The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-02
THE b ALL u
lsH!O.RI STORY.
Keeping FASHIONABLE.

~ LA CoRRELL believed in cloth.
= s "Clohtes make the man-and
the yalso make the girl" she
and they also make the girl" she
told her sister repeatedly. Some day
you'll learn that YOU ought to dress up
more and keep Rag1iopable."
Certainly Eliza kept fashionable.
Eight dollars constituted her weekly
stipend earned my mixing tempting
poLionS at SIIYerw6rth's drug store.
Eliza was one OF a half dozen girls who
preside "a within the circllar formation
OF marble at which airDlane sundaes,
submarine splits and tank sodas were
served and the high cost Of living, the
fate of the League Of Nations, the
iitt1re Of the Jtigo- slayia and the sal
aries of the film stars discussed.
But the eight dollars-to return to
tho subject. OF the eight dollars, two
went for board and room and the re-
laiiing SIX were spent TO adorn Eliza
with fashions latest creations. Board
and room for two dollars a week?
y Yes, you see Eliza lived at home as did
her sister, Isabel.
Isabel clerked in FfmmeKs dry
goods store, and her share Of The
worlds goods every week was seven
dollars. OF this seven two went for
board and room, fifteen cents pur-
chased cinema thrills at the Palace
theatre, an average Of 6S cents was
used for wearing apparel and So. IA
was deposited in the bank.
2 Contracted with ELIAS extensive and
expensive wardrobe, Isabel's adorn-
nlent was like a minnow unto gold
fish; yet the latter seemed satisfied
with Ter lot in life and never complain
ed about her rather drab nevertheless
neat, attire.
Nor was there reason to complain
for Isabel could have afforded more
attractive garb as well as her young
or slster-cotild better afford *, in
fact, because she had several hundred
collsrs in safe keeping.
with the situation as It was regard
ing Clothes, the two girls should have
changed positions. Silk at a soda foun
tain was. as tut Of place as cotton tie
hind the six counters. where ;sAbe.
presided. Yet each Of the girls was
mr. expert in her particular line Of en-
deayor. sa
Ella had a secret. shewas in love;
W.. Every afternoon there came into
,Silverwonh'g drug store a fascinat-
ing, neatly-dressed young man who
had the ginger-a1e habit The sun
might forget to shine, the clock might
stop. the r.Yer might run dry. but al
ways at . p. M. John Hendricks set
tied himself at his favoHte place at
the marble counter (unless some
QUE else got there first) and ordered
f'trRer. ale.
{ Then he would plunge into the
depths OF a newspaper and remain abb
sorbeil III it until his beverage arrived
when he would fold the paper thrust
(. Il into rocket and sip Of the cooling
.eoncoction, while his eyes roamed alb
i stractedly end looked at nothing in
particular, although seeming to take
Y i'll everybody and everything within
Id strange Of vision.
Yes, Eliza Cornell loved John Hen
bricks. She did not know his name,
she had no knowledge Of his vocation,
she had never spoken word to him
or been addressed by him except on a
matter Of business. She waited on
his order; but John Hendricks noticed
her not at all.
Being in love with some one she
did not know, Eliza felt that 1t behoov-
ed her to interest him IL 1t lay in her
power; so she paid even more atten-
ton to her clothes and deprived her
self Of all forms Of amusement so that
She might make herself what she styl-
ed presentable before the ginger-ale
Mend. Be It said to her credit that
she did not purchase her raiment on
credit.
''There's one hopeful thing about IT.
she told herself. Hes brunette and
I'm blonde; and they say that's the
way It ought to be-"
Al II seemed fine to be In love, even II
lit was unrequited, Eliza thought, and
then she got to wondering If her sis
ter. had ever experienced the exhiler-
ton attendant being paid attention by
the little winged god with bows and
srrows. One day Eliza observed:
isabel, It's. about time you got mar
ried: But there's no chance in the
world for you, with those plain clothes
you. wear
sss no which Isabel replied merely with
! Vi smile and went her way
She's 9 deep one" Eliza unused.
.tThat's the way with brunettes. The
ginger ale fieid must be deep one,
too
But In spite Of her natural charms
for Eliza was q good looking girl
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