The Sunday globe., 1901-07-21

were located i'm every port of the Meil-
terranean as the caravan gave way 20
ships To marry with any other race
than the Jew was an objectionable sin.
My grandfather met a girl in a French
port, fell in love with her, and COM
nItted that crime, the first OF his race
to violate their traditions. He realized
the act meant ostracism, and never
again set foot in Ldea With cargo
sf silks and his new.made bride he
sailed for New York. He prospered
from the moment of landing, A boy
was born, and when he arrived at ma
turity his father told him a conditional
fortune awaited him."
And that condition.
He was to go over to the French
provinces, select the prettiest girl he
could find, and marry her"
He didn't find that an exacting
task?"
mo; he combined business with
pleasure, and for, that season was the
purchasing agent for number Of silk
houses in this country, and made
money hand over fist, When he got
back to New York his father congratu-
lated him on his selection and laid a
large map Of the United States before
him. Select your city and your line
of business. You can have all the
money you need, and when that is
used up you know where to get more
his father said He at first thought
he would try Chicago-it was just af-
ter the big fire-but looking close at
the map, said Too much water"
Too much water?' | repeated
Yes; in addition to the Great Lakes,
Northern Indiana and all Of Michigan
are covered with chains of little ones.
You can't grow anything in the water
he said, so he went to st. Louis in
stead. There he was one of the four
men to organize the first trust"
What is the first trust may / ask?'
Why don't you know? The bag
ging trust. While in France father
learned how essential bagging was TO
the transportation Of all merchandise,
and argued that the individual con-
trolling the hemp output controlled the
shipments of the world. ThsV call the
bagging trust the first trust. He was
In Washington once about the time
sister was born, with some st. Louis
merchants before the Means and Ways
Committee, | believe, they call it,"
Your parents evidently being
wealthy ! wonder you ladies sought
the stage?'
we we're lonely. Nothing 10 do but
loll around in a big house all day We
had the best teachers. Studied any
thing we wanted to- Sister took to
music To-day she's at the top Of the
ladder I'm at the bottom.' and a tear
glistened on the fringe Of the long
lashes.
Now, please don't take on one of
those moods again
She smiled.
'Ill try not, but it seems hard. She
has two maids, a score Of trunks filled
with costumes, a princely salary; and
well, II haven't got 25 cents to
pay for my breakfast. | was too proud
TO ask her for a cent last night"
Olga was right.
You are in the same house with
three big-hearted girls, and I don't
think you need worry about the break
fast proposition"
you are very kim, am sure. You
see, l wanted to meet sister before she
sailed for Europe so bad couldn't do
my turn, 1t took nearly all my money
10 buy my ticket. / got a round trip,
~ Roush. ! asked the manager for alb.
'ence leave, and he wouldn't grant it.
But, then, ! was going to ten you about
our going on the stage. We had taken
part i'm school theatricals, had doll
faces and mbitiOn-sufficien equip.
ment, / am sure. 'Twixt matinee and
night we walked into the office of the
of a burlesque house-sister
rs spokeswOman-and told him we
wanted an engagement. Tt would be a
lrawing card, no doubt, for me to do
'o,' he said but if | did | think ysu
would need these" and he tosk off a
nearby nail a bunch Of keys. What
are they fOr?' asked sister. They are
the keys of the house. You will have
10 run it, for / can't L don't under.
stand you, sir she said. L know you
girls. Your father would never con.
sent TO your going on the stage, par.
icularly in his own town and in a
house Of this kind. I repeat, you would
have to run the house; he wouldn't let
me DO il. He comes Of the same tribe
hat turned the Meteria race course at
New Orleans into a cemetery. They
never let up. Their hates are strong.
II yOu persist i'm going on the stage, 90
with an American manager, provided
you can find one. He'll reach you by
mail or telegraph; and the Jews stick
On the way back to the house Vera
was in the best of spirits.
Bring your lady friends down in
the parlOr and I'll recite something for
them. want to pay for that break
fast she laughed
We better 40 upstairs, | guess"
responded.
] introduced Vera to Olga and Ida.
Olga was engaged, with the as
sistance of a hairpin, weaving pink and
yellow ribbon through the interstices
OF a lady's undergarment.
Before you begin, let me step in
my room and get my notebook You
won't object to my taking a shorthand
copy as you proceed
Not at all. This is not my stage
work. In one of them is given a girls
first experience in tights, and goes like
this.
Don turn the limelight on me, but let
me keep the wings,
Let others take the center who'ye long
or worn those things
feel ass though, like Venus, [ were Es-
ing from the sea.
Every lorgnetta in the front row win
be pointed straight at me
Iu never wear them, never Why?
Well Gorrie, just because
] thought before ] put them on my
legs were straight and round,
Such shapely limbs in all the wsrld
could no where else be found.
And / pictured how each Johnnie de-
lightfllly would cape