The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14
that was to come to the Studio and
have some photographs tnken.

that was to come to the stddio nnd
have some photographs taken.
THE next night after that re-
ceived a note from Mr.. White at tho
theater asking me to come to party
and he would send a carriage for me.
So after the theater | got into the
carriage and was taken down to the
Twenty-fourth street studio, and
when got there the door opend and
/ went upstairs and Mr.. White was
there, but no one else was there and
asked him II the same people would
be there who were at the other
party. And he said, What do you
think, they have turned us down"
And I said, oh, it's too bad. Then
we won't have a party He said.
They have turned us down and
probably gone off somewhere else
and forgotten all about us And I
said. Had better go homer and he
said, No, we will sit down and have
some food anyhow in spite of them;
that l must be hungry SO he sat
down at the table and took off my
hat and coat
I'VE sat down at the table and ate
the food. Then | remember Mr..
White going away for a while and
coming back again. So after the
supper when ! got up from the table,
he told me hat | hadn't seen all of
his place, that they had three floors
and there were some very beautiful
things in all the different rooms and
he would take me around and show
them to me.
80 we went up another flight OF
stairs, not the one had gone up be-
fore, but little tiny backstairs, and
came into n strange room. that had
n't seen before, and there was n
piano in this room. paintings on tho
wall and very interesting cabinets all
about, and we looked at this room
for some time, and | sat down at the
piano and played something
Mr.. White asked me to come see
the back room, and he went through
some curtains, and the back room
was a bedroom, and / sat down at the
table, a tiny little table; there was
bottle of hampagne, a small bottle.
and one glass. Mr.. White picked up
the bottle and poured the glass full
of champagne. l paid no attention to
him, because | was looking at pic
ture over the mantel, a very beaut!-
full one that attracted my attention.
Then he told me he had decora-
ted this room himself, showed me all
the different things about It, 1t was
very small. Then he came to me
and told me to finish my champagne.
l said | didn't care much for it. He
insisted that | drink this glass of
champagne, which | did, and | don't
know whether 1t was a minute after
or two minutes after, but a pounding
began in my ears, something and q
pounding, then he whole room SEEM
ed to go around; everything got very
fiat.
Then, when l woke up all my
clothes were pulled off of me, and I
was in bed. l sat up in the bed, and
! started to scream. Mr.. White was
there and got up and put on one of
his kimonos. The kimono was lying
on a chair; and then | moved up and
pulled some covers over me and sat
up, and there were mirrors all aro md
the bed; there were mirrors on the
side of the wall, and on top. Then /
screamed, and screamed, and scream
ed, and he came over and asked me
to please keep quiet, that | must not
make so much noise. He said, 1t Is
all over; 1t is all over Then I
screamed, oh, no. And then he
brought kimono over to me and he
went out of the room. Then, as got
out Of the bed, ! began to scream
more than ever. Then Mr.. White
came into the room and got down on
his knees beside me and picked up
the ends of my dress and kissed 1t.
Then he began to talk to me. He
told me that I must not be worried
about what had occurred. He said
that everything was all right. He
said he thought had the most beau
tiful hair he had ever seen. He said
he would DO great many things for
me. He said everybody did these
things; that all people were doing
those things; that that Is all people
were for-all they lived for. He said
that Twas SO nice and young and slim
did It,
that he couldn't help It, and so
Then he told me that only very
young girls were nice. and the thinner
they were the prettier they were, and
that nothing was so loathsome as fat.
and that must never get fat. And
then looked at him and said: Does
everybody you know do these
things?" And he said: Yes
He said the great thing in this
world was not to be found out; that
] must be very clever about It,"