Smyrna times., 1910-08-31
Copyright 1910 by American Press
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her huStauG ,ettpr. TO declare pv-
erythin1 Iae customs inspectors are
on the a!cIl r.!p new collector is ear
rying out the law to the letter. and
there is no chance of getting ii free en-
try this year spoke 10 Senator
Jones about il. and he assured me that
whiic Ec would lie glad to give me the
same sort 1T letter as last year. it |
would he worthless
Lets SEP" She reflected. "Of course |
| can wear the travelling dress ashore |
and then | can also wear that dear |
little turban- | must muss both up
bit, and can break the feather in the |
turban. SO thar the hat will not look
new
''1PlniSe!" she called.
"Oui. madame. answered her maid.
"Have you bought much IN Paris for
yoursef?"
Men. madame: JUS q lrrtle lace
Then you must take one of my
trunks for yourself and rack some of
my things in il. / will tell Won which
later"
Left to herself. Mrs Jeffreys re-
sumes her addition. subtraction and
division.
LET'S see $50 for each passenger
That makes 5000, for HeloiSe ana my
self That black silk alone roSt hat
much. whiIe The other dresses cost
let's sPe-400 frames plus 50n. pluS $50
That's 1.GI0 Five into sixteen goes
three times. carry one. Why. 330 plus
200 equals 5000. ard. merciful heav-
ems. that doesn't count lingerie or
stockings or Aud her glance ell
cOuutered two beautiful Sevres vases
standing on the mautel. She gave
scream that brought HeloiSe to the
door.
1t is nothing. III thought saw a
mouse"
HelOise picked up her skirts and fed.
"Ah, those vases" Mrs. Jeffreys re-
sumed. How on earth am | ever 60
ing to get them in: The duty on them
alone would be more than $100. Let
me think 40" after pause. Il could
not conceal them. Well. let me make
the best can out of the other things.
Let's see / can put the black silk
down at. say. $50. The materials did
not cost more than $50. | am sure;
| the other dresses $50. $50 and $40 not
counting the one shall wear. That
makes S155 altogether The lingerie
well. we can change the appearance
Of most of that by rubbing it on the
carpet. and the rest | can divide be-
tween HelOise and myself in such a
way that | can list the hats and the
stockings for $40"
Then she thought of the vases again.
Mrs Jeffreys was still thinking of
the vases when the steamship left
Cherbourg. and she thought of little
else for the first three days Women
homeward bound are sometimes a lit
| tie talkative when it comes to discuss
ing great bargains they have picked
up. hut Mrs. Jeffreys maintained a
strict silence on this topic. even when
ner friend Mrs Burroughs confessed
tEat she had boughr lots of things. in.
cluding yards and yards of lace. and
as for simply paying duty. she woulC
see congress and the president in very
not regions before she would give uI
a cent. Il shall conceal the lace or
Guy LerSon." She coufidPd. II have ;
dress that am taking home to moth
er. who. you know. is larger than
a"d on the morning we land you will
see an extremely matronly person go
| ing down the gangplank if you watcl
1 me. my dear
1 Mrs. JPffreys sighed. All. if she ha
not bought those vases.
\ thought struck her. Why not cal
ry those vases ashore. after all? Sh
excused herself and went to her state
room. where. after locking the door
j she took the two exquisite ornament
from travelling bag
She removed her skirts. Then sh
took strap from the bag and fai
tened one end TO a vase and the othe
TO a belt. The other she fastened sin
ilarly. so that one hung from the frOr
and the other from the back. The
she put on her skirts again and wake
about the room.
IL have it at last" she exclaime
ioyfully. "Only must be careful abol
walking"
lldl udN sue ate tue ulSL utdil
luncheon OF her voyage. and when
the AFTERNOON the declarations we
passed about to be filed by the pa
sengers she made hers out in the fas
ion she had planned in Paris.
m Mrs JeGreys did not complete b
III toilet on the morning the ship a
rived until the vessel was coming l
from quarantine. Then she went b
low. locked her door and slipped in
the harness she had invented.
~ She went down the gangway
I carefully that her husband. who W
AZ the foot. asked in great concer
.'What is the matter? Hurt yoursel
~ You seem lame"
TO .It is nothing." she assured hi
"Just a touch of rheumatism"
While they were waiting under
letter u" for their baggage to be
!, sembled her husband solicitousiy urg
J Ter TO sit on a trunk and spread
steamer rug for her.
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