They're nice and
pretty."
"But they're day frocks. I DO like to dress up for dinner."
"I'll help you out," said Lora Perry, who was present. "I've two or
three trunkfuls of old-fashioned clothes, that ought to fit you
girls fairly well. They're not antiques, you know; they're some I
had before I was married,--but they're pretty. Go in the trunk room
and rummage."
So the two girls went to inspect the frocks.
"Why, they're beautiful," said Patty; "I really think they're a lot
prettier than the things we wear to-day. Oh, look at these big
sleeves."
"Yes, leg o' mutton they used to call them."
"I know, but they're more the size of a side of beef! But these are
street dresses. Where are the evening things?"
"Here are some," said Marie, opening another trunk.
"Oh, how lovely!" And Patty pounced on a white organdy, made with a
full skirt and three narrow, lace-edged frills. There were wide,
full petticoats to go with it, and Patty declared that was her
costume. Marie found a dimity, of a Dresden-flowered pattern, with
black velvet bows, which she appropriated, and they flew back to
their rooms in triumph.
The white dress proved very becoming to Patty, and the square-cut
neck of the bodice suited the lines of her pretty throat and
shoulders.
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