Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-23

get mixed up in her answers to me once or twice She said it was very difficult to understand English people on account of their not opening their mouths much when they spoke, and their accent being so strong. I found this odd, because we always feel as If, the English language having been started by us, it is Americans who have an accent, but it seems that great many people in the States dislike the way we talk very much and con- slider it extremely affected.
 After all the trouble she had taken, I felt dreadfully not to buy anything of her. but the sunshades were too ex- pensive, though she said they were marked down. I took a Japanese fan instead, which pops out at you like a Jack -in-the-box from a fat red stick, and even that was $125 when 1 thought it would be sixpence. On the way to meet Mrs. ESs Kay and Sally at the notion counter, I inquired the price of good many other superlative- ly beautiful things, but they were all superlatively high as well, and by the time very daShing young man, who said he was a ''floorwalker," had ! steered me to the notions, I felt as if were the only cheap thing in the whole shop. To be sure, there were some embroidered collars and Ameri- can flag headed hatpins and lowered muslin wrappers which I could have had without running myself if 1 had wanted them But I didn't, and what I should like to know is, what does girl do. if she's poor and has to live in New York? Mrs. Ess Kay had said the shop was cheap shop, so there must be others where even the flow cred wrappers and collars and hatpins are more. And. besides, girl couldn't go through life dressed entirely in such things. However, judging from the girls 1 have seen so far, they are all very rich. except the lower classes without things If you can just be poor and give up to it comfortably without thinking of appearances, like us.
 AS soon as I saw the notion counter I knew why they had named 1t that only it would be still more expressive if 1t were called the imagination coun- ter It was lovely, and looked like thousands of little Christmas presents SnroaS nut for avnrv oua
 There were a great many pretty peO- pie buying things at it, and in most of the other departments where l went with Mrs. Ess Kay and Sally, but when I admired them. and the sweet l blouses they wore and the way they carried their shoulders and hips, Mrs. Ess Kay sniffed and said there was nobody in New York now-nobody at all who was worth looking at and
 wouldn't be till October, except those
 who were just in the city for day or two of shopping. like us. When I suggested that these charming beings in white muSlinS and summer silks
 might be here in that way, she did not think it at all proba ble.
 How can y0u tell?" asked. "They look just as nice as we do"
 Indeed, l thought some of them | looked nicer but I've been much too
 well brought up to make such remarks | as that
 'I can tell, because I don't know l their faces" said Mrs. Ess Kay decid- l edly. in tone that gave a capital let l ter to her last word. and yet intimated l that the poor. unknown (by her things ! couldn't possibly be worth glance. 1 Now, mother and Aunt Sophy are l rather like that. It's almost terrible ] when they say Who is she?" But 1 i shouldn't have expected 1t to be the 1 same in America. if Sally hadn't
 warned me. l suppose it's quite easy l to remember just 400 faces. as you re
 sure there will never be any more. | even if they have children. because they're being cut down instead of go- l Ing up in number
 When we had been for about sn .hour and half in the big shop we'd l finished all we had to do there and must motor to another farther up, be- ! fore meeting MT. Parker, who was to give us lunch at place called Sher- | ry's. at 1 o'clock. On the way. Sally suddenly exclaimed, "Oh. Cousin Kath- arine, we must initiate this dear child into the mysteries of ice cream soda water, and I'm just yearning for some myself, anyhow"
 Mrs. Ess Kay gave the direction to | her mechanician, very young man | with eyes that looked positively i'll