The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-03
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40 the Girl from bonneville
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yes" said the girl who had just re-
turned to bonneville from a visit to
| New York, Il 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 a
glimpse of "the hurried life"
Il amt" replied the other I'M
dramatically but plainly, Il amt a
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 humping
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 a beautiful
house, Adelaide, when you come to
think about it.
yes, I'll tell you what l saw in New
York | saw windows and windows
could afford. l 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 a year. l
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. l
saw touring cars and automobiles that
] couldn't afford to ride in. l saw the
outside of hotels and the Hobbies OF
theaters that l couldn't afford to live
in or go to. I saw women muffled in
furs and massaged and manicured and
curled within an inch of their lives
getting in and out of upholstered car
riages. | saw liveried servants who
would turn up their noses at me. l
saw orchids, but | never touched one
nor tried to smell it, that would have
cost me one dollar. 1 saw blooded
horses and blooded dogs and blooded
cats that belonged to other people. l
saw women dining in cafes that / new.
er thought of entering. And | saw
but what's the use? l could go on
forever My! but-Homevilles nice
place"
But" protested her sister uncon
vinced, Il thought the Worthleys were
pretty well off"
ooh, the Worthleys are all right
They have a good income; but they're
only middle class. Out here in Home
vile they could live in big house and
drive their own horses and look down
on the multitude; but down there in
New York, they live in a little fiat
with one hired girl-when they can
get her-and ride up and down in an
elevator with an elevator boy who
sneers at them because they only tip
him dollar month. They never go
to the theaters, because in order to go
to the theater in New York you have
to begin saving a month in advance
and to get your seats weeks ahead OF
time.
Middle class people can't do any.
thing in New York but sit in a corner
and watch other people enjoy them
selves. If they dine at a smart res
taurant, they feel horribly shabby and
have to retrench on the household ex.
penses for a week afterward. They
eat at quick lunch restaurants when
they are out Of a servant. They go
about town in a dirty street car or a
dingy subway train. They never en-
terrain because they haven't room and
besides they can't be sure they will
have a servant girl a week in advance.
They don't go to church much, be-
cause usually the churches are too
far away, and the man who passes
the plate glowers at them if they don't
put big bill in it. When they go
shopping they resolutely pass by
everything to stern necessities.
"One week more of life there, Ade-
laide, and I'd have been the most dis
cOntented woman on earth. / never
felt so shabby, so lonely and so hate.
fully envious in my life before. There's
a little demon of discomfort in the
air there. Now in bonneville" she
added with comfortable sigh, there
isn't much to sae--but you can have
everything you DO SEEM Y. Press.