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■■ ' -71 ZTUTA P 9 nt! tbe world lores a am not willing
P to be so sure of that. I don’t want every one to love
Tom, hot I do like the Interest every one seems to
take tn me and in my engagement
It all happened so suddenly. Tom and I were
—l-[ just Jolly friend a tn our jolly tittle Geonrtn town
Then one day we found that friendship was but a
73IZZX name we had given to something which meant a
■< | \s* great deal more to n* Ro we were engaged.
» f My engagement has just been the greatest lot of
-* ftm. Somehow Tom and Ido not grow serious about
It. We have Just gone on being rood friends and
having JnlTler time* Al! the glr'a began entertaining for me hist
M soon as mother announced my «roren»nt and I have taken
a vivid interest tn housekeeping affairs.
Confidential Chatter About My Engagement.
Our Gror<l* town Is on* of th<* pr«tt!est little places Irw
tnsbla. TNar* Is a little river, or creek, on which we can rd
bnatlnjr evenlnre. Nearly all mv friends have some spe< lal form
of amneement with which to make each week pass rally. We
always dfi-noe at Helen’s; we have delightful lawn parties and
picnics at Kathryn’s and every once In awhile Mattle Sue write*
several of ns invitations to take the next train and coma to her
bouse party. So being enraged has not been a burden, but just
another big pleasure added to my years of happiness.
Btrt T really feel sorry for Tom aometlmea. I have so much
fun planning about the trousseau I am to have. For months I
have been making nlane and changing them and then beginning
all over again. I sent tn Atlanta by Auntie Tx>u for several pieces
of nainsook and crepe de chine and have been embroidering for
months on dainty, fragile bits of underwear. It took lots of time,
for the girls have kept me so busy—literally dancing attendance
on their wishes.
Our town, as I said before, tw almost Ideal socially. Rut com
mercially, well —lt la on the bum, as Tom would put It. (He
really doesn’t nee much slang and never swears, ao I fe*d sure
that he is the best man who ever lived.) I never pretend to
shop tn and I have very seldom gone to Atlanta, for I
have always thought that New York was only a few hours away
and that that was ths brat shopping point Auntie Ijou thinks
not so probably Auntie Loa is mnetly ref’ponslble f<yr this story.
Well, I had embroidered until I began to think thnt getting
ready to be married was a much harder task than matrimony It
self. I had made only a few simple sets, but they had taken
such an immense amount of time that I wished I could just
adopt aboriginal costume and forget about clothes entirely. Than
to make matters uorse, Turn began to Insist on our marrying
within a few weeks, whereas 1 had planned not to gat married
for a long time. He had the best chance 1n the world to get a
good start In the real estate business In Atlanta and he did not
waiU to leave without taking me.
An Unexpected Decision Made by Tom.
When Tom came and announced quite peremptorily that we
were to be married October 15, I was tired from a long, stage of
hand embroidery on the .ast piece of tronsjnau lingerie of
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fore next May at the very earliest. Tom grew almost cross about
‘it, and walked up and down the room muttering. About aJI I
could hear was, "Well, If you rare more about clothes • * • ”
It wasn’t that I care so much about clothes, but a g’rl Intends o
he a bride but once, and she doesn’t care to have all the girls
wondering why aha did not take enough Interest tn have an ade
?uate trousseau, j cried, «nd then Tom relented and said that If
felt that way about It he would give up his Atlanta offer and
stay with his father In » T did not want to appear like a
bahy, and so I proposed that we ask mother what she thought
about ft
We both rushed Into mother's little sitting mom, where she
sat talking to Auntie Lou. Mother looked puzzled when I told
her why my eyes were red, and said that a New Yo?*k trip
just now was the last thing In the world she desired, but that
she would go I saw Auntie Txju’s eyes twinkle, and I knew she
had away out of all mv difhcultles. Tom saw the twinkle, too,
and looked encouraged.
Auntie Lou Smooths Troubled Waters.
After we were through discussing how we would manage to
get the New York trip In without spoiling mother’s social plans.
