Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-08

NelusemenJ IN the DlSpdtch she want
ed a lady acquainted with massage
parlor work. A stout girl, not bad
looking. came i'm answer thereto.
What do you pay an assistant? she
asked 4 don't need an assistant;
am able to do all my own work,
Then what did you put that want i'm
the paper for? I need a sorter; not
an assistant
What's a sorter?' Zaide and I ask
ed i'm chorus.
"She wanted same one to sort out
the sheep from the goats; the beats
from the gentlemen; so. after learning
that the girl had worked I'm nearly
every massage parlor in the city, she
hired her to do nothing but sit on an
upper window, where she could COM
mand a view of every person entering.
the front gate If the man was all
right. she would so signal the proprie-
tress and she would let him in; II not,
the lady of the house would answer
the bell and say she was very busy just
at that moment: he must call again.
Some of those chair sweaters did call
three or four times, she told me, but
she finally succeeded in sorting them
out"
"That reminds me- said Zaida "of
an incident just after 7 opened shop
I'm Cleveland. 7 secured a location i'm
n downtown Office building just off Of
Superior street Got fairly settled,
when a sawed-off, hammered down
specimen Of humanity entered. He
kept eyeing me and I could tell in a
second he didn't want his fortune told.
In a few moments he made a bad
break: Il is not necessary to repeat his
language. 7 hustled him out Of there
I'm short order Then I locked the door
and sought relief I'm the channel usual
with a woman-a good cry. I said to
myself. suppose I will be subjected
to the same treatment I'm every town
until 7 educate the public up to the
fact 7 am trying TO make an honest
living. 7 was wiping my tears away
when there came a rap at the door
I oDened it and TO nv surprise there
stood the Individual I had iust fired,
smiling. hat in hand You here
apain% T inquired. Yes he replied.
I thought you might a changed your
mind. 7 slammed the door in his
face"
"I was two davs I'm Baltimore on
this trip" said Miss Ashton. Sc
big bill Of goods-hose. underwear,
and so forth-to Madame Leroy. She's
been there a long time, is generally
hard up. and couldn't account for the.
wave Of prosperity, so I asked her.
how it came about. She said she put.
lady assistant at the bottom of her.
personal i'm the Herald. She didn't.
have a sign Of an assistant so she
managed It like this: If the caller was.
an acquaintance, she would tell him
the assistant did not come down to-
day: that she could never depend upon
those girls. II a stranger, she would
say. as she ushered him into the par
lor. that she was the assistant; that
the lady Of the house had gone to-
market and would not be back for an.
hour or more. She wore her hair In.
two plaits down her back, and In the.
semi-darkness one would Willingly
make AFFIDAVIT she was just out Of her
teens She looked the part
How did you happen to take up al
drummers vocation. Miss Ashton?" I
inquired. OF have the acquaintance Of
scores in the profession, but they are
all males"
Had to make a living" was her re-
ply "By the way, I always have a
kindly regard for Washington. It was
here 7 got my start-my stake to en-
gage in business, as it were. Early inI
life I was stage struck I blew into
New York City, and after numerous
ups and downs, 7 secured an engage
ment with a little troupe just taking
the road We called it the Bohemian
Comedy Company; the natives called
IT. a leg show We did a couple Of
sketches, in one of which 7 took an old
woman part I exhausted my eXcheq.
uer in the purchase Of that warrobe
but it was a gem--wig, glasses cap
outfit complete. From New York We
sailed. our destination being Norfolk
Va. We played a number Of towns on
the Eastern sho' to Indifferent busi-
ness. Finally we reached Washington,
put i'm a week at the house now known
as the Academy. and realized we we're
stranded. Saturday night the maR-
ager conveyed the intelligence the
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held a meeting and counted noses
four males and twelve females. II was
reported to the conference that the
landlady had declared, with some ve-
hemence. that the Monday morning
breakfast would be the last meal we
would eat in that house I had made
up my mind, while I'm bed Saturday
night to open a matrimonial agency.
mentioned the proposition to two or
three Of the ladies, telling them they
could be Of material assistance, and
that / would give them One-half Of the
proceeds. None OF them would listen
to Il; they know nothing, could see
nothing but New York Back there
they must 90 as speedily as possible"
Your idea was to find them hus-
bands through the agency you were TO
conduct" I inquired.