Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . t, a complete color scheme was adopted and then it was de-termined that the girls dresses should harmonize with thisscheme and with one another. Just at this time a friend arrived to spend a month withMrs. Spencer and this lady proved to be a perfectly wonderfulperson. She had been to college and had traveled in Europewith Mrs. Spencer a few years before. Her name was , and she had made a special study of domestic scienceand also of designing. She entered upon the work of prepara-tion for the reception with energy and
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . t, a complete color scheme was adopted and then it was de-termined that the girls dresses should harmonize with thisscheme and with one another. Just at this time a friend arrived to spend a month withMrs. Spencer and this lady proved to be a perfectly wonderfulperson. She had been to college and had traveled in Europewith Mrs. Spencer a few years before. Her name was , and she had made a special study of domestic scienceand also of designing. She entered upon the work of prepara-tion for the reception with energy and enthusiasm. One day, after the girls had decided upon the color and 162 MOTHERS GET BUSY materials for their reception gowns, Mrs. Sanford took theentire cluh on a shopping tour. She knew everything aboutmaterials and prices and what amount would be needed. Shesurprised the girls by taking them directly to the proprietorof the biggest store in town. We intend to buy material for dresses for each of theseyoung women, she told the astonished merchant, who rubbed. AT THE RIVER BEND A Springtime Scene That Delighted the Girls from Town on Their Health-giving Jaunt his hands together and smiled a welcome. We would like tohave a special price and we want the very best materials. This was a new way of shopping. Mrs. Sanford knew thenames of all kinds of dress goods, domestic and imported, andsamples of many kinds were shown to her. She submitted them MOTHERS GET BUSY 16:* to the girls, who in spite of some embarrassment considered thedifferent samples intelligently. They had not observed a well-dressed man who stood near,apparently waiting for the merchant. lie overheard the con-versation and after all the samples had been examined, he askedthe merchant if he might speak to him. The two men walked away a short distance and held an ani-mated conversation, figuring on a pad of paper and wavingtheir hands in a most amazing way. Finally they returned,the stranger carrying a case such as
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