Auntie Lou “spoke up" ’Tdsten here, children, while your auntie
tell® you what Is what. I am going to Atlanta next Monday and
will take Sallle Joy with me. I know the best place In America
to shop, and there’s where Sal lie’s trousseau will be purchased,
under my supervision.”
I could not believe that Auntie Lou meant tt. T knew f?mt
she was the practical one of mothw's family, and we had all
learned tn depend on her word ae the last. Mother, as her elder
sister, had learned that Auntie I»u knew much better about buy
ing clothes, managing servants and making egg bread in an emer
gency than she could ever hope to know. So, as mother had al
ways done, I was willing to taka her advice.
An Admission of Shopping Ignorance.
Ton se*. lam not so Tory old in Auntie Lou’s sig-ht. I bad
not made my debut at the time Tom and I got encased. Father
made quite a fuss about tt at first, and said unutterably bars*
things about slbis finishing their educatlbna, etc. So I have never
had any experience in buying things for myself. When we went
to New York, mother always selected thlnas for me, and I was
willing to remain a goose because she enjoyed thinking of me as
her little daughter.
Tlie Atlanta trip was planned and It meant only a rood-stsed
check from father handed to me and soma conferences with
Auntie Lou. I know mother reminded me ten times about taking
a raincoat and rubbers and gettlna a taxicab if I left the hotol
alone, and not to overdo, just as she had done In the days before
I was arown up and enfraeed.
I was much relieved when we boarded the train which took
me toward that mysterious trousseau. I felt confident that
Auntie Lou would engineer this Important purchase with all the
finesse and sense with which she manages a cotillion or the dis
charging of a cook.
Auntie Lou and I Arrive in Atlanta.
We went to a hotel, Auntie always Htops, and I went to
bed happily dreaming of a troiißßeau which would not require
tears and trouble. Auntie Lou assured me that she knew’ just
the place where we could go early next morning and begin our
HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATI. ANTA. GA., SUNDAY, SEPT ECTER 21, 1913.
By Sallle Joy B
shopping. Bhe said that I would have a practical demonstration
of efficient service In a store where homelike, take.-an-lnterest
methods prevailed.
Next morning I could hardly eat my breakfast, so anxious was
Ito begin the day's work. We started out for the store just a
little before ten o’clock. Atlanta was almost a strange city to
me, because when I had come before it was only to make a hur
ried visit on my friends who live on Peachtree street, out rather
far. I never had stopped in Atlanta for my short stays had in
cluded tea* receptions and an occasional mattnee In the daytime,
and most of the evenings were spent at small dances and at the
theater. I soon discovered that my shopping ignorance was not
blissful.
We Enter the Store Which Auntie Lou Favors.
Auntie took me to a very pretty store. I felt at home im
mediately. The marguee gave that effect partly, perhap* but I
think It was the general attitude of the employees and the
management who take a real Interest in every visitor. The whole
store seemed like a great big homa, where I could choose my own
belongings and put them aside tor my own little Atlanta home.
I was glad that this store was to be my store In the future, and
that I need not worry about not having mother or Auntie dictate
to me. I felt that I was going to have a good time shopping In
Atlanta without anyone saying, ’TJow, Sallle Joy, you don’t want
that, take thia”
Auntie steered me past the gloves and Jewelry and some stock
ings laid on the center table, and up I went In the elevator to
the second floor. There I turned a bit to the right and encounter
ed the lingerie. Auntie Lou’s eyes twinkled In that humorous
wav they have, and she said, "Here, Sallle Joy, is where you find
out how useless It Is to spoil those pretty eyes of yours with tears
and poor sewing ” (A tempering of justice with mercy Is Auntie
Lou’s conversational motto.)
Bridal Sets For My Trousseau!
