Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 148, 2 May 1914 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1914

Such is Life When You're Fat

By Nell Brinkley

SHE ROLLED.

SHE CUT OUT SWEETS.

SHE SKIPPED.

SHE SWAM.

SHE TRUGGED

SHE DANCED.

.SHE SCRUBBED.

AND WEIGHED MORE THAN EVER.

Married Life the Fourth Year

By MABEL HERBERT URNER. The Bon Marche! From a child Helen had heard of it as the great shop of Paris. It was at the Bon Marche that the heroines of all the French novels she had ever read had bought their gowns. It was from the Bon Marche that Uncle Mart brought Aunt Ellen that long gray cloak, Helen was a very little girl then, but she remembered every bit of braid and every button on that wonderful wrap. When Aunt Ellen usen 10 come to oend the day Helen would steal up to the spare room to look with awe at the "Paris wrap" spread out on ihe bed. The gray silk cord and tassel, the big pearl buttons, and most wonderful of all the gilt lettered label, the "Bon Marche." For ihe five or six years that Aunt Ellen wore that coat it gave her a certain social prestige. Even after it

was made over it was still the coat that "Uncle Mart brought from Paris." And Helen never saw it that she ciid not picture that far-away Parisian stcre the Bon Marche. Somehow she always thought of it as a great buildine with marble steps and stone lions, with open victorias and prancing horses before the entrance, and ladies with trailing gowns and men with high silk hats (after the manner of old prints) walking by. New that Helen herself stood before the Bon Marche her feelings v ere complex. There were no marble stops, no stone lions, no open victorias but instead a building that looked much like a huge market place with its stalls of chpap goods along the sidewalk outside. Her first impulse was to go straight to the loak department to see first of all just where Aunt Ellen's wrap had been bought so many years ago. Without stopping to view the confusing quality and variety of goods displayed on the first floor, she took a moving stairway to the third gallery. A large hanging sign, "Mantles" was just ahead. So this was the very department! Helen looked around almost, expecting to see a duplicate of Aunt Ellen's gray cloak on one of the many wax figures. But these clinging models of satin and lace were very different from the generous full folds of that quaint old cloak On a black and green satin opera wrap thrown carelessly over a chain Helen caught a glimpse of a gold lettered label. With a thrill of familiarity she saw it was the same label, the same lettering, even the same scroll line from the "E" back under the name. DETERMINED TO BUY. Helen was determined to buy something here, to take something home with a "Bon Marche" label, if only as a fulfillment of her girlish dreams. She looked longingly at an evening wrap of white crepe de chine with long knotted fringe and a price tag of 275 francs $55. But Helen's need of an evening gown was much more imperative than of a wrap, and she felt she could not afford to get both. Warren had already made some business acquaintances here, with whom they were invited to dine next Thursday. And as Helen, in anticipation of her Paris shopping, had Drought almost no clothes with her, she must have a gown for the dinner. In the next department were the "Robes." Here on roped in platforms stood groups of smiling wax figures. But the price tags of from 350 to 1,000 franca on these beaming ladles were most disconcerning. Helen was more than ever convinced that she could buy gowns just as attractive and just as cheap in New York. Besides the wax figures, there was case after case of evening gowns, which could be seen behind glass doors. Helen made a general survey of them all, and then sat down to await an English speaking clerk. On the chair beside her were thrown half a dozen gowns, left there after they bad been shown to some customer. Helen glanced over them casually and then with sudden interest, drew from beneath the others a white chiffon with a pale blue girdle. Compared to the bizarre effects of many of the others this was charmingly simple and girlish, with Its fine accordion pleated skirt and soft wide girdle. Helen glanced at the price and was delighted to find that on the ticket "Occasion" was written in red ink, and the original 290 francs was warked down to 210. There are many English speaking" clerks in the Bon Marche, and in a few moments a saleswoman was

bringing from the cases gown after gown and displaying them on chairs before Helen. Then she led the way to, a mirrored fitting room where Helen tried on several and decided on the white chiffon. VERY OBLIGING. "Now can you have this altered by Thursday noon?" "This is Saturday," mused the clerk. "I'll make it special, madame, and you'll have it Thursday morning. I'll just call the fitter." She returned with an older French woman, who could not speak English but who saw at a glance what alterations were needed, and her deft fingers were soon pinning up the skirt and raising the waist line. "How much will the alterations be?" asked Helen. "Five francs, madame," the clerk informed her. Five francs only one dollar! Helen looked her surprise at the cheapness of this. Surely there must be some mistake, for the dress was much too large and would practically have to be re-made. "We charge only five francs for

! any alterations," explained the girl.

