The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-31

from the cases gown after gown ana
| displaying them chairs before her
Then she led the way to a mirrored
| fitting room where Helen tried on
several and decided on the white chif-
| fon.
Now can you have it altered by
Thursday noon?"
Now this is Saturday" unused the
/ clerk. I'll make it special. madame,
and you'll have it Thursday morning.
| I'll just call the filter
She returned with an older French
| woman who could not speak English
| but who saw at a glance what alter
atoms were needed, and her deft fin
gers were soon pinnig up the skirt
and raising the waistline.
How much will the alterations be-"
| asked Helen.
Five francs-only one dollar
Helen looked her surprise at the very
cheapness of this. Surely there must
be some mistake, for the dress was
| much too large and would practically
have to be re-made.
I'VE charge only five francs for any
alterations" explained the girl. "A
gown properly fitte dgives much more
satisfaction to the customer so, even
! at a loss, we'd rather alter it here
She had taken Helen's address and
now she gave her a slip with the time
Of her first fitting, Tuesday, at II.
for to Helens amazement there were
to be two fittings on this five franc
alteration. Surely the Bon Marche
gowns satisfactory.
What deposit shall I leave?" TAX |
ing out her purse.
ooh, that isn't necessary, madame |
You pay when the gown is finished or
when it is delivered-as you WISH"
You mean you alter gowns-rip |
them to pieces without a cent de- |
posit?" Helen asked in establishment |
The girl smiled. MANY American |
ladies are surprised at thar But we |
rarely ask for a deposit-and never |
from Americans. We find them very |
good customers"
swell, that's more than our own |
shops would do for u.s." laughed Helen |
No American stores would alter a |
gown without a deposit unless you |
had an account there"
It was half past twelve when Helen |
left the fitting room, and already the |
clerks were Strengthening up their |
counters for the one o'clock Saturday |
closing.
To Meet Warren.
Since Warren could not do any bust
ness that afternoon he had promised |
to meet her at the hotel at 1870, take |
her to luncheon and then out to some /
nearby resort. And now, in happy an
ticipation Of having the rest of the |
day with him, Helen climbed into the |
hot, dusty bus.
When she reached the hotel he was
already there, going over some &C
counts by the awning shaded window.
Dear, I bought a dress at the Bon
Marche,' excitedly as she stopped over /;
to kiss and then launched into an en-
t.husiastic description of the gown.
But Warren only grunted as he add
ed up some figures from the stubs of
his check book.
"Eh? What's that? Been to the Bon |;
Marche? '' when he finally pushed the
papers back. How about it? Get
anything?'
'tAnd I've just finished telling you
about the dress I bought indignant
~. "Tm not going over all that again
you'll have to wait till you see it,"
"Um-m. Guess I can stand the sus-
pense. What else did you get?''
That's all. They had a wonderful
evening wrap there for ESQ francs
but I thought that was more than I
ought to pay"
We'll, if it's what you want-get it.
Met Watson today and he wants to
take us to the Folies Dergere and some
some supper place next week. You'll
have to have some clothes while we're
over here-so you might as well pitch
in and get them"
tRut, DEAR L feel oughtn't to spend
so much clothes with all the ex-
penses of the trip and the expenses
here"
That's all right I'll make this trip
pay good money. Things are coming
along in fine shape. Go ahead and
Yourself what Won need
With little cry of delight, Helen
stopped over and pressed her cheek
against his.
Look out there-youn knock those
papers off! See here, if you're going
to ST. Cloud-you'd better hustle. We
haven't had any luncheon yet
Helen Ecited.
Helen flew to get ready, her heart |
beating fast with excitement This
was one of the rare moments when
the world seemed a very beautiful
place and she a very fortunate young
woman.
To have the whole afternoon and
evening and all day tomorrow for out
ings with Warren. And Monday
morning to be able to go back to the
Bon Marche and get the $50 franc eve
ming wrap.
Helen thought of the wistfu1 little
girl that used to stand by the bed in
the spare room, gazing at Aunt Helen's
Paris cloak with awe and wonder and
underlined longing.
If only she could have known then
that some day she would be in Paris
and that she would buy a wrap at
the Bon aMrche,
AIR WOMEN
MAY STAY IN SERVICE
London, Dec. 30-The Women's