Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-10-05
AS OTHERS SEE US
BY JULIET PORTER.

PLACE: Anywhere In the United
States.
TIME: Yesterday.
CLARINDA, (talking TO her friend.
who has run in right after break
fast. To talk over the news): AT last
have a dress that | am not ashamed
OF. II is made out OF two old ones
Aunt Emilie's gray satin and Nell's
blue crepe de chine. II is In the most
stylish colors, and modelled on one
exhibited at Celestine's. That awful
spot on the front breadth of the satin
Is concealed under the back draperies.
! shall never turn my back TO Mrs.
Carter. for she might detect Il, though
no one else would. Yes, / am going
To the fair this afternoon. A circular
was sent to me, though / cannot mag
inc why, as everybody knows that
we are poverty stricken-have TO
"skinch and skanch" to get three meals
a day. and positively have nothing a
French orphan would look at twice.
"0f course Mrs. Carter will be there.
as she is rich and goes everywhere.
She must be all of thirty-fiye, and
she Is actually setting her cap for
Dick Appleton. II is simply atrOciOus
And she has taken such a dislike to
met But this afternoon l know
shall look all right
"Yes, l ann interested I'm Dick APP
pleton myself, and | think he is in
terested i'm me. lie takes pains TO
find me, and we talk over the days
when we were kids In school. We
went to college the same year, but that
was before dad lost all his money.
Dick is just splendid; he was on the
football team in college. and graduated
"cum laude," and now has that offer
from the. ST. Louis Construction
company. His sister told me all about
IT,"
MRS. CARTER (writing TO her
friend. who needs a secretary II can
think OF no one but Clarinda Fame. /
have been observing her ever since I
knew YOU wanted secretary. The
Fanes are all nice people. and Clarinda
Is the flower of the family. She is nat
urally bright, has a fair education,
appears well, and IL 1t were not for
her clothes would be an ornament to
any household.
But | like her, she is so gay and
friendly, and frank. and original with
out being caustic.
81 have TO go to a fair this after
noon. and the most conspicuous thing
there will be Dick Appleton. chasing
after Clarinda."
DICK APPLETON (sOlilOquizing) ::
Il shall have to go 10 that beastly
fair just TO please the mater. IL is
really her fair, and | want II 10 be a
success. The mater wants me To be
specially polite to all the old ladies,
the wall flowers and the sklnfints. and
uchlike folk-especially asked me to
be nice to Clarinda Fame, or II will
look snObbish. / used TO try 10 avoid
her when we were kids, for no boy
likes these intellectual girls.
~ hope that divine Mrs. Carter will
be there; she cannot be more than
twenty-six or twenty-seven. How al
truistic OF Mr.. Carter 10 make her
widow az the most fascinat-
Ing age. wonder why she wears
those mosquito netting dresses. inter-
spersed with lavender? Can II he
half mourning? If she would only
take lessons Of Clarinda Fame in dress
Ing she would be quite all right"
TIME. late afternoon.
CLARINDA (telling mother about
saw was that stylish Mrs. Carter, and
she had on the loveliest dress! IL
was black with lavender facings, and
she wore amethysts, and a black
picture hat with lilacs.
II could see that she liked my dress
and could not have suspected that 1t
was made out of two old ones that
have been 10 every social function for
the last two years or more. Dick APP
pleton was there, too. but did not
happen TO see me until was about
ready TO come home. He heard me
tell Mrs. Shelton that ! had 10 leave
early. or would have fingered longer"
MRS. CARTER Ito her friend) {:
81 saw Miss Fame at the fair. dressed
as usual, In an attempt at the latest
style. fashioned out Of two old dresses
we have all known for several years
She has never had fair chance. and
with a little preliminary oversight
will make an efficient secretary. A
chance for one of the family TO get
decent salary will be a gOdsend to
them ALL"
DICK APPLETON (soliloquizing) !:
swell. that's over, praise bel There
was only one redeeming feature about
the whole shOw-AIrs. Carter. III she
had been for sale would have bought
her outright. She did not seem TO
know l was there; | was just Gus
toner. But / had one piece Of luck,
a. I MANAGED RI avoid the eVer-preS-