A gown properly fitted gives much more satisfaction to the customer, so even at a loss we'd rather alter it here." She had taken Helen's address, and now she gave lier a slip with the

time of her first fitting, Tuesday at 12, for to Helen's amazement there were to be two fittings on this five franc alteration. Surely the Bon

Marche spent time and money to i make their gowns satisfactory, j "What deposit shall I leave? taking out her purse. ! "Oh, that isn't necessary, madame. You pay when the gown is finished j or when it is delivered as you wish." j "You mean you alter gowns rip j them to pieces without a cent de- ! posit?" Helen asked in astonishment, j The girl smiled. "Many American ladies are surprised at that. But we : rarely ask for a deposit and never from Americans. We find them very j good customers." "Well that's more than our own i shops would do for us," laughed Helen. "No American stores would j alter a gown without a deposit, unless you had an account there." j It was half past twelve when Helen j left the fitting room, and already the I clerks were straightening up their j counters fcr the one o'clock Saturday I closing. 'TO MEET WARREN. I Since Warren could not do any busiJ ness thia afternoon he had promised 'to meet her at the hotel about 1:30, ' take her to luncheon, and then out to ! some nearby resort. And now in hapj py anticipation of having the rest of I the day with him, Helen climbed into i the hot, dusty bus. When she reached the hotel he was I already there, going over some acI counts by the awning-shaded win

dow. "Dear, I bought a dress at the Bon Marche!" excitedly, as she stooped over to kiss, and then launched into an enthusiastic description of the gown. But Warren only grunted as he added up some figures from the stubs of his checkbook. "Eh? What's that? Been to the Bon Marche?" when he finally pushed back his papers. "How about it? ct anything?" "And I've just finished telling you about, the dress I bought!" indignantly. "I'm not going over all that again you'll have to wait till you see it." "Um-n. guess I can stand the suspense. What else did you get?" "That's all. They had a wonderful evening wrap there for 250 francs but I thought that was more than I ought to pay." "Well, if it's what you want get it. Met Watson today and he wants to take us to the Folies Bergere and some supper place next week. You'll have to have some clothes while

we're over here so you might as well pitch in and get 'em." "But dear, I feel I oughtn't to spend so much on clothes with all the expense of the trip and the expenses here." "That's all right. I'll make this trip pay good money. Things are coming along in fine shape. Go ahead and get yourself what you need." With a little cry of delight Helen stooped over and pressed her cheek against his.

"Look out there you'll knock those papers off! See here, if we're going

to St. Cloud you d better nustie. j Haven't had any luncheon yet." HELEN EXCITED. I Helen flew to get ready, her heart beating fast with excitement. This i was one of the rare moments when the world seemed a very beautiful place and she a very fortunate ! woman. I To have the whole afternoon and evening, and all day tomorrow, for outings with Warren! And Monday morning to be able to go back to the Bon Marche and get the 250 franc wrap. . Helen thought of the wistful little ' girl that used to stand by the bed in the spare room, gazing at Aunt Ellen's Paris cloak with awe and ! wonder and undefined longing. I If only she could have known then, ' that some day she would be in Paris i and that she would buy a wrap at

the Ban Marche! LONDON PARADE A street parade, which will be a veritable horse fair, is promised by the Great London Shows, which exhibit at Richmond, Thursday, May 7. The pageant will leave the grounds promptly at 10 o'clock day of the show, and follow a line of march to be announced later. First will come the world famous Dublin grays, the $25,000 prize winners. The band wagons, floats and other paraphernalia will be drawn by 400 well groomed, well matched dapple gray horses. The stock is all in the pink of condition. The racers are of undisputed lineage, the steeds attached to the Roman chariots are particularly beautiful, the Kentucky high school horses are the greatest equines on earth, and half a hundred Shetland ponies will delight the children. When the show comes to this city the work of unloading will be well under way with the rising of the sun and there is little chance of the street display being late in leaving the grounds. Already choice locations for witnessing this display are in demand, and the chances are that the streets, along which the parade will go, will be lined with admiring thousands, cheering the handsomest parade ever seen with a circus, and the great Dublin $25,000 prize team will be an unusual feature to view.

EAST GERMANTOWN Lester Neff of Brookville was here : Thursday. j Verne House of Portland was here 1 this week visiting relatives and to at-1 tend the commencement exercises. ; Revival services at the Evangelical , church are well attended and much in- j terest is manifested. j George Hebbel of Indianapolis as-! sisted in the musical part of the commencet program at the Lutheran church. Miss Myrtle Jamison suffered a ' slight paralytic stroke Thursday. j Oscar Jamison is home for a few days' vacation. The common school graduation exercies which were held Wednesday at the Lutheran church were well attendedtended. Rev. Mr. Robinson of Greenfield delivered the address. Music was furnished by the Gates orchestra of Richmond. There were nine grad

uates, three of whom were from this school.

weeks. A new Old Golry has arrived from Washington and was promptly put on the new flag pole. The old flag, which is still in good condition, will be kept by Mr. Haas, as being the last one to be taken down during his term as postmaster. New flags are supplied every six or eight months and usually the old ones are almost whipped to pieces by wind before they are removed.

B. Y. P. U. MEETS.

The B. Y. P. U. of Mt. Moriah Baptist church, will be led by Mr. Albert Conrad Sunday at 5:30. instead of the usual hour. A splendid program ha3 been prepared, consisting of good, spicy short talks and lively music. At the close of the program the leader will hold a forty minute reception and refreshments will be given in the Sunday school room. All are welcome.

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