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The man who does it is either trying to attract attention or trying to get rid of it . Everything else about the birthday scheme ran as smooth as a ribbon from Jordan & Marsh 's . I begged leave to make the cake , and it came out of the oven done to a turn , white as snow inside and a golden brown on the crust . Nora Costello and her brother came at eight o'clock just as they had promised , with unfashionable promptness . They looked somewhat surprised to see the house so lighted up , and Nora gave a timid little glance at Winifred 's rose-colored waist -LRB- a woman does n't forget how clothes look just because she joins the Salvation Army -RRB- ; but she herself was a picture in spite of her dress -- perhaps because of it , for the close-fitting blue gown , with its plain band at the neck and sleeves , set off her fine features and the noble carriage of her head . The chief decoration of her dress was a scarlet ribbon coming diagonally from the shoulder to the belt , marked `` Jesus is My Helper . '' I did wish she had not felt called to make a guy of herself with that thing ; but she seemed so unconscious of it herself that I should have forgotten it too if Mr. Flint had not been coming ; but I hate to see a scoffer like him get hold of anything ridiculous in religion .