Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-07-30

= Say, now, this is
~, 80 a real stylish pat
~ tern. Tain't ex-
* exactly what I'd
g a. picked out my.
self, but I suppose this plum color'd
go with dark completed folks. That
Alice blue they're wearin' now
would've suited you better, in my
opinion, you're so sandy. But guess
this'll not be so bad, after It's made
up. This yellow trimmin' will kill
your complexion, though. Takes lots
O. color to wear yellow
Remember Mis- Richards Sadie's
yellow dress made up JUS fore her
pa died? Land sakes, it had to be laid
away for whole year! The child
was ailin' all winter, and when she
wore it in the spring she looked as II
she'd been buried and dug up. Still.
mixed in real tasty with some Of this
white lace. it mayn't look so on you.
us these the buttons They're wear.
In skirts buttoned up on the side, real
plain an close fittin', but you'd better
have tucks, or a f1ounce round the
bottom O. yours, cause the new style
don't look good on fat folks. You
want to be slim and not have no hips
to wear what they call a sheath skirt.
This is one got on. Mis- Beebe said
in church las Sunday she thought It
real becomin' to me. wore it on pur.
pose this mornin' so you could see why
it wouldn't do to cut yours this way.
AS long as person hasn't got styl.
ish figure it appears like the will o.
Providence, and don't seems If there's
any sense in tryin' to rig 'em up to
look different than they're made.
well, no, this pattern amt what
you might call real new, but it's the
one cut your black alpaca by a year
ago last spring, and you allus said you
was partial to that dress. Oh, If
you're tired of it, suppose can find
somethin' else, but wish you'd told
me 'forehand, so I wouldn't have to
lose such sight o. time huntin'
around.
Come over an look at this one. It
does seem kind O. odd, but it's in this
months number, so it's sure to be in
style. The pictures awful pretty, but
she's tall an kind O. thin, so maybe q
chunky person wouldn't look like
much. Here's one now, that's umpire,
an hangs sort o. loose from the arm.
holes to the ground. I got that pat.
tern, too. Oh, yes, you'll like it after
you've wore it some.
"I'll cut out on the dinin' room table.
soon's you get it cleared of. Don't
Mr.. Simmons object, havin' his break
fast so late? Goodness me, when my,
man was Twin he'd JUS take on some.
thin awful If breakfast was after 6
o'clock! KEEP mo on my feet mornin'.
noon an night, waitin' on that man.
Well, he's dead an gone. poor soul. an
amt complainin' against the ways OF
the Almighty. =; - d NJ
II do declare, believe you're
feshiern You was last summer, when
made you that sprigged calico you
wore so long! Your waist measure d.
all of two inches bigger. It do beat all
how some folks keep putin on weight
that others'd give their eyeteeth for.
There's Hank Minors wife. She's too.
skinny for any mortal use. You can't
tell whether she's a-goin' or a-comin'
till you're close up. made her
merino dress last November, an I put
enough cotton battin' in to stuff sofy,
an then she done nothin' but complain
bout how hot twas, as If her bein'
such spindlin' critter was my fault!
tits too bad you can't afford silk
linin', Mis- Simmons. That resorter
who had Warmers cottage last sum.
mer had dress you could hear comm
a block away It wasn't much for
looks, bein' too simple. to my notion.
But city folks has so much to do.
suppose, they've no time to spend
lookin' at the fashion books, so they
don't allus get the newest idees, in
spite o. the airs some Of EN- put on.
Mis- Warner said they was rich as
time, an wore their best clothes tust's
If twas Sunday all week!
"This is awful hard goods to sew,l
it's so pully. It'll be sure to sag, too,
an there amt nothin' you can do tol
stop it. No, you can't change it now
it's most cut out-besides I'd lose al
whole day.
I'm goin' to make Sis Crawford
girl princess costume this wee,
She amt got a mite Of natural style.
Her fgur's somethin' like yours,
though the poor child's only goin' on
10. They do say her pa has the awful.
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