CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-06-19

MRS. MILLIONS GOES ACTONOBfLN0.
call it's OF the costliest build. Mrs.
Millions 10 fond OF automobiling. She
goes out In her splendid borseless
coach almost every fine morning about
IL O'clock Here is what happens
when Mrs. Millions goes automobiling.
every morning.
The magnificent glittering velvet
cushioned vehicle clides noiselessly to
the curbsto opposite the Millions
front door at half past 10. The mo
tornan and the footman are In plum
colored livery. the token that they are
the servants OF the Millions The foot
man deseends TO the sidewalk stiffiy
and solemniy. He looks like the un
dertakcr at a funeral II would not be
good form for him TO smile or appear
TO notice anything. and he has been
properly broken to his business.
Quarter to II. The bronze doors OF
the Millions palace are nung open
Two house lackeys in white livery
descend the marble steps with a roll
OF rich carpet They move like au
tomatons. they swing their arms like
automntons or the toy animals that
wag their heads when you pull a wire.
Moving like wooden dolls, the two
lnckeys in white spread the carpet
down the front steps. An lnflnitesi-
mai wrinkle in IL would cost them
their place. They take their stand one
each side the entrance. like two mutes
at a funeral or two plaster images
a ty,,
ants gather In u ring TO see the show.
They know what II Is, but II has u fas
cination for them every day anew, The
women who live opposite and at each
side OF the Millions mansion cluster
behind their respective curtains invisi-
BILE aud peep out through opera glasses
TO see what Mrs. Millions has on. oc.
casIonally policeman stops TO see that
there Is no disturbance In the crowd
The common herd wait anxiously
agape; the moment grows tense. The
servants at the entrance the servant
on the sidewalk stand like tobacco
signs and give no sirn. A rustic in the
great hall Without the winking OF his
tobacco sign eye the servant upon the
sidewalk swoops the laprobe from the
carriage seat and holds IL upon his to
bacco sign arm. Mrs. Millions de
sccnds the steps. her long peacock train
spread out behind her just SO every
time. Arrived at the middle step, she
pauses and turns her head. This Is
the supreme moment The women with
the opera glasses behind the curtains
almost forget to breathe In their anx-
iety TO study the styles. Mrs. Millions
stands upon the steps ten minutes OF
SO giving orders TO the two tobacco
signs at the door and the other two in
charge OF the auto. She enters the
carriage. The tobacco sign with the
laprobc lays II with flourish around
her He mounts the box beside the
motorman. there is a stupcndous pause
| of two minutes and then motion,
Mrs. Millions is OF.
Al O'Clock she returns. The play
with the tobacco signs is repeated to
gaping audience free. except that
different strip OF carpet from that used
in the morning is spread upon the front
ttcps
Mrs. Millions finds on her return an
| Invitation waiting her to visit her
friend. Mira Diamond Shoes. at her
country place thirty miles away. She
accepts. Next day the Millions special
car rolls from the station bearing Mrs
Millions, her luggage and lnckcys lack
eys, lackeys everywhere. In the midst
of another gaping crowd OF ragamutiins
and common people. This is the Amer
lean republic. KATE SHARP.