The Washington herald., 1921-01-02

M known as purple. 1t Is q color
| w justly in repute among the
sons and daughters of man. EN-
perors claim II for their especial
dye. Good fellows everywhere seek
to bring their noses to the genial
hue that follows the comminglIng
of the red and blue. We say of
princes that they are born to the
purple; and no doubt they are, for
the collie tnges their faces with
the royal tint equally with the snub-
nosed countenance OF a woodchop-
per's brat All women love it
when it is the fashion.
And now purple Is being worn.
You notice it on the streets. OF
course other colors are quite styl
ish as well-in fact. l saw a lovei '
thing the other day in olive gr.en
albatross, with triple-lapped
hounce skirt trimmed with insert
squares of silk, and a draped fichu
of lace opening over a shirred vest
and double pun sleeves with a lace
band holding two gathered frills-
but you see lots of purple, too. oh,
yes, you do; just take walk down
Twenty-third street any afternoon.
Therefore Maida-the girl with
the big brown eyes and cinnamon
colored hair in the Beehive Stor-
said to Grace-the girl with the
rhinestone brooch and peppermint
pepsin flavor to her speech--'Tm
gong to have a purple dress a
| tailor-made purple dress FOR
Thanksgiving"
"Oh, are your" said Grace, putting
away some TN gloves into the 6%
box We'll, it's me for red. You
see more red on Fifth avenue. And
the men all seem to like it."
~ like purple best" said MAZDA.
And old Schlegel has promised to
make it for IS. It's going to be
lovely. I'm going to have a plated
skirt and a blouse coat trimmed with
a band of galloon under a white
cloth collar with two rows Of"
"Sly boots" said Grace with an
educated wink.
"-soutache braid over a surpliced
white vest; and a plated basque and
-"
"sly boots-sly boots!" repeated
Grace.
plated gigot sleeves with a
drawn velvet ribbon over an inside
cuff. What do you mean by saying
that?"
You think Mr.. Ramsay likes pur-
Pile. I heard him say yesterday he
thought some of the dark shades or
red were stunning"
Il don't care" said Mazda II pre-
fer purple, and them that don't like
II can just take the other side of
the street"
Which suggests the thought that
after all, the followers of purple may
be subject to slight delusions. DAN
ger is near when a maiden think S
she can wear purple regardless of
compilations and opinions; and when
Emperors think their purple robes
will wear forever.
MAZDA had saved SIS after eight
months of economy; and this had
bought the goods for the purple dess
and paid Schlegel 81 on the max
ing of it. On the day before Thanks
giving she would have just enough
to pay the remaining 81. And then
for holiday in a new dress-can
earth offer anything more enchant-
ing?
Old Bachman, the proprietor Of
the Beehive Store. always gave a
Thanksgiving dinner to his en-
ployes. On every one of the subse-
he would remind them of the Joys
of the past banquets and the hopes
Of the coming ones, thus inciting
them to increased enthusiasm in
work. The dinner was given in the
store on one of the long tables in
the middle OF the room. They
tackled wrapping paper over the
front windows: and the turkeys and
other good things were brought in
the back way from the restaurant
on the corner. You will perceive
that the Beehive was not a fash
ionable department store, with esca-
lators and pompadours. 1t was al
most small enough to be called an
emporium; and you could actually
go in there and get waited on and
walk out again. And always at the
Thanksgiving dinners Mr. Ram
say
Oh, bother! I should have men
toned Mr.. Ramsay first of all. He
is more important than purple or
green. or even the red cranberry
sauce.
Mr.. Ramsay was the head clerk;
and as far as l am concerned I am
for him. He never pinched the
girls arms when he passed them IN
dark corners OF the store; and when
he told them stories when business
was dull and the girls giggled and
said: "Oh, pshaw!" 1t wasn't G. Rer-
nard they meant at all. Besides
being a gentleman, Mr.. Ramsay was
queer and original in other ways
He was a health crank, and be-
lieved that people should never eat
anything that was good for them
a fN1A
body being comfortable. and COM
ing in out OF snowstorms, or wear
ing overshOes, or taking medicine
or coddling themselves in any way
Every one of the ten girls in the
store had little pork -chop-and-fried-
onion dreams every night of becom-
ing Mrs. Ramsay. For. next year
old Bachman was going to take him
in for a partner. And each one Of
them knew that II she should eaten
him she would knock those cranky
health notions of his skv high be-
foe the wedding cake indigestion
was over.
Mr.. Ramsay was master of cere-
monies at the dinners. Always they
had two Italians in to play a violin
| and harp. and had a little dance in
the store.
And here were two dresses being
conceived to charm Ramsay - one
purple and the other red. OF course,
the other eight girls were going to
have dresses, too, but they didn't
count. Very likely they'd wear
some shirt-waist-and-bl black -skirt-af
fairs-nothing as resplendent as
purple or red.
Grace had saved her money, too.
She was going to buy her dress
readymade. Oh. what's the use Of
bothering with a tailor - when