I had always thought matched bridal sets were a great luxury,
and had therefore made up my mind to hav® most of mine made
at home. I held my breath when Auntie smiled at the saleswoman
and asked to see "some of your prettiest matched sets.” I wanted
so much to prove to father that I oould use that check to good
advantage, and was fairly trembling lest the price of the dainty
nainsook, four-piece set should take too large a portion of my
check. I held my breath until I heard the price—s27.so. Another
beautiful little set with dainty, embroidered medallions was $17.50.
and some plainer sets were as low a.» $9.95. I saw then the futility
of my laborious hand embroider?', and regretted ths good times I
had missed. These sets all had four pieces, virtually, for the com
bination counts as two pieces gnd then there is the slender petti
coat and exquisite gown.
Crepe de chtne makes the loveliest of underwear, but I re
membered Adele's lamentations because of the expense of the
sets she had In her t rousseau. I let the beaming saleswoman take out
a shell pink set and trusted to luck to have It bear a reasonable
price. Luck was with me. The crepe de chine garment* as were
all others, were fine In quality, of great variety and exceptionally
low tn price.
Boudoir caps, camlaoles—those dainty. Itttle glorified corset
covers—coulettes and lingerie a-plenty were added eagerly to my
store,
I Learn the Time-Saving Value of a Transfer.
I was here Introduced to a time-saver and efficiency help—
the shopping transfer. My name was written on a pink slip and
the total of my purchases noted. Then I could go to any de
partment I listed and offer my transfer at the end of my pur
chasing transaction. When my day’s shopping was completed all
my pretty things would be at the transfer desk to be sent to the
hotel.
Now that T had acquired the necessary lingerie. Auntie sug
gested that I might see the bed and table linens. It was exciting
to think of buying tablecloths and napkins for my own little home
and I eagerly followed Auntie. I was ashamed of my Ignorance
In regard to the various sizes needed, but the salesman here was
fully informed and did not treat me like a dunce either. For 95c I
bought sheets SI by 9ft Inches, made of selected yarns The hem
stitched cases to match were but 35c apiece. Big. beautiful linen
sheets, which they told me would wear for years, were $6.50, with
cases at $1.75 a pair. A Marsailles bedspread with satin finish was
$5 and two more ordinary ones were $3.50 apiece. A warm, fluffy
white blanket in extra size was $8.50, and a still softer, downier
one was $lO.
Now it was time for table linen. A scalloped, round cloth
could be purchased for from $4.50 to sls. I had to think
of everyday meals, as well as of company dinners, so I screwed up
iny forehead In the tremendous effort of deciding which were the
prettiest patterns in the various qualities. The napkins to match
these cloths ranged from $4 to $8.50. Then there were cluny cen
ters for the dining table, cluny scarfs and so many lovely things
which had to go in that dining room of mine.
I could not forget towels, but had some buck towels at 15c
each for kitchen use and some big linen ones for 25c each, or $3
a dozen. Bath towels were 15c, 20c and 35c, according to size and
quality.
We Buy the Material For My Wedding Gown.
After so many severely practical purchases, I was ready to
hasten to the dress materials and get something for myself. There
was a pleasing display of the new material, brocaded velour de
luxe. Nell rose is particularly becoming because of my brown
eyes and hair, so I selected that color. A brocaded matelasse in
Copenhagen blue, and canton crepe in tete de nigre, with some
of the handsome new trimming of hand embroidery, beads and
tassels, made my trousseau seem a glorious reality. It made me
a bit solemn to realize that the scissors which cut the beautiful
white brocade were dividing my wedding dress from many otn
ers. When I gravely chose the pearl ornaments and crystal
banding for my gown. I wondered how so much beauty could be
allowed to depart from the store at so unusual a price.
I hesitated a moment be fore I ordered so much material, for
I wondered if Miss F— could manage these new styles.
They looked exceedingly diffi cult to me. Auntie reassured me
with a smile and took me straightway to a counter• where Mc-
Call patterns were sold. She said: "Why. anybody could make
a dress with a McCall pattern: even you. Sallie.” (There was
no flattery In her tone save for the patterns.)
I well knew that this Is to be a lace season. I love the
filmy, fragile stuff, anyway, and was glad to see the fashionable
Chantilly, shadow and Jrish laces. There was a remarkable
duchesse design for any $1.50 a yard, while not far away was
the real duchesse at $16.50. The variety was great and there
was no difficulty in selecting enough to trim my beautiful whits
brocade in the transparent decolletege mod*
My Traveling Suit Is a Schwartz Model.
