The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-05-29

required only rather loose 1magina-
ton to assume that they were tights, :.
The upper part Of his body was next
concealed from view by~a garment 80
peculiar that its description becomes
difficult. In 1885 Mrs. Schofleld, then
unmarried, had worn at her Coming
out party" dress Of vivid salmon SILK
which had been remodeled after her
marriage to accord with various epochs
Of fashion until a final unskillful cam
paign at a dye house had left It In. a
condition certain to attract much at
tentton to the wearer. Mrs. Schofleld
had considered giving it: to Della, the
cook, but had decided not to do so, be-
cause you never could tell how Della
was going to take things, and cooks
were scarce. -.
1t may have been. the word "medi-
eval'' Tin Mrs. Lora Rewbush's rich
phrase) which had inspired the idea
for a last and conspicuous usefulness.
At all events the bodice Of that once
salmon dress, somewhat modified and
moderated, now took position TOR
its farewell appearance In society upon
the back, breast and arms of the Child
Sir Lancelot =.
The area thus costumed ceased at
the waist, leaving Jaeger-like and un:
medieval gap thence to the tops Of
the stockings. The inventive genius Of
woman triumphantly bridged it, but in
a manner which imposes upon history
almost insuperable delicacies Of mar
ration. Penrod's father was an old
fashioned man. The twentieth CEN
fury had failed to shake his faith In
red flannel for cold weather. and it
was while Mrs. Schofield was putting
away her husbands winter underwear
that she perceived how hopelessly one
Of the elder specimens had dwindled,
and simultaneously she received the
inspiration which resulted in a pair Of
trunks for the Child Sir Lance1ot and
added an earnest bit Of color, as well
as genuine touch of the middle ages,
to his costume. Reversed. fore to aft,
with the greater part Of the legs cut
off and strips Of silver braid covering
the seams, this garment, she felt, was
not traceable to its original source.
When 1t had been placed upon PEN
rod the stockings were attached to It
by system Of safety pins, not very
perceptible at distance. Next, after
being severely warned against stoop-
ing, Penrod got his feet into the slip
pers he wore to dancing school-"pat-
ent leather pumps" now decorated
with large pink rosettes.
III can't stoop," he began smo1der-
ingly, I'D like to know how'rn goin'
to kneel in the pag''-
"You must manager This, uttered
through pins, was evidently thought
to be sufficient
They fastened some ruching about
his slender neck. pinned ribbons at
random all over him. and then Mar
garet thickly powdered his hair.
"oh, yes: that's all right" she said
replying to a question put by. her
mother. "They always powdered their
hair In colonial times"
1T doesn't seem right to me-exact-
w." objected Mrs. Schof'eld gently.
"Sir Lancelot must have been ever SO
long before colonial timex. -" s.~ ss:s.
THAT doesn't matter" Margaret re-
assured her. "Nobody'n know the
difference, Mrs. Lora Rewbush least Of
all. I don't think she knows a thing
about 1t, though, Of course, she does
write splendidly and the words Of the
pageant are just beautiful. Stand
still, Penrod" (The author Of "Har-
old Ramorez" had moved convulsively. }
Besides, powdered hairs always be-
coming. Look at him. You'd hardly
know it was Penrodv'
The pride and admiration with which
she pronounced this undeniable truth
might have been thought tactless, but
Penrod, not analytical, found his spir-
its somewhat elevated. No mirror
was in his range Of vision, and, though
he had submitted to cursory measure
ments Of his person a week earlier, he
had no previous acquaintance with the
costume. He began to form a not un-
pleasing mental picture Of hta appear
ance, something somewhere between
the portraits Of George Washington
and vivid memory Of Miss Julia
Marlowe at a matinee Of 'Twelfth
Night"
He was additionally cheered by a
sword which had been borrowed from
a neighbor who was Knight Of Pyth-
las. Finally there was a mantle, an
old golf cape Of Margaret's. Fluffy
polka dots of white cotton had been
sewed to it generously; also it was or
namented with a large cross of red
flannel, suggested by the picture Of a
crusader in: a newspaper ADVERTISE
ment. The mantle was fastened to
Penrod's shoulder-that is, to the
shoulder Of Mrs. Schoaeld's ex-bodice-
by means Of large safety pins and ar
ranged to hang down behind him,
touching his heels, but obscuring no.
wise the glory Of his facade. Then at