Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-31

IL Jane and her sister Lily May were dressrnakers.
How much fun she must have had making dolls
dresses out of all those pieces! Ah but the
sad thing: she hadn't any dolls!
From Monday morning to Saturday night, especially
Saturday night, and Aunt Jane and sister Lii
Just sewed and sewed to get things done And it didn't
do bit of good getting thing done, for there
always two or three other things that ought to have
been done long ago. So mama would cry. and then
Aunt Jane would say. There is no use spoiling your
eyes. Sarah
Mama always sent back the pieces y; but the rule
was. ANYTHING smaller than your hand DELI And
Ludea did wish her hand would grow faster
boxfu TudeIla had stored away under her bed-silk
and satin. velvet and Bedford cord, ladies cloth and
cheviot and carnefs-hair, gingham and percsle and
Saline, chiffon and ribbon and lace Under the bed was
another box devoted to empty spools 80
Every winter afternoon when she came home from,
spoos? Any more pieces" Then out would
those two boxes. and dressmnaker Number Four
would set to work as seriously as the others
Did say Ludella had no dolls? What is it she keeps
in box Number Two?
Big spools little spoolsi Fat spools thin .spools.
Spools all waist and spools with waist at ALL All
decked out in more coors than the rainbow.
Their dresses mostly skirt but all the easier to fit
full and limp, in gathers SOME stiff in plated kilt
standing straight out just like morning glory upside
down; bell skirts with full train and bell skirts with
skirts with panel down the side.
Here" said Ludella, gravely-one day listened.
while her sister trying my new gown" here
children, didn't you hear the bell? Schools begun
Order! have the pleasure OF introducing TO you
pupil-Laura Penelope Martindale
Here she pulled up Jolly little twist-spool, with
Haunting pink silk skirt of the upside-down morning
glory shape and wide blue ribbon which was both
sash and necktie.
She placed Laura Penelope at one end of row of
spools saying:
You'll have begin at the foot of the class; but if
you study hard and improve, you'll soon be at the
head
Then, in squeaky voice, she made Penelope say
Don't you have any BOYS in this school? And She
answered: No horrid, rough things We don't aloe
EN-"
Then began the spelling lesson: "Grace Martha
spell needle
Ne me- del del, aedel"
Next sternly.
Ne ne, die die HedA"
Wrong. Next"
{" N-e-a. nea, die de neadk"
And So down the whole class till she came to the
new pupil:
"N-double-e nce die de needle
:" That's right, Laura Penelope. You may go to the
head YOU'RE studied your lesson
Penelope's just i don't see when she STUDIED
it." said to tease the child. a
"She probably paid attention to what the teacher SAID
in the last school she in she answered. severely;
and fanced the other spoos looked little ashamed
I was sorry could not stay to hear the geography
class recie but my dress was fitted and had to 60
4 offered to save up my spoos for Ludella bu! she
said she would rather have save up girls names
she had some trouble finding enough to go around;
and she Didn't wish TO have two three by the same
name, they had in common schoolsa