The Washington times., 1930-08-14
Cathie Buys a Trousseau
For. Her Marriage
CHAPTER 10

her trousseAu. she felt that 1t
would heip, having Ma In her
neat clothes and prinA black
silk gloves. It made It seem
less less cheap.
+. Not that there was to be
anything cheap About the
trousseau. The cheap part was
In having to take Mr.. Farms.
worth's money before they were
married. It would have been
easier, -, more natural. to. walt
:, ana .< buy things AftefWArd.
. But Mr.. FArnsworth, wAntAa q
wedding trip--his first real W.
{. cation In YeAfs-Afld ne wanted
her 10 look expensive, 90 she
= had to.
Besides Il was fun, once she
# got started. There was the df'
ficulty At first. Of making the
sAleBWofneYl bring out fine
enough garments. They locked
1T her cheap little suit and
Mary PAige's black silk gloves
with the darned fingers, ana
= showed them sweet little
modes" from the $3.50 rack.
but the last few months III an
office had taught Cathie many
things. Her noon hours Of
soda.fouHitain lunches and thir.
ty or forty minutes Of con-
centrAted "window-shoppinE In
the fashionable Grant Avenue
district had given her q new
knowledge OF clothes. she could
exercise It now, ana she did,
with an abandon that shocked
ana delighted her mother. She
was surprised to discover now
much her Cathie knew about
style.
Scene Shifts.
SO the salesw0men, thorough.
sly interested now, steered them
into the French room where
the sweet little models" we're
good looking imports" at
$3.50 and up. IT,
twenty-five hundred dollars
to spend on .clothesl The very
sound Of 1t was ridiculous. But
the money was in the bank in
her name, and once started on
the buying orgy, 1t melted rap
IDLY enough. Cathie wanted
everything to be just right, to
prove to Mr.. Farnsworth that
she had as GOOD taste rs any.
one, even II she'd never had
money before.
When she had bought a sill
YER fox, and q two.piece tweed,
and a topcoat with areat fiat.
tering collar and cuffs Of fur,
and some little hats that were
: made on her head, and two
E evening dresses, and two after.
noon dresses, and sport things,
) Mary Paige declared she was
"an played out" though Cathie
hadn't seen her look SO excited
: and girliSh in years. But when
the trunks and boxes and band
boxes began to arrive. and the
delivery company men began
running up the front steps two
at q time, she couldn't conceal
her delight. She unpAcked
every garment, felt every scrap
: Of cloth. examined every stock
ing for possible flaw.
Sure my girl has ali that. A
.tt1r coat and diamonds BESIDES"
poor Mrs. HeH1t1eSsey. who lived
next door, said, coming soVer in
her JulietS and her old gar
net corduroy bathrobe with q
kitchen apron tied around the
middle to hold it together and
ward off a few grease spots.
And Mary Paige'S heart
thulaped, and sang with thanks.
giving. For wasn't 1t the truth
that few girls ever had so much
unless, alas. they were like Mrs.
HenrleSsey's Lillian Lillian
who had gone to school with
Ruth as nice and neat as you
please. But, even then, her
mouth had a certain loose look,
and her eyes kept turning back,
to look at boys. -.
Frank rrout came over, too.
. He came In the. back way, as,
!. usual, but he was wearing his
best suit, dark blue. with a.
white stripe. His face was
moist and shiny with excite
I1el1t. and his Straw-colored hair
was soaked with bril1iantine,
and SEcked back from his high
forehead In q wet and slither.
ing pompadour. ~
"Well. folks, l1ow's every.
thing? Thought I'd drop over
and chew the fat with the kid
for a while. Won't get much
more chance. Where is Sl1e?"
His eyes searched the kitchen.
as If he expected to find her
hiding under the table. or up
on the shelf alongside Of the
clock.
Determined Caller
Mary Paige eyed him bellig.
erently. This was q fine time
=; to, come asking for Cattie. Jean
started to giegle, and once
started was unable to. stop.
But Catl1ie didn't seem to think
there was anything queer about
It. To. Frank" she said,
coming In from the back bed
room when she. heard his voice.
They chatted for q few min
utes In the kitchen, aud then
!. he said, well. get your, hat!"
Nov! Oh no. rye got too
many things TO do. I was
Just"
GET YOUR HAT pete's
e sake. you're getting to act like