Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-02

Norah Fosarty knelt in the dim church
and prayed-not for absolution, but for a
new gown.
1t was the Wednesday before Easter.
Tim McCarthy's invitation to the annual
ball OF 1.-The Order of the Golden Fleece
OIL Easter Monday night lay tear-stained
aud crunipled on the cushion behind her,
and Norah. like her predecessor in woe,
Flora McFlimsey. had nothing to wear
that is nothing worthy of the annual
ball of the afore- mentioned association
And Norah loved Tim. she had told
him at his very urgent request some
months before, and they had agreed to
wait patiently and decently until Tins
two young sisters had become self-sup-
porting and the lover could afford to set
up an establishment of his own at a
safe distance from the noisy fiat occupied
by his widowed mother and her brood.
Norah. tUo, had her responsibilities.
Her father was one of those happily
constituted individuals who beloved
that the world owed him a living. and
1t happened that from his point of
view Just now Norah represented the
world And when ones mother sprains
her wrist and cannot make buttonholes
for three weeks, and ones little brother
is so inconsideTate as to contract "A stub
horn attack OF measles, one may not
lay up money for ball gowns,
So Norah prayed in the firm belief
that the Mother of Sorrows, who had
answered her petition for her own
mothers recovery two years back al
the hospital. would incline her ear to
so personal a request as a new dress.
The answer came in less than 10 min
utes. Norah scurried around the corner
and plunged into the lunchtide throng
which illed Broadway from window to
curb. man iostled her rudely, and with
the true wOmanly instinct she turned to
Ftfa Wi "A ..l bar
hat was on straight. The window held
nothing but paper, crepe paper. tissue
s0aper, stamped paper, paper shades for
/ ismps, paper flowers, paper frames and
aper dolls
Z Norah forgot her hat and her artistic
ltNye rejoiced IN the wealth of dainty
Z eolorings. She had never dreamed that
paper came in such beautiful patterns
Then Norah gasped. Her hand closed
eonvulsYely over her purse II held
a dollar that she could spare. Norah
shut her eyes for Just an instant. as II
the thought made her dizzy. then with
very pink cheeks and her head held high
and marched into the store
Yes. We have it In pink-the broesde,
you mean2 Twenty cents a roll. eight
yards to the roll For a dress-um-um
Why. # you seWed II on a foundation
oK farlatan or cheese cloth, / think two
rolls YOU'D make H. Yes we have the
same shade IN plain tissue. twenty-five
shselag No. think I'd use the sage
green for stems. It's softer. Sixty-three.
Thanks.
And korah Was again speeding up the
street. her eyes very bright and a bulky
aaakaee tucked securely under her arms
For the bali Of the Order of the Col
den Fleece VAS 10 be a fancy dress af-
EafH. aud # Mary O'Hearn could 90 as
Bopeeot ia figured calico and a straw
Hal Why could not Norah Fosarty wear
n4psf that looked much dner than calieo2 ?
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