1 bought a dress the other day have one person to support merit takes too much imagination to when the Court of Domestic] overlook the grotesque effect of Opinions sits. Or shall I? My tramping boots with a dinner dress, sister Claire is almost as addict-lor to discern what the fit of a dress ed to her own judgements as I am. will be when worn over entirely dif-we agree, splendid; but. if not, ferent lingerie. Even a little thing tut when I brought it home my{Zé 'T'think Ishall not in-like your Spanish comb or other able assured me that it was not only the} Vite Claire. characteristic hair ornament—will dress which had been sold, Mother, dear Lamb, is out of the make a deal of difference in the where are you going to wear it?' question since all she demands of a mise en scene. they queried. "What hat can you dress is that it should be—simple A Question oF ReLarionsui. wear with it?' inquisitioned—anand inconspicuous, and neither of other, "Did you think it was going those ideals appeal to the modistes, But still another consideration—to be becoming, or did you select nor to me. Aunt Elizabeth, if per-to look at a proposed addition to it to set off another lady's committed, would steer me to the most one's. wardrobe with reference to plexion?" was the last question I expensive shop in Nanking Road whether it will be a congenial com-heard before I took myself an'l and refuse to lose face by letting panion to the garments already as-my unpopular frock out of the me leave without a purchase, sembled. The unfortunate frock room. desired or otherwise. Her daughter ich was the starting point for Safe from the gibes of my house-Elise wears her clothes charmingly, but she would be capable of telling this homily was irreproachable, inmates, secure, too, from the be-: guilding insistence of the salesgir! me I looked well in a coal-scuttle divi ually speaking, but in its relationship to me and my wardrobe that this was precisely the thing so that she could finish up the shop-it struck a discordant note for me, I tried to estimate the ping fag and be off to the links. refused to associate with any hat faults and virtues of the—simple But Babs! Babs can be tactful or coat already on hand or to summer frock before me with an without being fulsome and knows fulfil any particular sartorial pur-unbiassed and dispassionate eye. how to protect her friends' pose. Hence, as my keen-eyed Seen in a shop window the subject interests without antagonizing the family proclaimed, it was hardly of the discussion had captivated my|firm. She is able to tell you why worth wardrobe space. imagination immediately. I was]she doesn't think a hat will do for] And now supposing that Babs, arrested by a splash of cool, fresh}you then and there without waiting|@d the saleslady, and my—bank colour: crossed the road to examine till you hive bought it and are. try account and I-are. all satisfied with it more closely; halted irresolute ing it on aga home, How Thope a dress save for some slight altera-in the middle of the pavement; Babs will go tion, what's to be done? Ideally 1 entered the shop—and was lost. should say, take it, but have the Yes, the morning is the only time From the depth of my melancholy shop fitter make the changes. You to get a dress. You are fresher, reflexions I have drawn a few rules never seem to manage it successful-and so are the stants in the of conduct, which 1 hope may deter ly yourself, no matter how simple it shop. There are fewer people about me from "obeying that impulse" appeared in the store, and you and everything is-less hurried. If, so wholeheartedly and__ absent-inly can't convey to the house however, you are buying an evening mindedly the next time I see the subtle difference of the dress, be sure to see it and, what seductive costume artfully display-"Tittle more and how much it is; is more, try it on, under artificial ed to ensnare the impetuous light, for. the difference ju effect is and the little Jess and what worlds shopper. astonishing. For the same reason away.
Nor to se Exrerep Ixto Licutiy. get as merciless'a light as_possible Here's hoping, for the sake of "First, I have taken' a solemn re-€i: your out of door costumes. the family as well as for myself solution not to shop in a hurry, that we carry out these resolutions! Have Covnracs, Gir, TO Say Purchase in haste and repent at "No. leisure is my version of the proverb, and I have done enough repenting Again I am resolved not to take
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