Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-30
CHAPTER VI.
Patricia Jelliffe Robson - A Match-
Making Mother.

No II Southerton avenue was situated IN
q highly respectable portion or Monroe pu'
not I'm a decidedly prosperous nelghporhoou'
1t had been at one time wealthy helsh-
borhood. but IT had fallen into decadehce'
and was now the home OF good and fairy
high-priced boarding houses Here ana
there an old family chung to house with
bulldog tenacity. In the midst or num-
Der of old homes stood the home of the
Robesons. They did not own 1T; never had
in fact Nor had they always ived'there.
1t was large and rambling and ramshackle,
inside and out-and II was cheap. A family
of two-and mythical servant 10 boot
would have been much better atished In a
smaller place at the same rent Miss Mar
garet Roheson would have preferred IT,
But Mrs Patricia Jellffe Robeson, widow
was differently constituted. To her large
house. broken down though II might De-
was one of the indicia of aristocraey. She
even gave the place name. She called IL
"Jelliffe."
Now. YOU must come out to Jelliffe Mr.
Ellington O'Keefe." she would say in a
manner all her own. "Out to Jelliffe" be
it said. or out to II southerton avenue,
meant short walk of some eight blocks
from the exact center of the town.
And so they had stayed there, year after
year. keeping up. as Mrs. Robson assured
herself. an appearance which, to say the
least was aristocratic and genteel. 1t was
hard work, but she was sure that they
We're doing II.
The Robesons lived on an annuity-a very
diminutive one-which belonged to Mis-.
Robson herself. Mrs. Robson couldn t
understand that the world knew just about
how small II was She reasoned that just
SO long as she could live in large house,
no matter how shabby; just so long as she
could. by dint of starving herself and
daughter keep the family crest upon her
note paper. il mattered little how they real
ly got along inside the house. She little
understood that nine-tenths of the world
did not care a snap of the finger about
her, and that the other tenth knew all the
facts, usual
Her family. the Jeliffes, had been dis
tinguished. Two of the Jelliffes had been
governors of an eastern state, and one OF
them had been Speaker of the House al
Washington. This man. in fact, for the
space of fifteen minutes, by virtue of his
Office and some delay in the Inaugural ton
proceedings. had been the President OF the
United States. The Jelliffes had other quail
fications. too. They were aristocrats, and
men and women of influence In their day
But to all except to Patricia Jelliffe Robe
son that day was past. The male line was
extinct. Patricia Jelleffe Robson was the
last of the Jellines-she and her daughter
Margaret.
Ii must not be imagined that Mrs Robe
son was not a good motherly woman and
woman who was generally congenial and
pleasant In every way. She was refined and
educated But she had her pecuharities ant
not so very many of them, nor, In the
eyes of the world. such very queer one.
after all.
But she had made up her mind about
one thing. Margaret must marry well-sht
must marry rich man. Mrs. Robson ha(
had enough of poverty-had had enough be
cause up to the time of her marriage sht
had enjoyed comparative luxury, and after
ward comparative adversely. She had mar