The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-01

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medalafor my c~leverness."
saas~You9 haven't given it up, ! hopper"
asked her friend. "Your cousin has
planned such a gay time for you that
it would be too bad not to go"
"Oh, no: I'm going" said Miss Ca
rev. Il couldn't back out how that
my cousin has laid so many plans.
She has a dance arranged for the
very evening of the day l arrive, so
Il hope my trunk won't be late But,
you see,y I've come to the conclusion
that the economical way to go always
turns. out to be the most expensive.
When my. cousin wrote me not to- fail
to- come accepted her invitation at
once, because / had sc very little to
i buy in order to- Co.,
lyon always have nice things, said
her friend "You wouldn't need a
single new garment" 80 a.
That's what / thought" said Miss
Carew. 81 decided that a little piec-
ing out would fix me up and that's
where l made my mistake. II | a
started by getting a complete new out
fit it would have been cheaper.
"The first things l looked at were
my hats" explained Miss Carew. "Of
course / couldn't travel in my plumed
hat and my white one was out OF the
question. took my old one to the
millincr and had it retrimmed, but
when it came home I wasn't satisfied
,rI -onf honE for q now one
Though l told the milliner 1t was for
travelling, she showed me all sorts OF
deformed and distorted things with
miles of ribbon and feathers on them
and calmly announced that the lowest
price was $2S. She said she wouldn't
be giving the hats away for that
ridiculous sum if it wasn't late in the
season. Of course, l had to have a
nice hat"
people expect a stranger to be par
ticularly well dressed" agreed MISS
, Carew's friend, politely. isn't it
funny? If we saw the same girl at
home every day we wouldn't care half
so much what she wore"
"Well, l had to pay a terrible price
for t~hat~hat," sighed Miss Carew.
REALLY. though, it is beautiful"
"Things have gone up So" said her
friend. "You can't get hats for the
old-time prices"
"Then | thought my old salt would
do if l had it pressed and got a new
waist to light it up" went on Miss
Carew. Il ran all about looking for
something about the same shade as
my suit and finally found n for $15
that would do. l discovered that my
supply of handkerchiefs was getting
low and money that b~egrudgad went
into new ones. My old belt was good
enough for home, but not for visiting,
so there was another expense"
Belts make the finishing touch"
said the friend. I've seer lots OF
suits spoiled by poor ones"
"My crepe de chine had to be
cleaned and the sleeves had to be
made over" related Miss Carew.
"Then when it came back from the
dressmaker's l thought it looked hor-
rid and l got a blue meteor silk. Two
suits had to be pressed. had to get
three pairs of gloves. Then my slip
GERS cost me a lot more than l ex-
pected."
"You can use everything when you
come home" said her friend, consol-
ingly. you'll be glad to have them
when you get back"
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did you ever have anything to fall
back on when you came home from a
visit? There won't be a thing left of
my old clothes and the things | have
bought new will be sights to see"
Personally l am always rejoiced
when my things go to pieces" said
her friend. "For then l am absolute
~ forced to invest in new ones. It's
when they're only half worn that 1
am in despair. Then my conscience
forces me to make them do for any
and all occasions. There's one conso-
lation in going away-you can wear a
lot of things everybody at home has
seen. and the strangers will consider
them new"
maybe that will be a comfort" said
Miss Carew, more cheerfully. you
see, the railroad rates are so nice and
low and l want to go SO much. My
cousin has planned the ~loveliest times!
But when it came to getting three en-
tirely new dresses"
"You didn't" exclaimed her friend.
"Why, yes" said Miss Carew. Even
when fixed over, all my things looked
so shabby, somehow. My cousin is
going to so much trouble to give me a
gay time, arranging to have something
every evening I'm there. l had to
have two dance gowns and | absolute
ly needed something for house wear
l think l did pretty well not to get a
new suit"
Eyes, but if you had stayed home
you wouldn't OH" her friend in
terrupted herself. isn't that where
that handsome young Mr.. Randolph
lives who was here last summer at
your aunt's-"
81 believe there are a number of
men of that name there" acknow.-
edged Miss Carew, with rising color.
"But that has absolutely nothing to do
with it. | am going for a rest. you
know
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