The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-10-12
Helen Is
Coming Home

and dad and little Ned
THAT reminds me, | hope you aren'
letting Ned use the tennis racquet
left at home The one | have here go
wet | left it on the courts one da,
OF course it's ruined So don't lie
Ned play with my other one. for he i.
so careless that something would be
sure to happen to it if he took it.
don't want to have to go to the ex
pense of buying a new racquet this
season, for | know it costs dad lot to
keep me at school ami do so want &c
come back next fall. for like it better
than | did the first year
Did | tell you that we have be-
come acquainted with some of the tech
! boys? They are great The dean
chaperoned five of us to the tech jul
Nor promenade She's such an old
dear She slept nearly all the evening
in her chair and we had the loveliest
time wore my pink marquisette
with a maine snood All the girls
said it was awfully fetching the
maine in my hair | mean. The dress
is a little passe. ! must have more
evening frocks next year
Anita. the girl I've told you so
much about, and | have picked out our
rooms for next year BY pairing only
$25 more each we can have the love-
Hest little suite OF two bedrooms and
a study. do hope you'll let me take
one of the big oriental rugs out of the
library Then if dad will let me buy
some madras curtains it will be the
best looking study in our hall. | am
just crazy over it already and | wish
dad would send check right away, so
| can make a deposit to hold the
suite
IF anybody should ask, mother dar-
ling. what | want for my birthday. just
say that want handsome per
colator Anita and are going to
have kaffee-klatsches two or three
times a week next year 1t will be lots
more chic than the everlasting after
noon teas the other girls have Anita
has the darlingest set of Turkish cot
fee cups you ever saw
You say in your last letter that
you're glad you had my wardrobe put
in such good order during the spring
vacation, so there won't be any sew.
ing to do when get home this time.
Why. mother precious. how can you
think my clothes stay in order? | am
perfectly destitute. My tailor suit is
just awful You know the jacket is
entirely too long for this season and
the collar never did set right. My
blue messaline evening gown is terri
bly, tight don't see how | got so fat
doing gym every day. too. Isn't it
shame? And the chiffon on it is dread
fully mussy
My tan crepe is all right, but so
soiled that | wouldn't even wear it to
a freshman frolic. and my foulard is
just as bad. That blue and white
bingham you sent me is my hearts de-
light All the girls think it's so good
looking I've worn it almost every
day and yesterday ! acidulated it in
chemistry lab It's a sight now. with
all the color out of the front breadth. /
My old white sailor suit is so short
hat look perfect fright in it.
My pink marquisette is in pretty
good condition, but you know, mother
lear, it's not this years model, and | /
couldn't possibly wear it to Than How
ards dance. | have just received an
invitation to his coming of age party,
which will be the Tuesday after | get
home so please have a dressmaker in
he house when | arrive Thursday, so
We can get right to work on a party
rock Do you think an embroidered
White voille would be pretty? There's
senior who has one which her aunt
ent from Paris. It's a perfect love,
nd as she won't be here next year 1t
will be all right to copy her dress"