Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-12-14
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40 the Girl from bonneville
Saw IL

Yes" said the girl who had just re
turned to bonneville from a visit to
New York. 81 saw New York"
you don't seem a bit enthusiastic
said her sister, who had done without
pin money for month and made over
her last winters suit in order to let
the flower of the family" get
glimpse of 1.-The hurried life
Il amt" replied the other un.
dramatically but plainly, II amt
bit. enthusiastic about New York. I'm
enthusiastic at getting back to Home.
vile, though" and she sighed with
content and stretched her arms lazily
ceilingward.
Look" she said, 81 can stretch my
full length here without Dumping
against anything. Nobody can do that
in New York. They live in holes in
the wall there, about the size Of a
SLICE of cheese. This is beautiful
house. Adelaide, when you come to
think about It,
Eyes, I'll tell you what saw In New
York. | saw windows and windows
full of jewels that nobody but nabob
could afford. I saw shops full of hats,
that l couldn't buy-hats filled with
masses of beautiful plumes, each one
worth a kings ransom or the sum to-
tai of our grocery bill for year. /
saw dummies covered with gowns that
would make your mouth water
standing in rows in the Shops, / saw
counters heaped with silks and laces
worth a months income per yard.
saw touring cars and automobiles that
I couldn't afford to ride in. saw the
outside of hotels and the Hobbies OF
theaters that l couldn't afford to live
On or go to. I saw women muffled In
furs and massaged and manicured and
curled within an inch of their lives
getting i'm and out of upholstered car
riages. l saw liveried servants who
would turn up their noses at me.
saw orchids, but l never touched one
nor tried to smell it, that would have
cost me one dollar. I saw bloodeG
horses and blooded dogs and bloodet
cats that belonged to other people
saw women dining in cafes that new
<er thought of entering. And l saw
but what's the use? I could go OF
forever. My! but-Homevilles a mic,
place."
But" protested her sister uncon
WINGED, II thought the Worthleys wer
pretty well off,"
"Oh, the Worthleys are all right
They have a good income; but they'r
only middle class. Out here in Home
vile they could live in big house an
drive their own horses and look dow
on the multitude; but down there i
New York, they live in little fla
with one hired girl-when they ca
get her-and ride up and down in a
elevator with an elevator boy VIII
sneers at them because they only ii
him a dollar month. They never G
to the theaters, because in order to G
to the theater in New York you hav
to begin saving a month in advanc
and to get your seats weeks ahead {
time.
Middle class people can't do an,
thing in New York but sit in corne
and watch other people enjoy then
selves. If they dine at smart re
taurant. they feel horribly shabby an
have to retrench on the household e
penses for a week afterward. The
eat at quick lunch restaurants whe
they are out of a servant. They {
about town in dirty street car or
terrain because they haven't room al
besides they can't be sure they w
have a servant girl a week in advanc
They don't go to church much. b
cause usually the churches are t.
far away, and the man who pass
the plate glowers at them If they dor
put a big bill in it. When they
shopping they resolutely pass
everything to stern necessities.
"One week more of life there, Ad
laide and I'd have been the most d
contented woman on earth. I nev
felt SO shabby. so lonely and so ha
fully envious in my life before. Their,
little demon of discomfort in t
air there. Now in bonneville" s
added with a comfortable sigh, "the
isn't much to see-but you can ha
. everything you do SEEN. Y. Pres
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