The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-01-12
Cause
Alarm

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Mrs. Palmer from out of the passing
throng. She drags her victim back
with her to the silk counter.)
Mrs. Winchester-My dear. I'm SO
glad to see you that l could fall on
your neck and weep. You've simply
got to select a gown for me. Really,
I've been through so much the last
two weeks that I'm not capable OF Sc
lecting dish towel, even II that
would serve the present purpose.
which 1t won't
| TITS all on account of Tom, poor,
dear boy! OF course you've heard
that he Is engaged You haven't?
Well, the fact has 30 thoroughly filed
my horizon that I suppose l have got
into the habit Of thinking everybody
else is absorbed in 1t, too I'm just
heartbroken about 1t.
Yes, | was going to tell you about
the girl that poor Toms engaged to-
| I'm so distressed about 1t. She's per-
fectly wonderful and charming, too,
! don't doubt. but, my dear. she's the
born! She knows everything. (To
clerk) Yes, that's very pretty, but
don't think It's quite what want.
"You know it's to wear at the re-
ception that my sons fancee's mother
is going to give to announce the en-
gagement. and I'm afraid that would
look to plain. wonder how wolfe
would do. I'm fond of wolfe. but
really don't know what is suitable for
the groom's mother. Nobody ever
pays any attention to the masculine
side Of wedding. anyway, but | sup
pose II looked dowdy thered be no
| end of talk. (To clerk) Could you
show me some Of those things quite
down at the other end? So nice of
you.
There's no reason on earth why
everybody shouldn't be delighted. Her
family is verp prosperous and Tom is
quite able, young as he Is, to set up
very creditable establishment. I'm
30 distressed about 1t. Ito clerk
How much did you say that piece
was? Oh, dear. I'm sorry. It does
seem Just what | want. but really
don't feel that l can pay as much as
that.
When you count the making and
the trimming and everything, don't
you know, II mounts up so frightfully.
Yes. It's true that cheap materials are
the most expensive in the end, but
then when you have only so much
money to spend for a thing l don't
know what you're going to do.
why should I object to the mar
riage? My dear. don't for a minute
imagine that | object. How could I?
Tom says he's the luckiest and the
happiest man that ever was, and I'm
bound to believe him. 1t does seem
so hard. though, to bring up boy
through all kinds of experiences
measles and humps. and besides those
Tom had a perfectly terrible attack
of typhoid three years ago, and
stayed with him day and night. and
nobody had any idea he'd live through
it-and then to have him marry some
perfectly strange girl that nobody
ever heard of and that speaks half a
dozen different languages! ITO clerk
Could l look at that piece at the bot
ish lavender. I'm afraid it's going to
be an awful bother to you to get it.
but 1t does attract me so.
Eyes. indeed, feel almost as sorry
for her as ! do for myself. Think of
the poor creature saddled with a
mother-in-law who doesn't even know
her own language particularly we'll
can Just feel how that poor cultured
child will shiver every time open
my mouth.
yes. isn't that pretty? (To clerk
How much did you say? Well, be-
lieve | could afford that. have some
lace that | could use and that will re-
duce the cost.
How nice 1t would be to be the
wear gray satin and duchesse lace.
1t must simplify things so greatly.
"Ethell-that's her name, Ethel
Harcourt-knows how to cook! She
took domestic science. OF course.
can cook in a way. but | wouldn't
dare to ask anybody who didn't have
the digestion of an ostrich to eat the
things | make. Ethel asked me the
other day what considered the most
hygienic way to make bread felt
like criminal when ! told her that
never had made any. but that
would ask Eliza. the cook have had
for the last 20 years. how she did IT,