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I made it all by hand , too . I 'll bet you could n't buy it under fifteen dollars , and it cost me four dollars and eighty cents , with the lace and all . '' Before an hour had passed , the leading lady had displayed all her treasures , from the photograph of her baby that died to her new Blanche Ring curl cluster , and was calling Pearlie by her first name . When a bell somewhere boomed six o'clock Pearlie was being instructed in a new exercise calculated to reduce the hips an inch a month . `` My land ! '' cried Pearlie , aghast , and scrambled to her feet as nimbly as any woman can who weighs two hundred pounds . `` Supper-time , and I 've got a bunch of letters an inch thick to get out !