Naturally the ready-to-wear department was the next to re
ceive our Interested attention. Everyone seemed to have discov
ered my errand and I was treated with delightful courtesy In this
as In every other department. Here was where I must select my
traveling suit. It waa more difficult than It sounds, for the suits
were all wonderfully artistic. Finally we chose a Schwarts
model in the new mahogany a reproduction of a French design.
This was made of the finest sebastapool, with collar and cuffs
of velvet, adorned with braid garniture. This suit came under
the SSO I had allowed for it. To be worn with this I bought a
pretty net waist. A dark blue charmeuse trimmed with plaid
made a comfortable little frock for street wear. Auntie could
not leave this department without purchasing a beautiful suit of
bordeaux shade with a deep vest of flowered material. If this
had not been a gala occasion I would have been sure to take
one of the special $25 suits which were shown In all materials
and colors. These were of the approved trotteur style.
An evening coat of Nell rose was warm and comfy, yet
dressy enough to be worn over the Plrot evening gown of light
er shade with Its flowered velvet glrdl*
Hats Next Claim Our Attention.
For the NeU rose dress, which was to be made from the bro
caded velour de luxe, I found a millinery creation of brocaded
chenille satin trimmed with peacook plumes—the Frenchlest
thing Imaginable. I looked like a Rembrandt picture !n It. For
the blue dress there was the quaintest, most picturesque hat of
velvet In a close-fitting bonnet shape with only a ribbon brought
over the top and brim, a big ribbon bow at the back above a
bouquet of delicate flowers. The hat in mahogany with taupe
brim wa.s trimmed with gourrah in band and wing effect—this for
the traveling suit. The bridal veil, I was pleased to learn, would
be designed and made here. The head of the department knew
far better than we did just how It should be draped to be most
becoming.
The Restaurant Supplies Tempting Viands.
Auntie suggested that we have something to eat Immediately
and then purchase the rest of my apparel. I assented, though
thinking what a dreadful waste of time It would be to go back
to the hotel for lunch. But, no. Auntie and I went to the rear
of the first floor and down some steps Into the coziest of restau
rants. It was roomy and pretty, but seemed apart from the bustle
of business. It took but a few minutes for a quiet maid to take
our order and serve It. There was a 35-cent lunch which meant
a good meal —a nice hot soup, a choice of two meats, a choice of
two vegetables, a salad, dessert and choice of drink* Chicken
salad with delicious hot home-made rolls were 30 cents. We decid
ed. on the whole, that there was no place where you could get bet
ter-food, and few places where the prices could approach these In
reasonableness.
Corsets, Negligees, Gloves, Hosiery and Shoes!
I was anxious to select my corsets, negligees, glove* hosiery
and shoes before the day was over. We had accomplished a great
deal because In every Instance we had had quick, efficient service
and the aid of valuable suggestions as to our purchase* I soon
saw that the entire etore was ready to assist me.
The corsets I chose were of the latest Redfern and Idly of
France models. These were carefully fitted by an expert cor
setlere, and there was no doubt that the low bust and long,
straight lines made a comfortable and beautiful foundation for
the gowns I was to wear.
The negligees were too exquisite to brook description. Sum
mer clouds and sea mists were expressed In the dainty garments.
A pink and a yellow one were finally put aside to be sent to the
desk where my packages were rapidly accumulating. One was of
fine albatross, the other of orepe de chine.
White kid gloves, slxteen-button length, were offered at the
pleasing price of $1.79. These were gloves which I had bought
elsewhere for $3. A smart pair of walking gloves were priced at
69c Just a step away were the fashionable large suede beltg
and girdle* the brand-new moire bags of oblong shape, fitted
with little round mirrors and dainty purse. Jewelry of all kinds
attracted our attention and I hoped that some of my Atlanta
friends would come here when wedding presents were the con
sideration.
