Show MISS SUIT the girls in the envelope factory have just finished luncheon when the foreman comes in and announces that owing to a break in the machinery work will be suspended for the rest of the day though this will make some difference in the amount of their bills at tha end of the week the girls are not sorry for adia half holiday it gives them an to do many things there is liaa maggie kelly for instance this young lady had long been waiting for a chance to visit that locality in described as up town in to inspect the various styles of i gowns wraps and hats offered there for sale she is about to purchase a new anis and proposes to have it in the latest tyle she can get a fairly correct idea af this by visiting vis the various establishments where costumes are displayed after the foreman has made the announcement no that the girls will have that afternoon to themselves miss kelly hur huri i friedly fixes herself up then she says to one of the girls hey mamel come up town with me will yer the young lady addressed assents and so they start they spend pretty much all the afternoon visiting the big dry goods stores and inspecting the costumes worn by the women out shopping maggie scans the latter closely and is much struck by the beauty of several swagger costumes worn by young ladies about her size and build why could not she have one in the next establishment visited is a fine display of these pleasing innovations in comans womans attire miss kelly inspects them all with deliberation the more she does the more infatuated does she become with the swagger costume she inquires the price and her heart sinks as she finds they are beyond the amount of her capital with her face bearing a sad hopeless expression ehe goes home miss maggie does not deep well that night her dreams are disturbed by visions of shirt bosoms four in hand ties and cute little vests in the morning she awakes her longing to possess a swagger suit has grown during the night she tries to overcome this by settling her mind on other objects but fails utterly only a suit will appease that wild longing she must she will have it within a week but how presently an idea her the cloud clears from her face her spirits rise during that afternoon maggie is eo gay and lighthearted that her companions in the envelope factory cabaot refrain from remarking her manner the following saturday evening finds the young woman about to finish her swagger suit ever since that idea first seized her maggie haa been busy malang a gown and jacket all she lacks is the bosom and tie she would have had these before but for lack of funds having received her weeks pay at the factory on saturday afternoon kelly ia now prepared to purchase these necessary details to the costume with which she proposes to create a peasant sensation on the hill on sunday after her aupper they dine on the hill t noca miss kelly carefully money and finds that ehe has just one dollar and twenty fidfl cents ithe balance she has given to her mother earlier in the day with this sum in a small purse which she clutches closely the young woman chiea her to a thoroughfare where the stores announce that gents furnishings are sold inside at ridiculously low figures sha standa in front of the place a moment gezing at the the windows A young man steps doorway from the interior beckons to her step in lady everything cheap this invitation and announcement as to prices beems to he all that is necessary to induce the young lady 0 enter she steps in an old man stands behind the counter he nods his head slightly rubs his hands together smiles and saya good evening miss maggie says 1 I want a shirt the old man emiles again rubs his hands faster looks ap at bis stock and requests the young woman 10 go more particulars she does ba and the result is that coon three or four of these articles made from linen and abent the bize a fourteen year old boy would wear are spread before her the prices range from fifty cents to one dollar each she does not know which to take perhaps your brother would like this one 1 thy shopkeeper ventures at the same time spreading out one that he bays will cost eighty five cents the idea that miss kelly is making the purchase for any one but a male member of her family never enters the wily old mans bead the young woman does not inform him contrary what is it hia business eho thinks 1 I dont know she answers 1 I won der if it would fit him he about the pame size as myself she is assured that this particular shirt will fit her britner as if it grew on viva the assurance would have been enst tha same had the articia been twice as large Mia sKelly concludes to dalre this pan garment then the shopkeeper amilea a more oily smile and rubs his hands together more vigor as ho inquires tf the her brothers initials on the tab the necessity for such an arrangement having been made clear to th a young ladys mind kb thinks it would be better if her brothers initials were placed on the tab i what will it asks five cents for each letter lady io replies maik are the initials she tells him these sho 1 tells herself will inform everybody that the article belongs to miss maggie kelly while the initials are being placed on the hirt tab celecta a tia for which she pays cents when these purchases have been made she goes home going linto the front room by herself she fits ants and sews and sewa cats and fits into the morning not until then is she certain that all will look right onitha morrow sunday comes waiting i until the afternoon conr heroine attires herself ber self the costume is perfect she her mother her father is out at the time the old lady is somewhat startled at farat and says so the daughter assures her that they are ap town which somewhat calms mhd old andya fears as to the absolute pro briety of such a costume in fact she ie not altogether satisfied and warns her daughter to look out when she goes upon the street and maggie abbe taya un about the same tona she woud employ if the girl was going on a journey dont let yer father seo i yer t ath these words ringing in her ears I 1 maggie goes out As she walks down the bill that sunday afternoon she creates I 1 avertable sensation the world seems ver bright to her even when a small j boy too young to possess a cense of the truly beautiful says git onto it fel j luz the young woman pays no atten tion but continues right along proud in i the consciousness of her beauty andoe being the wearer of a suit in the very latest fashion she the stiffly starched shirt front with its tab and M M K in bright red letters and dont her piccadilly collar and tie look just too sweet for anything what more can he desire while miss maggie has been dressing her ather has been out with some frieds frim ds he has left these and started as home hat foggy in mind he coues up tha street as miss kelly boea down As aa inevitable result they meet the old man spies his daughter from afar at first ho does not think it is she but as she comes closer he is sure of he catches hold of a railing and steadies himself until sho comes up to him maggie is about to pass by as her father calls slowly and with great sternness mag giel she stops maggie he continues in the same solemn tone go home and take aff my shirt 1 I aint got on shirt the young woman replies maggie tays her father still more slowly youve always bin a good and never told me any lies beffre dont begin now im not beginning begin nin alyin the young woman replies hotly 1 I aint got your shirt its me own shirt see then as a clincher have you cot M M K on your shirts maggie the old man responds 1 dont care chwat youve on yure shirt its moine go home an take it aff or be the powers ill break evry bone in yure bodyl from the manner in which this is said miss kelly knows that her father will carry oat this threat unless she does as he tells her so she walks home with lipa i quivering and the tears ready to start and when she reaches home the young woman cries her mother offers her sympathy but maggie ig in no mood for it she cries until she falls asleep she has removed the shirt and when her father comes home he confiscates it the next sunday mr kelly wears a shirt with M M K in bright letters on the tab new york evening sun |