The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-17

fortune last Monday when she returned
from two days at Tuxedo. The country, they
said. must be perfectly lovely at this season
of the year and she must have had greaa
measure of comfort visiting in well ap-
no,nted house, to say nothing Of the delight
she could not have failed to derive from IN
tercourse with SO many agreeable persons
who did not talk SHOP" Hester admitted
all these blessings, and then she produced
notebook.
.It comes high" she observed after max
ing sure that no lurking pupil was near to
he corrupted by her slang, but we must
have It,"
"comes high" echoed the others. I'VE
thought you were visiting"
81 was" replied Hester. Then she con-
suited her hook Tip to the coaehman,"
she announced "hfty cents-I think he Ut
teriv despised me for not making II dollar;
silver coin seems so Insignificant to MIN.
hin to the maid, another hfty-and she laid
out the contents Of my bag with an ar Oh
such carefully repressed disdaln tnht al
most made 1t two dollars, just to show ner
that | was person to be respected, even IL
I did bring only one dinner dress Tor three
dinners and two changes for three days.
q'in TO man who was on hand to give me
solitary breakfast at seven, one dolar-you
couldn't offer him less, you felt SO keenH
that you had sinned unpardonably IN routing
him out In time for such an ungooy repas''
l think that is all-for tips"
But the tips are not the whole or even the
worst of the drains on the working woman
who asnlres to Ego out" It's clothes ana
carriage hire and return courtesies ana time
and energy Man, proud man, ciotheo III
single evening suit, may make sehson
round of dinners and operas ana dances ne
NAV with II wear the overcoaI Which uoes
duty by day, and not be conspicuously badly
drasse6 A woman whose chiffon hounces or
snanoled train float free beneath Jacket of
Parsisn lamb or of broadcloth is grotesque.
Noreover she is extravagant. Crush all her
bIllows under the restricting folds OF an
ordinary coat and they are half ruined.
The 'sworking man. may walk to or from
any social engagement and no one will re-
GARD him curiously. Imagine a woman In
male pink or violet crepe, with a Spanish lace
scarf over her head and a white lined cloak
over her shoulders. walking out TO dinner!
The chances are that she would not arrive,
the constabulary having interfered. She may
not even ride In a car with comfort.
The working woman is often an unattached
woman. living alone and with no comfort
able establishment to aid her in her return
hospitalty Yet a return Is necessary, not
because of the mental attitude Of her enter
raners, but because of her own. She NAV
consort with milllonaires, but II she does
she wants them also to consort with her.
She cannot take them yachting or invite
new and attractive dining place and give
them TO her country house. She must, there
fore. In order to preserve the feeling o.
,ouality and reciprocity which distinguishes
the relation of friends from that OF patrons
and followers. devise some other form OF
entertainment She must organize first
night theatre party. she must discover
to use the most abused word in the Eng
lish anguage-bohemian dinner there. She
must send bunch of flowers or new book.
she must Introduce her acquaintance TO
new hooks and corners which they have NOT
explored