To-day hosiery Is a most important feature. The sift skirt
must show a matching stocking or one of pleasing contrast. With
samples of my new gowns In my bag. I soon found McCallum silk
hose at $1 to match or harmonize with each. Kayser hose, in
black, were sold at sl. and yet they claim that silk-stocking tastes
are extravagant.
Shoes were the next consideration. The famous Sorosis
shoes are the most satisfactory, and I found them here. From
the dainty white satin pumps with pearl ornaments, In which
I am to w’alk to the altar, to the sturdy little walking boots I
was thoroughly pleased and enthusiastic. For some of my gowns
I ordered special colors. These will be sent on to me within a
week or two and will match my frocks perfectly. Suede shoes.
In taupe and tan, were particularly good In the popular button
style, and I was delighted to find some slashed low shoes and
boots in the new Roman sandal style.
White and Gold China Will Grace My Table.
IMshes I found In the artistic downstairs department. Many
open-stock patterns allured me, but I finally chose a chaste gold
and white design. This I could have purchased in a complete set,
but I preferred, for the present, to select just as many pieces as I
thought necessary for my fl-st housekeeping.
Now for the furniture! Up the elevator we went to the big
fifth floor, where it was all arranged before us. It was hard to
choose from among the many beautiful designs and woods. I did
not try to do all the selecting myself, but planned to make an
other visit to Atlanta soon with Auntie Lou and Tom, when we
would give our final decision on the furniture which I asked to
have put aside for two weeks. When the salesman was busy add
ing ur> the Items, Auntie Lou whispered to me. "Last time I came
to Atlanta I priced furniture for you at another store: now let's
see the difference.” The di fferenee was nearly half the price.
For the dining room I could not choose between a handsome
colonial suit of crotch mahogany and a Circassian walnut in the
same pattern. The bedroom suit which pleased me most teas
an unusual design in fumed oak with inlay of ivory' and teak
wood. Cane panels, in Adam style, were set into the bureau,
chiffonier, mirror and bed. One thing which pleased me espe
cially about the chiffonier was the removable mirror. It was set
on a standard and could be easily carried and put anywhere you
desired. When I thought of father's difficulty In getting shaving
mirror and light in the same place I rejoiced for Tom. The liv
ing room is to be furnished in Stickley arts and crafts with
loose Spanish leather cushions. This suit has four large pieces—
rocker, chair, settee and table. A bookcase to match Is the
quaintest article imaginable—just four feet high with a broad
top to accommodate any pretty ornaments. Even a refrigerator
was purchased here, the famous White Mountain kind—"the chest
with a chill in it.”
Rugs and Draperies Are to Be Chosen at Leisure.
Rugs and draperies found me rather a weary shopper, but
all were so attractive that I just let Auntie Lou use her judg
ment. She said an Axminster in Chinese design was In just the
proper tones for a dining room and that the draperies should
be in the same blues and tans over the dainty net curtains. For
the bedrooms the reproductl ons of old rag rugs and a Scotch wool
in golden brown were just what I wanted. I decided to wait untU
I really came to Atlanta to stay and knew the sizes of the new
rooms before I made my selection of all the curtains, draperies
and rugs I would need.
Before we left this store —my favorite of all the stores I
have ever seen, for it has made my wedding in October a reality
—we stopped at the soda fountain. While here I heard people
order not only their favorite drinks but sandwiches and substan
tial food. This was sent up from the kitchen, which supplied the
restaurant downstairs. When Auntie paid for our drinks at the
counter opposite I saw her quick glance take in the sparkling
array of cut glass and shinin g Rogers silver in the Gift Bazaar
I knew where some of my wedding presents are going to 6e pur
chased.
I Nearly Forget the Point of My Story.
What a flighty bit of humanity I am! I have told you all
about my delightful shopping experience, the efficient service, the
cordiality of the salespeople and Interest of the managers and
then kept the name a secret You see I know where lam going
to trade hereafter and I forgot for the moment that vou may not
have taken the pains to know the J, M. HIGH COMPANY. If not
then my story will help all the other brides-to-be and give them
an opportunity to get acquainted with the best store In Atlanta.