El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-11
Their Married Life
Helen Goes Over Her Wardrobe for the Summer

, glass buttons down the front which
gave a very smart appearance To ~
entire skirt All tnat was needed ne
a good laundering, unless it was +Co
short for her
Helen held it up to her fesrful1,-. -.
the length was splendid, that w. - -,
thing, anyway, off her mind: the orIaS
skirt was ratine that buttone5 -, -. -
the thing, so what was the use az ,s-a,,
ing it, Nora might as well have ir- -,
doubt she could put it to good usa ~
Nothing was left to go over but the
bathing suits. Warren's was In sn1e--
did condition, she knew thar almost
without looking, and she seized e 90
~ on her own She Remembered -,
day last year when she had bo,sb+
the suit; she had paid a great deal ~
money for il at the time, for the Sim
pie reason that she had never bsJ I,
bathing suit that suited her
somehow she had always eonsiderer
them q useless extravaganza, and h,5
paid IS little as possible for tnam nm
til last season, when she had bought
a satin one with all the fixinEs tbat
she had always wanted and never
wanted to spend the money for vr-irb
a birthday check that Warren had given
her.
Helen could not help LAUGHING n
herself as she remembered showing
Warren her purchase. He had aduired
the things until she told him that she
had bought them with his check, then
he wanted to give her more money
I don't want you to pay for things
you wear with money I give you Tor
a present" he had groWled when she
had protested Go downtown and gel
something in jewelry."
But. dear" she had remons+rstad
Il wish you would let me do tbinps
in my own way. never would have
been so extravagant If il hadn't been
for the check really"
She Thinks Him Generous.
And then he had turned back to his
paper with muttered remark about
having her own way. What a dear
Warren was. not many men were as
generous as he was.
Now that she had gone through
everything. nothing remained but TO
make list OF what she needed and
90 down and get them as soon as pos
sible. Nothing but what was necessary
would go down on the list. but she
must have more TO take away with her
than she had just at present
With a pencil and a writing tablet
on her knee. Helen began to think up
the things she absolutely needed
one must have a couple of shirt
waists, thin ones. and another white
skirt They were wearing corduroy so
much this seasOn-perhaps she could
get a corduroy skirt without paying
too much. At any rate, she could try
Then she must have at least two more
thin dresses, wolfe or an organdie,
and a smart white linen.
Her new white coat she had worn
only once, that would be Just the thing
and her hats would do Perhaps she
could squeeze enough out Of her allow
ance TO get three dresses. There were
plenty Of places where things could
be had at great reductions this time Of
the year. That was all then, excepting
for that one evening dress. She must
take that around 10 Miss Graves at
once to see what was needed for tns
making over; there would be trimmings
and things to talk over, too. and she
had such short time to do every
thing--Copyright, 1914. international
News Service.
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