The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-22

lust take n walk down Twenty third
street any afternoon.
Therefore Maida--thc girl with the
big brown eyes and cinnamon colorcd
hair in the Beehive storo-said to
Grace--ths girl with the rhlnestone
brooch and peppermint pcpsin flavor
TO her specch-'I'm going 10 have a
purple dress--a tsilormad, purple
dress Thanksgiving
"oh. are your said Grace. putting
away some ~ gloves into the en-
hox. Wei. MS me for rvd You s-e
more rcd on Fifth avenue. And the
men all seem 10 Ike IT.
Il like purple best" said MAZDA
And old sehiegcl has promised 10
make Il ~ s. It's goin. 90 be
lovely. I'm going 20 have a plated
skirt and blouse coat trimmed with
a hand OF wi,iioon under white cloth
collar with two rows of
"sly boots said Grace. with an
educated wink.
sly booS-aiy bootA- repeated
Grace.
---sou'ache traid over surpliccd
white vest. and a plated basque
and
~-plaltod rfss sleeves with
drawn velvet ribbon over an inside
cuff. What do you mean BY saying
that--
You think Mr.. Ramsay likes pur
pie. heard him any yesterday he
thought some OF the dark shades OF
red were stunning"
Il don't care said MAZDA 81 pre-
fer purple. and them that don't like
!, can Just take the other aldo Of the
street.
which suGr-uts the thought thsf
after all. the followers Of purple may
be subject 20 Sigh, deiusfona Dan
ger is near when a maiden thinks
she can wear purple Regardless Of
compilations and opinions. and when
eruporurs think their purple ROBES
win war forever.
months OF economy; and this had
bought tho goods for tho purple dress
and paid Schiexel 81 on the making
Of H. on the day before Thanks.
giving she would have just enough
to pay tho remaining -. And then
for n holiday In a new dress-can
earth offer anything moro enchant
mgr
Old Eaehman. the proprietor OF
the Beehive store. always CAV. a
Thanksgiving dinner TO his en-.
pioyes. On every one Of tho rut~o-
auent sst days. excuaing Sundays.
he would remind them OF the joys OF
the hast banquet and the hopes OF
the coming ones. thus melting them
10 incrrased enthusiasm In work
The dinner was given in tho store
on one Of the long tables In the mid
die OF the room. They tackled wrap
ping paper over the front windows.
and tho turkeys and other good
things wcrr brought In the back
way from the restaurant on the cor.
ner. You viii perceive that the Bee.
Hive was not a fashionable depart.
ment store. with escalators and pom.
padourA II was almost small
enough 10 he called an emporium.
and you could actually so in there
and get waited on and walk out
again. And always at the Thanks
giving dinners Mr.. Ramsay--
oh. bothcri I should have men.
toned Mr. Ramsay first OF nil. He
green. or even the red cranberry
sauce.
Mr.. Ramsay was the head clerk:
and M far as am concerned I am
for him. lie never plnched the girls
arms when he passed them In dark
corners Of the store. and when he
told them stories when business was
dun and tho girls giggied and said.
'Oh. pshawr' II wasn't q. Bernard
they meant nj all. Besides being a
gentleman. Mr.. Ramsay was queer
and original In other ways. He was
health crank. and believed that
people should never eat anything
that was good for them. He was
violently opposed to anybody being
comfortable, and canning In out OF
mowHtorms. or wearing overshoes,
or taking medicine. or coddling
themselves In any way. Every one
Of the 10 girls In the store had little
pork chop.and fried onion dreams
every night OF becoming Mrs. Ram
say. For. next year old Bachman
was going 10 take him for partner.
And each one OF them knew that II
she should catch him she would
knock those cranky health notions
OF his sky high before the wedding
cake indigestion WINS over.
Mr.. Ramsay WAS master OF ccre-
monies al the dinners. Always they
had two Italians 10 play violin and
harp and had "a little dance In the
store.
And here were two dresses being
conceived 20 charm Ramsay--one
purple and the other red. or course.
the other eight girls were going TO
have dresses too, but they didn't
count. Very likely they'd wear
some waist-an nd black .sklrt-af.
fairs-nothing as resplcndcnt as pur-
| pie or red.
Grace had saved her money, too.
She was going TO buy her dress
ready'made. Oh, what's the use OF
bothering with tailor--when you've
got flRgor It's easy TO get n fit
the ready are intended for
perfect figger-except have 10 have
'en all taken In at the walat-the
average fggcr is SO large wasted.
The night before Thanksgiving
came. MAZDA hurried home, keen
and bright with the thoughts OF the
blessed morrow. Her thoughts we're
| OF purple, but they were white