The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-29
DOES NOT SATISFY
Her ARTISTIC EYE,
Mrs. EsteIle L. Small Won't Pay a
New York Firm S5.126 for
Decorative Work.
SUIT ENTERED AGAINST HER.
She Formerly Lived Here and After
She Went East Came Back and
Paid OF Her Husbands
Many Debts.

According To 4 spscia! dispatch from New
York 10 The Republic, Mrs. EstcI,e :.
Small. who is well known In this city. is
being sued for 3.l2j 10y Il wcll-known New
York furnishing and decorating huusa.
which Is noted for It's artistic worl. III
ogu:gpinS private apartments. Tie sum
stated is alleged to be due Tor decorating
the suite OF rooms occupied by the Smal!s
III a fashionable apartment house. located
II the Corner OF Broadway an! Seventeen
street NE!!e the arm wss engaged on the
task. the SnalIs went 10 tho Waldorf
Astoria. According 10 tho contract. it is
alleged, TIE work WIS 10 have been com
pioted by October |. 1929. and Mrs. Small
expected 10 enter her home at that ii,ne.
Expense was not 10 be spared in the ma
teTial used in arranging tie apartments.
Inc IDEAS carried cut We're T. represent
various countries ana styles OF different
PERIODS. There was to be q Louis Nv
room. ii Turkish room, an Oriental and an
--4!-dLv!han room. Nli-. Small. whose caste
i excellent. told exactly how she vented
'N'iythtnE. and said that She was wiii!as
10 pay well 10 have her IDEAS carried out.
H. appears now ,lat she Was not pleased
-.- me work done AID - unwilling 70 bay
i-r H.. She says that tl.e day her pans
&c Executed as Per agsevrelt, she viii pay
over 10 'L.g itm what - due them. She i
- SATISFIED with tn, work as IL Is ROW, be-
cause. she says, il is tn miserable taste
.ha excessive bad form" The worry and
SINAI! faS impaired nrr health. She firmly
declares .lat She VIII pay nothing urtii
thA quality and style II The decorations are
az 70 The marx agreed to.
When asked about jh" matter. Nj. Small
appeared unu ling To GSy,l>s ii. He said
tA%t tHeS7 affairs wee i.tc entirely in his
carte blanche to have the work done, n.
ilt!inat"d thar the suit would nruiahlv he
settled u. ot court. lie said he understood
mat ms attorneys he'd III. It At counter claim
Tor the amount al lad cost himself and vie
October I.
Mrs. Small is the wife 81 T.. 7. Small.
VINO At one time was active in 81. Louis
BUSINESS circles IS a promoter O; various
enterprises. l.. WAS unsuccessful financially
and !eft this city OWNS 4 number OF debts.
Nothing was heard OF him by his creditors
for a considerable time. and many Of the
sEEti-tr ones hsd gwen up hope OF obtain
ing iae-r money. When hlr~- Small appeared
II inns city II L:c carly par ~ January
81 this year and ".nDrEc-4 that she had
come 10 pay her husbands debts. she in
tiinated 10 friends thar Nr. SIIaN had gone
had made him very rc-. and that from
want they had now risen TO wealth and
a~flUeuce. HES greatest desire was 10 pay
those whom he owed.
Mrs. Small took up her residence. while
In 81 LOUIS. at the West End Hotel. She
advertised for her husbands CT. d;to-s. an
they be paid in full. she had 4 check book.
which was almost entirely used UP bsfOT.
She left. Amounts from u few dollars into
the h:2drcds were paid promptly upon
p:esentat:on OF the accounts.
She remained in 81. Louis until the mid
die OF Marc During her stay Mrs. Small
gave 4 number Of entertainments At the
Nest End Hotel. There were supperS.
iunchcOns. card parties and receptions. Ali
the functions were brilliant affairs. in get
ting them up Mrs. Small always gave in
StgGCtiOnS to spare no expense.