The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-14

exactly what I'D
- a picked out my1
self. but | suppose this plum coIor'dl
80 with dark Completed folks. That
Alice blue they're wearin now|
would've suited you better, in my|
opinion. you're 80 sandy. But | gucss
thisll not be so bad, after it's madej
up. This yellow trimmin' will xiii
your complexion. though. Takes lots
| o color to wear yellow.
Remember Mis- Richards SadleS
| yellow dress made up JUS fore her
| pa died? Land sakes, II had to be laid
away for whole year, The child
was ailin all winter and when she
wore II in the spring she looked as /
she'd been buried and dug up. Still
mixed In real tasty with some OF this
white lace. 1t maynt look so on you
lis these the buttons They're wear
In skirts buttoned up on the side, rea
plain an close fittin', but you'd better
have tucks, or a founce 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 hip.
to wear what they call sheath skirt
This is one | got on. Mis- Beebe said
In church las Sunday she thought I
| real becomin' TO me. wore It on pur
pose this mornln' so you could see why
II wouldn't do to cut yours this way
As long as person hasn't got a styl
ish figure II appears like the will or
"a q
any sense in tryin' to rig EN- up I'd
look different than they're made.
We'll. no, this pattern amt what
you might call real new, but it's tho
one | cut your black alpaca by year
ago last spring. and you allus said yol
was partial to that dress. Oh, Il
you're tired OF It. | suppose can find
somcthn' else. but | wish you'd told
me 'forehand, so | wouldn't have I'd
lose such a sight o. time huntin
around
Come over an look at this one
does seem kind o. odd, but it's in thld
months number, so it's sure to be in
style The pictures awful pretty, bud
she's tall an kind o. thin so maybe
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. got that pat
tern. too. oh. yes. you'll like 1t after
you've wore II some.
'Tll cut out on the dinin room table
soon's you get II cleared off Don't
Mr.. Simmons object, havin his break
fast so late? Goodness me, when nv
pan was Twin he'd jus take on some
thin awful n breakfast was after
o'clock KEEP me on my feet mornin
noon an night waltin' on that man
Well, he's dead an gone. poor soul. an
| amt complainin' against the ways OF
the Almighty.
81 do declare, I believe you're
feshiern you was last summer, when
| made you that sprigged calico you
wore so long! Your waist measure ia
all of two inches bigger. II 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 cant
tell whether she's a-goin' or s-comin'
till you're close up. | made her
merino dress last November, an I put
enough cotton battin' in to stun a sofy.
an then she done nothin' but complain
bout how hot 'twas, rs II her bein'
such a spindlin' critter was my fault
IT'S too bad you can't afford silk
linin', Mis- Simmons. That resorter
who had Warmers cottage last sum.
mer had a dress you could hear comm
q block away. II 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 'em put on
Mis- Warner said they was rich as
time. an wore their best clothes justs
II twas Sunday all week!
This is awful hard goods 10 sew.
It's 30 pully. It'll be sure TO sag. too.
an there amt nothin you can do 70
stop it, No. you can't chans, il now.
It's most cut out-besldes Id lose a
whole day.
I'm goin' TO make Sis Crawford's
girl a princess costume this week.
She amt got a mite of natural style.
Her figur's somethin' like yours.
though the poor child's only goin on
Is They do say her pa has the awful.
est temper. An you know what Sis
Crawford is when her tongue gets TO
soin' expect I'll have a right smart
time there. but, pshaw!-itn be
blessin' after some o. these' dull
houses. where nothin' ever goes on"