The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-03
THE COMEDY OF THE
GOWNS

4, other hand, the amateur buyer usually
bid In a loud voice, M with q certain
repressed air OF determination. II her
bid was raised. back she would come
with her increase in price 30 that often
articles were run UP higher h they
Warranted. When a professional bid 1t
was always at the last second, so that
no impression of competition was cor
Veyed.
An amusing incident occurred when
were in competition. The object was a.
fur lined coat, and the bidding had
been spirited until 1t narrowed down
to a certain housewife and a thin-faced
dealer.
Ter dollars. s1o-going-s1o-to Mr..
Hachs-sold."
why l bid $1O,'' the woman said ex-
citedly.
II didn't hea you.'' the auctioneer
replied. hesitattngly.
After a short controversy the dealer
said: Let her have it," with an air
that plainly showed that he hoped the
coat lining retained some Of its native
characteristics. and would bite its pos-
SCISSOR.
Those of us who had heard the wom-
an bid rallied to her aid, and the lot
waS called back. The ma and woman
bid again, running the price up a dol
lar or 80. Then the garment was de-
SAAASN ~ oS1OAlS ~
The idea" the woman declared with
great Indignation. why, I Bic that"
u didn't hear you, madam
Well, I looked right at you and
smiled. I supposed, of course, you
would know / meant to, raise my bid by
that"
The a%uctioneer scratched his head.
We'll, blame 1t, L don't know what to-
do"
II distinctly smiled the, woman in
sisted. THE oat Belongs to- me. It
isn't fair at all. Any auctioneer with
smiles at him 1t means a raise. OF %
cents and the woman sailed out in
great Indignation,
There were several actresses near mo.
wfo were especially Interested in the.
evening dresses. They We're apparently
production which is soon to, gladden.
the artistic souls of Paducah, Ill.,, and
Conneilsville. Pa.
"tIow d. yuh think that pink satin.
would, look in the ball noon scene; Lii
liam"
1T would, be a scream. my deah. But
yuh cahn't weah pink. Stephens is goin'
to weah pink"
We'll, there don't seem t be no hell
yutrope., l can see the part in q he'll
y,utrope dress better than anything
else"
Lillian succeeded in purchasing a rid
ing habit for 1.-The first act" at a dollar
and a half. IT got $50 out of old Tight
Wad this morning for a wardrobe.
Pretty bad, huh?" she e%xultingly told
her fellow artistic.
There We're several! broke old women
there, II of whom I noticed particu-
larly. There We're great black circles
under her eyes and she had, only one
tooth In her upper front jaw. On her
dlshevelled hair. drawn back tightly
into a. walnut. was a disreputable old
straw hat. Her clothes were old and
ragged and thrown at her." as women
say. When any dress was displayed,
so out of date and, worn that no one
else wanted 1t I noticed that almost I'M
vaciably this, woman bid it I'M. Her
purchases must nave amounted, to $40
or $50 for the day. n what she, could
ever do with the mass Of unwearable
garments Of which she became the own
er, I cannot imagine.
Would you believe It," said my
netghbOr, with whom L had. become very
friendly. that last e a or two years
ago that woman attended. auction sales.
in furs and jewelry? She was a nice
looking woman at the time. but look at
her now. She is an. auction fiend-just
follows the sales around"
What does, she do with. the things,
she buys? Is h a dealer?."
No, she keeps a rooming. house. I
don't know what she does with the.
things"
There were many nice looking women.
there, stylishly dressed and prosperous,
looking. There were a number of men
besides the dealers. One autocratio
White Whiskers bid in a pair of white
buckskin. trousers for so cents. For
my coachman," he explained to his,
%companion.. "a penny saved"-
There We're some such queer clothes
sold OF. Old, old dresses-"Some rich
people have been cleaning out their
attic or some queer old lady has, died."
my neighbor WhisperedNwere brought
out. Ugly colors. which included vio-
ing to, our present aesthetic ideas, were
made up into elaborate costumes.
Strange fashions that have not been in
vogue since Lincoln's administration.
Dustles, redingotes, ostrich feather
trimming. long pointed basques. were
ton room Of 1903.
SILK brocade," whispered my neiRhbor.
Why. ! had entirely forgotten there
was such a thing. My grandmother
mad q dress like that. I can see her as
member when they used to wear capes
With puffed shoulders like that?,
sure enough 1 could. When I was
q little girl the minister's wife. q wom-
an peter known for her piety than her
ment.
The selling OF a sealsktn sacuue
aroused some little excitement. As soon
us the magic word tsealskin.' waa
heard, every one sat up and took no.
tice. 1t was undeniably sealskin-what
there was Of it. It vas worn about
the edges n Drowned in large areas
In fact. it was a rather NANCY LOOKING
piece OF grandeur. But the bidding was
spirited. n it was finally carried or
by a young fellow with a protruding
lower jaw and thick shoulders. to
grace the wardrobe of some Bowery
belle, I suppose.
Flapjaek Days.
How dear to my heart are the fap3ack,
and bacon