The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-02-04

c1al dye. Good fellows everywhere
seek to bring their noses to the genial
hue that follows the commingling Of
the red and blue. We say Of princes
that they are born to the purple. and
no doubt they are, for the collie tinges
their faces with the royal tint equally
with the snub nosed countenance Of
woodchopper's brat. All women lore II
when it is the fashion.
And now purple is being worn. You
notice it on the streets. OF course
other colors are quite stylish as we'll
in fact, saw lovely thing the other
day in olive green albatross. with a
triple Tapped founce skirt trimmed
with insert squares of silk. and a
draped fichu Of lace opening over
shirred vest and double puff sleeves
with lace band holding two gathered
frills-but you see lots of purple too
Oh, yes, you do; just take walk down
Twenty third street any afternoon.
Therefore Maida-the girl with the
big brown eyes and cinnamon colored
hair in the Bee Hive store-said to
Grace-the girl with the rhinestone
brooch and peppermint pepsin flavor to
her speech-"I'm going to have a pur-
pie dress-a tailor made purple dress
for Thanksgiving"
"Oh, are you." said Grace. putting
away some ~ gloves into the GA box.
"Well. it's me for red. You see more
red on Fifth avenue. And the men all
seem to like it,"
81 like purple BEST" said Mazda.
"And old Schlegel has promised to
make it for 50. It's going to be lovely.
I'm going to have a plated skirt and
a blouse coat trimmed with band Of
galloon under white cloth collar with
two rows off,
"sly bootsr' said Grace. with an edu-
Gated wink.
| -"soutache braid over surplfced
white vest, and plated basque and
"Sly boots-sly bootsw repeated
Grace.
-"plaited gigot sleeves with IL drawn
velvet ribbon over an inside cuf1
What do you mean by saying that?"
''You think Mr.. Ramsay likes purple.
1 heard him say yesterday he thought
some of the dark shades Of red were
Stunning
"T don't care" said Mazda. II prefer
purple, and them that don't like 1t can
just take the other side of the street" "
Which suggests the thought that,
after all, the followers of purple may
be subject to slight delusiOns. Dan
ger is near when maiden thinks she
can wear purple regardless OF COM
plexions and opinions and when en-
perors think their purple robes will
wear forever.
! Mazda had saved $1s after eight
months of economy, and this had
bought the goods for the purple dress
and paid Schlegel 81 on the making
of it. On the day before Thanksgiv'
ing she would have just enough to pay
the remaining 81. And then for holi'
day in a new dress! Can earth o6el
J anything more enchanting2
Old Bachman, the proprietor Of the
, Bee Hive store, always gave Thanks
giving dinner to his employees. On
every one of the subsequent 364 days
excusing Sundays, he would remind
them Of the joys Of the past banquet
and the hopes of the coming ones, thu
melting them to increased enthusiasm
in work. The dinner was given In th>
; store ON one of the long tables in tn
] middle Of the room. They tackled wrap
ping paper over the front windows
and the turkeys and other good thing
were brought In the back way from
] the restaurant on the corner. Yo'
will perceive that the Bee Hive wa
not a fashionable department store
with escalators and pompadours. I
I was almost small enough to be callet
! an emporium, and you could actuall!
20 in there and get waited on and wall
I out again. And always at the Thanks
giving dinners Mr.. Ramsay
Oh. bother! should have mentione'
| Mr.. Ramsay first of all. He Is NOR
I important than purple or green
even the red cranberry sance.
Mr. Ramsay was the head clerk. ant
as far as am concerned ! am for him
' He never pinched the girls arms whe1
he passed them in dark corners OF tn
store, and when he told them storie
when business was dull and the girl
giggled and said. "Oh, pshaw?'
wasn't G. Bernard they meant at al
Besides being a gentleman. Mr.. Ran
say was queer and original IN othe
WAYS. ue was health crank and b<
! lieved that people should never ca
anything that was good for them. h
= was violently opposed to anybody D'
ing comfortable and coming In out
: snowstofms or wearing overshoes
:, taking medicine or coddling themselve
/; In any way. Every one OF the te
girls in the store had little pork cho
and fried onion dreams every night
]: becoming Mrs. Ramsay, for next yea
(; old Bachman was going to take him
for a partner. and each one OF thel
: knew that il she should catch him 81
would knock those cranky health n
!; tons of his sky high before the we'
!; ding cake indigestion was over.
!: Mr.. Ramsay was master Of cercm
|: MES at the dinners. Always they ha
two Italians In to play q violin On
/; harp and had little dance In Il
- store.
: And here were two dresses beil
conceived to charm Ramsay. one pu
ple and the other red. OF course Il
other eight girls were going to ha'
dresses, too. but they didn't cour