The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-04-07
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NoVemDer, said to my friend that all
my spare nights for the, next six
six months should 20 toward buy
Ing some new clOthes-I mean fine
new clothes--I hadn't bnu any real
mice things TO wear since William was
a baby, and to tel the truth 1 have
1 had as little of any kind as a woman
scculd make out on, but with twelve
babies l had Suoa u little time to
dress In that IL mad plenty clo;iieB
~ %tuld have lad no time i3put them
on, and there was more than this
lncking for where there are one dozen
children you Won't find much else, and
'i:ere were not mI:h else for me but
the babies, but with this hindrance,
always considered myself lucky, for
4 my children we're the Smartest chill
+ d"en in the world the boys were
men when they put their first pants
on; they were then ready 10 begin a
fight for existence, and they has
tened with the struggle, took it az
their part OF life and toaiay they still
hold on, while the boys were having
their row had all could do, whore
Hthere is a big family and not much
hmeans the mother must keep Busy and
do without everything but bare naees-
ssities, all this ! tried to do willingly,
hbut trying to be good over 1t, never
kept me from wanting things, and
some how the last ten years ] have
wanted some nice clothes Rwfully bad.
aI suppose the reason for this was that
| saw myself getting old and IL !
didn't get the nice pretty things soon,
Y would be foo old to appreciate them.
Loo old to go about and let folks look
at me, you know ! can't show off
Clothes to an advantage when get
sso feeble L VIII nave IN Gruep. ssTit. IA .
now does q fine dress look on an
sold woman stopped all over with
her nose and toes together? OF course
3if don't get the clothes before / get
past going there will be no need TO
aget them at all, and I've been feel-
ing the last two or three years that
lany little old thing would put me
pass going, but now that spring has
.come, did hope to feel better and as;
1 said before began saving my pen-s
nesi when Bess married to buy some
lflne clothes. decided a few weeks
ago that had better speak to d dress
maker, and called up "a mil liner. and
ahunt up the best shoe store and begin
my shopping. Qficcilrse ] felt stlFe the
merchants here had every thing II
needed, but you know It stan as you in
hard to do the best yoE can; and r
rieant TO get samples anu prices, and
trade! slow and sure, 4 car 4 buy fer
myself like Z use to buy for .Bess. enc
always bought witiiont pricing aud Is
paid for Il the best could, but now
tllatas am 70 do bpta 10 mighty
tious, and did caution ana econ
ton1I1s and priced goods and studied
pyel: e p Jon Ewpnid set-
"a down on 4 e, hut you lrntS IL you
get fine Things you've got To- pay for
fne dress worth q dollar q yard.
sand d I'VE dollar hat, and d three doll
lar pair shoes, and d pair or kid
Stoves worth q dollar, bought eFsgy-
ithings needed and them fine enough
ssss:.s s:s: Mrs. Woodrow Wilaan and am
satisfied, yes satisfied with my clothes;
for they are pretty as can he .yon know
they are pretty when Hack theught
we're, for Jack has tasta equal to
~ Paris designer, and after lie hid
Hooked them over, and said Hl6aTna
you'll be a peach in these tilingsfs
i Just thonght to myself there wasn't
ID thing lacking, and put my dress
Ia my trunk, aud my shoes dn the
closet. my hat back lEin the box and
ehat il many moons changed their
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