Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 15, 1914, Page 6

o e e e e i ooy o el . » paid PAGE SIX WHEN MIRANDA FORGOT By CONSTANCE NESSLER. “I mustn't postpone dusting them another minute,” said Miranda, as she opened her bookcase door in order to find room for a new volume and no- ticed how the tops of the old ones were covered by a layer of dust. With Miranda the dusting of books was a prolonged and serious ordeal, usually attended with much senti- mental reminiscence. She couldn’t merely wipe the dear backs and faces of her favorite vclumes without renew- ing acquaintance with them. General- ly before she had reached the second shelf she was seated on the floor, a pile of books about her, the solled duster lying by her side and some once loved novel open at her favorite gcene. It was where Lord Ormont had confessed his inability to exist with-| out his Evelina, or where the spirited Miss Bennett had dismissed the haughty Mr. Darcy, or where—but there was no stopping and no dusting when once Miranda bad fairly started! on this dual feat of dusting her bocks and refreshing L‘r memory. This mor shic banged the book backs and flirted her duster without a pause until she reached the Georgo Eliot shelf, and noticed a telltale va-( cancy in that beloved set. “It's ‘Daniel Deronda' that has gone,"” wailed Miranda as she carefully dusted the top of each volume after giving it a bang that was eunough to bring all the characters to life again. “And I know who has it. I loaned it over a year ago to Lina Helft, and though I have seen her a dozen times since then she has never mentioned the book. And now she has moved to the suburbs and I suppose she has| taken my book with her and will never think of it again or remember that she has broken my set. { “It is like breaking up a family to lose one out of a set,” she continued, “and I think that there ought to be a special punishment devised for people who borrow books and never return “l Wonder Who Gave It to Me.” them. Now, when I borrow a book I always read it at once and then put it on a table in plain sight so that I shall remember to return it.” The fourth shelf was full of painful memories for Miranda and she hastened through the slapping and dusting process without stopping to peep within a single cover. The fact was that this particular fourth shelf set was a subscription set and had caused Miranda many an anxious tear. She had paid $2 a month for it, having in a moment of bookish weakness and vanity put her name to some book agent's and there had been times when it was difficult to get the $2, and when she was obliged to ask the agent to call again. How she hated the sight ot that man and how sick she was of those books before she had tor t ! T su I ought to read lhmn,": the swid o herself as she gave each of 17 voluies a spiteful slap, “but re: wuld see that agent's And, besides, » the kind of book one likes to own but docsn't care to read. They are e gort that are what Charles Lamb called ‘take downable,’ and some day I mean to take them second-hand book store and see what I can get for them.” On the fifth shelf Miranda came | across a volume that did not look fa- | miliar, though the story itself was one with which she was well acquainted “Why, I had forgotten that I had :\i copy of ‘The Cloister and the Hearth,"” sald she, as she opened the volume and glanced at the name of an old | friend inscribed on the fly leaf. “Dear | me! I must have borrowed this book ages ago and then, after I had read it, put it among my own books and Just forgot all about it. Aud I con't know what has become of Elsie I’rad- | don or whether she is Elsie Braddon pledge, ppose , 1 know I face cn every page they ar to some now. [ really don't see how I could have failed to do with this book of hers as [ always do with borrowed books—that is, keep them In sight until they are re d—but I don't suppose this belc to any set, and s0 it wiil not be missed like my ‘Dan- t perhaps I had bet., if T cannot I can hardly keep it out and ses k up Els for thougt she ha her opinion !"—Chicago Dally the r of my dor [t recollection of lling o is was her that she wanted | ROMPERS FROM OLD SHIRTS Perfectly Serviceable Garments May Be Constructed From Otherwise Unusable Materlal. Not every mother knows that she can make perfectly good rompers for the baby out of her husband’s old col- ored shirts. No matter how expensive the ma- terial of which the shirt is made, it soon rubs through at the collar, leav- ing the rest of the garment practi- cally unworn. The material is mueh more expensive and usually prettier than the chambray or gingham which the average mother buys for the romp- l 4 EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., JULY 15, 1914 ers which Going-on-Two wears regard- less of sex. There is a saving of time as well as material, for the pattern may be s0 laid on that the buttons down the front of the shirt come at the back of the romper. This leaves only the buttonholes in the seat to be made. The little sleeves come out of the big ones, By taking care to make them long enough in the seat, the rompers may be outworn and outgrown at the same time. Another advantage is that in winter they accommodate the baby's gkirts. On hot summer days these may be dispensed with entirely. A romper pattern with plaits should be selected, so that piecing, if necessary, may be invisible. DICTATES OF FASHION Lace sweaters are sheer, all-wool garments. Slip-on blouses are a little like mid- dy blouses. Buttons are peculiarly decorative this season. White craquele mesh vells are an {mportant feature. Normandy-medici and cowboy col- lars are worn by all women from six- teen to sixty. Small panama hats are trimmed with scarfs of heavy white chiffon or richly colored ribbon. AMERICAN SOLDIERS CAMPING UNDER PALMS This photograph of an American outpost near Vera Cruz shows that not all the soldiers down there are un- pleasantly situated. WOULD-BE DEFENDERS OF THE AMERICA'S CUP These are the three yachts built to defend the America’s cup against Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock are now having trial races. 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