| Show mra MAIL it numerous for of aresi and locks cf hair yew york world the most exacting time consuming aej labo roua portion of the daily routine of the chief lady of the white bouso is her correspondence spon dence inthia confined itself to personal friends it would be manageable but embracing within its scope every nook and coiner of the land and every detail and di hersity of subject it assume a the proportions ot a burden which no woman could carry nut one so painstaking and conscientious and industrious as airs harrison there ia a humorous to this toilsome drain upon the time and energies of the wife of the president one of the principal subjects of correspondence iu mrs harrisons mail is the request for samples of her inaugural ball costumes they come from feminine sources of course and in tho appeal for the coveted fragment of the silk woven homespun textile the acme of epistolary composition and logic is often reached in the kindness of her heart airs harridon Harri aon lias gratis fied many of these simple appeals from the fabricatore fabricators fabrica tors of crazy quilts and patchwork but not to the extent of demolishing the historic gown in which she looked so queenly at the great ball in the vast court of the pension building but from garments which had seen service in church going household display and social duty in times of senatorial dignity and in the retirement of home life at indianapolis in this fragmentary form the dresses of former days have disappeared leaving a decided void in the wardrobe of the first lady the sources of supply have long been exhausted while tho demand continues un abated an emergency which can only be met by calling upon the looms of the manufacturers for an output sufficient to supply the popular appeal the fair sex relic hunters of the republic do not stop at samples of dresses but intersperse their well intentioned epistolary requests by asking locks from the bounteous tresses which lie in wavy brown masses threaded with gray upon the head of the first lady there is a limit to the possibilities of nature and notwithstanding her wealth of the treasured articles sought these requests are respectfully declined or commit ed to the silk lined paper basket where every one must admit they belong if even a of the appeals for locks of hair for charity or jewelry were gratified the presiding lady would long since have been driven to expedients to replace natures supply known only among the tons onal mysteries of the wig maker and dressmaker dress maker |
