The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-05-11
Married Life
A Letter from Helen's Mother Asking
Her to do Some Shopping.

shopping for me? 1 know it is hard
| to shop for other people, and that is
why l try not to come to you often.
But Mrs. Dawson has so much work
| this spring that she cannot make me
anything until July, and you know
there is no one else out here.
| What l want most is some kind OF
good white dress. All last summer
wore skirts and waists with my black
. silk skirt for best, but ! thought this
summer, I would like at least one good
white dress.
/ intended to have your cousin Molly
come and help me to do some sewing
this spring, but since Georges little
| girl is so. sick, she had to stay with
i them. And with this rheumatism in
my hand I can do very little sewing
myself-nothing good.
Now about the dress-it seems to me
| some kind OF a plain white null or
India linen with a few tucks or a very
| little lace. Not much lace. you know
don't like things very fussy or much
trimmed Something simple and well
made with a good full skirt. long
sleeves and high neck. Size 80 bust, but
| if they run small perhaps you had bet
ter get 40-that would allow for
shrinking.
Mrs. Parish got very pretty one
last year at Chicago, but it had elbow
sleeves and round neck-and that
wouldn't look well for a woman of my
age. Helen smiled as she read this,
and thought of the women much older
than her mother who wore elbow
sleeves. low neck and peek-a-boo
waists.)
l thought you ought to get some
thing fairly good for 500. AS | wrote
you, we are papering the dining and
sitting room this spring, and putting
on a new floor on the side porch, so
don't think l would care 90 pay much
more than that. l have seen a num-
Der of very pretty white dresses adj
vertised by some mail order house
from $500 to $500. / am enclosing
a clipping of one. OF course this would
be much too fancy for me. but judge
from this that you should be able to,
get a very good plain one for about 500.
l looked at Strauss and the Trade
Palace here, but you know they never
have anything They wanted to make
me order something. but tried that
two years ago. let them order that
grey suit and you know what it was
like.
And now, Helen, IL il isn't asking too
much, l should like to have you get
me some kind of a hat or bonnet also.
Just something small and close fitting,
that I can wear a veil with. And il
should be light-you know I can never
wear anything heavy. it gives me the
headache. Either all black or with a
touch of white or lavender. However.
will leave that to you.
You remember the one | got in Chi
cago about five years ago-black lace
straw with a bunch of violets and
black velvet ties? Father always liked
that so much, thought it looked better
on me than anything l ever had. But
I suppose they're not wearing ties now.
please me. But think you ought to
get the hat for about S. or Sc.
am enclosing a money order for
$50. in case you should have to pay
a few dollars more for either the dress
or hat II you should have any left
you might get me pair of black kid
gloves, size s al I like the soft. thin
kid not the stiff, heavy kind.
Now do not worry over the shopping.
You know I am not hard to please and
will be satisfied with anything you
send.
| am writing this in the dining room
by the open window, and the whole
place is filled with the door of hya-I
cinths. How l wish / could send you
some That bed by the back porch
has never done so well. The tulips are
all in bloom and the big lilac bush by
the cistern is just coming out. The
garden is looking fine. Your father
says things are little late this year.
but it seems to me they are all doing
we'll
Am sending you a recipe I cut out
the other day for lemon Jelly cake.
made some last week and it was de-
licious, and as it was so easy to make
would like you to try it, 1t calls for
almond flaYoring, but if you don't hap
pen to have any, vanilla will do as we'll
that is what used. Now Helen. do
write me a long letter. Your letters
have been so short since Warren re-
turned. l know you are busy, but l.
do so love to hear from yGS, and know
what you are doing. YOU said you
thought things would be very much
better now since Warren's trip was SO
successful and his business had i'm
proved. / do hope this is so.
You have said nothing about coming
home for a visit this summer. Don't
YOU think you could plan to come at
least for week or two? Perhaps
Warren could come out after you. II
you could come during the fruit sea-
son we could put up lot of fruit for
you to take back Father says there
is going to be an unusually good peach
year.
Well. must close. Am afraid this