El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
EB LEADER LAUGHS At HURTES TALK MARKET REPORTS MARRIED LIFE NEWS 8REUES
Married Lies Troubles
Helen Thinks Her Dress Is Ruined
and Becomes Angry, but Finds
1t All a Mistake.

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and Becomes Angry, but Finds
( 1t All a Mistake.
/ l- Cy Mabel Herbert UrneF -
/ $50 H, she's ruined It! She's just
ruined itr' almost sobbed
Helen, turning away from the
/ mirror in despair
/ Couldn't you fix it, Miss?" sug-
! gested Nora, who had been called in
/ 10 hook up the gown that Just came
/ from the dressmaker's.
How CAN I fix it, excitedly, when
I there isn't any more goods? / got
/ that in Paris-three dollars and a half
a yardl And now look at it! UnhOOk
| It! There's no use keeping It ont
only makes me wild to think about
Tt don't look bad on you. Miss.
| ventured Nora, cOmfOrtingly.
You don't think I'd wear anything
like that, do you? Why the skirts
so narrow I can't step-and look how
it draws over the hipsi And this
/ sleeve-did you ever see anything set
like that? Why, a cheap seamstress
could do better-and she charged SIS
-S18 for running my dress"
Helen's voice grew shrill with eX-
citement and she brushed away the
I wouldn't let it upset me, Miss.
Maybe if you'll take it back she can
fix it"
Helen HysterIcaI.
4 y
I ing to Nora almost fiercely. THE
whole things cut wrOngi I'll send her
I back the dress as q present-thats
what I'll do" chokingly, and write
Nora had gone out to answer the
kitchen bell and Helen, who was now
thoroughly wrought UP and excited,
talked on to herself
eff I told her once I told her a
dozen times to make the skirt at least
a yard and hree-quarters-and it's not
over a yard and a half! Oh, where is
the tape measure?" angrily stirring up
the work basket
The skirt measured a scant yard and
a half around the bottom. and Helen'S
anger increased at this notification
She would call up the dressmaker
herself She could not wait to write!
A dozen half formed. sarcastic. indig-
nant phrases QuiVered- on her lips. II
that woman thought she would quietly
accept such a dress with such a bill
But where was the bill? She should
have It before her when she phoned.
It was several moments before she
could find the bill, and by that time
she decided that she could not do the
matter justice over the phone She
had better write.
Again She went over the biT-every
item bringing a fresh wave of resent
nent:
Making blue eharmeuse dress. $500
One and thTee-quarters yards
chiffon, at S1.35 " z.56
Covering buttons ...-.-... 30
tlnolngs -----.-..-....--- 1-oU
Shlelds. --.-......-......- -SO
Total ......S 22.S6
A yard and three-quarters of chif-
foni And she had not used more than
half a yard-just those narrow folds
on the waist And 50 cents for shields
they could not have cost over a
quarter. Findings a dollar an a half.
What finding were there except thread
and hooks and eyes2 The silk lining
Helen had furnished herself.
By this time she was walking up
and down the room rehearsing out
loud the letter she was going TO write.
Her Letter.
MY Dear Madam" ner voice was
icy in its sarcasm, I an making you
2 present Of the dress YOU have ruined
for me- Possibly you or some Of your
customers may be able to wear it. as
cannot It is difficult 10 understand
establishment when you turn out such
work as this. Ny little two dollar a
day seamstress could have done it in
hnitely better. Although I told you
distinctly the exact width I wanted
the SKIRT
Here Helen paused. No-no-It
must be more terse and sarcastic. A
long letter was never so effective as
She went to her desk and began
and tore up one note after another.
II was hard to say all she wanted TO,
and still keep the letter short
The mans here to fix that transOm,
Miss" announced Nora.
about it,
There the dress on the bed con-
fronted her. Again she took ii up, the
lump of fierce resentment still in her
throat.
She eouIi not resist slipping it on
again-just to see how bad it was.
H1r " oh frrr Il ~ 1aeFa he
long mirror in her closet door.
Reluctantly she admitted that in
spit of sthe glazing defects the dress
had certain style and grace, and was
undeniably becoming. She turned up
the skirt and examined the seams
yes. they were large enough to let out.
The skirt could be made at least three
inches wider And that drawn look
over the hips-would letting the seams
The instinct to Fix things" was al
ways strong in Helen. And the next
moment she had the dress off and was
sitting on the floor recklessly ripping
it up At any rate she could not hurt
it She could not make it any worse
than ii was.
Sac Tries.
fortunately, the goods was soft and
did not show the stitches. In less
than half an hour she had basted back
the seams and was eagerly trying il
on. now set easily around the
AipSs ana Suc COu4Q take WlQe steps
across the room Again she had It off
and was ripping out the offending
sleeve
She had forgotten all about the let
ter Her only thought now was to
finish the dress so that she could
wear it that evening. They were not
going out, but Helen always wanted
to wear new gown the first time at
home.
It was easy to rip and haste, but the
sewing was much more tedious and II
was almost six before she finally
slipped on the now remodeled gown.
The satisfaction of having overcome a
difficulty by her own ingenuity helped
to obligate her resentment So it was
with a certain pleased consciousness
that She ran to meet Warren.
Hello, what you all colled up forY'
f'DO you like it," eagerly. This is
the goods 1 got in Paris. You know
I had Mrs Stevens's dressmaker make
it up"
Turn around" critically. What's
this dangling thing2"