The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-04-12
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BY IZOL4 MERRIFiELL
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hat and smile when l met him in the
! elevator"
lie had every right in the world.
eentradieted Elizabeth calmly. IF
had been in his place l should have
come right down and called ON you aft
er you had acted like lovelorn lunatic.
! Pippa."
ut was not lunacy. II WAS insplra
ton" Philippa half turned from the
| piano to argue You weren't in the
studio ut the time, Beth, and you don't
know II blessed thing about ii. | wasn't
even praetcing | WIS cleaning up"
Elizabeth smiled. She had seen Phi
lippa's cleaning up process 1t meant
the hustlng of everything disorderly
out of sight, under the divan. behind
the wardrobe, anywhere at all so long
rs it was unseen.
and he sang my pet duet from III
Trovatore. Beth, IL was splendid.
| You poor, old heather. you don't APP
| preciate music a bit. All you can UNI
derstand are II few oily. dauby daubs
or pen and ink sketch. but If YOU had
only heard him
IF / had heard him | don't think
that | should have flown to the Win
dow and warbed back an answer up II
New York air shaft
Il don't care" Philippians tone was
lofty and her attitude belligerent. Il
didn't care rap about him personally,
and hadn't the slightest idea what he
looked like, but the voice was divine
II was the voice Of Manrlco calling.
and Leonora answered II for arts
sake"
'"Wcll, LeoHora had better attend To
her cleaning up and mind her own
business Now. she hasn't any cause
for complaint ut all, because Munrico
raises his hat TO her in the elevator AMI
says 'IIowdy?5 III nelghborly fashion.
Are YOU sure Il was Manrico?"
"oh, yes. lie looks it," Philippa
spoke. with vague enthusiasm. And
Lafayette says that he is the new one
III the studio over ours
We'll. you had better send Lafayette
Il little printed slip to post up In his
elevator:
:" Students may Sing grand opera
duets through the air shaft. but any
pronliseuous greetings in elevator will
be followed by eviction.
Il suppose the poor fellow was 80
amazed and delighted when he saw
how completely | fulfilled his ideal Of
LeonOra that he lost his presence OF
mind I'hIlippa could he as sweetly,
simply and eontentedly vain as Narcis-
sus among the water lilies.
Presence of mind Is never lost. :"
Elizabeth added II high light duintily
to the left eye of an Italian fruit vend-
er on the canvas before her 1T Is
mslaid. As long as he didn't lose his
heart lie needn't worry"
PhlIppa laughed and ran her fingers
teasngly over the piano keys.
Il think he Is worrying" she said.
But there We're no more duets
through the air shaft. If the occupant
of studio ., on the third floor. happened
to be practicing her trills and quavers
the occupant of studio II, on the fourth
floor, sat by his open window and lis
tened, and when full, rich tenor float
ed down from studio II Phlllppa would
and be glad and proud in way, be
cause somewhere in the golden tomor-
rows of hope success lay snugly and
surely tucked away for the tail brown
eyed boy who dared to greet IeDnora
IN the elevator
lie had dared only once Long
after even Elizabeth delgned to bow II
| aOpAFn1aly UpnH N him IiLilfn1l
passed OH her own way, a slim, AFRO
CANT, blond young person In gray vel
vet and squirrel furs. Elizabeth pre-
served IA graceful posture on the neu-
trail fence. Warning factions We're not
in her line, but when she was sending
out invitations for the monthly Dutch
picnic In studio ) she did not think IT
amiss to send one up to studio II.
phillppa was passing club sand
wlches when Bobble Clarkson intro
duced her to the tall, brown eyed boy.
She did not drop the tray. She merely
smiled most graclously and asked il
Mr.. Eliot liked club sandwiches made
OF celestial combination of chicken
salad chopped almonds. olives. deyiled
ham and tabasco sauce.
1t appeared that Mr. Eliot did. In
fact, lie paced after the dispenser Of
celestial sandwiches all around the
studio IN a deliberate determined, man
overheard fashion, most dsconcertlng
to the dispenser, until he finally cor
nered her In the Japanese alcove and
forcibly finished up the remaining
sandwiches himself.
And he never even said word
about the duet" Phllippa answered
later when she sat, like a Hindoo idol,
In a pink kimono Oh the bed and
thoughtfully reviewed the evening
Hes q gentleman and Il scholar, and
Bobbie says he's all right; solid, old
Maryland family and all that sort Of
thing; first names Marbury Marbury
Eliot lie has only been In New York
II couple OF months. and he doesn't
like 1t very well. He thinks it's lone
| some. He says we're conservative and
clannish."
There's good remedy. Tell him
to be clam unto himself"
Philippa stied a pillow at the scoff
| er.
Goose she said. Cant you seei
He wants to belong to my clan I'm
going to the Czarga concert with him
tomorrow"
Seer or course | see" quoth Eliza
beth. zone Philippa Yates, founder
of the Society For the Prevention OF
Lonesomeness to Strangers In New
York, providing said strangers are gem
tlemen and scholars, from solid old.
families. and can sing duets and eat
club sandwiches for arts sake. see
the end"
But Phlllppa only smiled and was 81
lent. 1t had been a most entertaining
and interesting twenty minutes spent
in the Japanese corner. Ones point of
view on life in general may alter con