire.
CHeuIly lll-cut, yet she has style To a
degree. It's real pleasure to make
things for her, even though one is sure
mat they Will never be put on quite
properly.
I don't know what it is that makes
Etyle-the pOise of the neck sometimes
perhaps, or the hearing, or the walk or
The uEure-I don't know what IL is
confess my utter inability TO dissect it,
but IL is as positively developed in some
women as 1t is denied TO others, and
clothes do not affect It in any great de-
Lesbia looked anxiously in the glass
and the COutuTtere saw it. "Oh you
have lt!' she said, and my friend brin-
died as If some foreign nobleman had
told her she was the prettiest woman
IN the world.
I suppose you have a great many
troubles" I Ventured.
The couturiere held up a pair Of ex- ]
treueIy Eool- looking hands. Troll
bles!' she cried. "Why, no one else has
the least conception of what the word
means. ] have nothing but troubles.
Shall I tell them about the pink gown,
Amanda she asked the litter.
The litter nodded, her mouth still be-
ing fun Of pins
ct was lovely Criicate shade Of
apple-blossom pink and + made II up
TOO attractively with cores. and-but I
never mind the details. When satin OF
a delicate tint such as this comes into !
our WorllrOOms we observe the greatest
care that il shall not be soiled This
one was protected carefully and before I
IL was sent home I ScTutinized il mi
nutely. and saw shat il was perfectly
Cnspotted.
Great Stain on Breadth.
Two days later It was returned with
a large stain on the front breadth and /
q note from it's owner saying that it !
must have been soiled in our rooms.
She had worn II TO IA reception the night /
before and the stain was obviously cOf- J
fee; but what could I do except buy
more goods and put in a new front !
breadth2"
Tell about the fuchsia gown" sug-
Eesred the filter. ,