The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-04

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III Monde! "a M etz MISS IN ,ihaurn8 In the
!; han today. somebod y /. had told her
what ] had heard about! III r. and she
stopped to tell me here WASH al word
of truth In It. and that she had always
j behaved herself enough sigh better
than those who tried to run her down
Just because they we're Jealous. and
that she wasn't going around talking
about somebody else 1.-the time. She
said NJ s. Snlfkins was only a biscuit
shooter In O cheap restaurant before
! She met him and thai! Il Mrs Wright
used to clerk In a toy store II seems
as though folks who got their start
that wny would be more careful what
they said about others.
tuesday. Spent the. evening with
Mrs. Holcomb and Mrs. Rurton. Mrs
IHolconlh showed :!us some fancy, work
she Is dotng-9goinE to give II away.
She 8 awfully stuck on her work. and
claims TO have taken lessons. bit as
] told Mrs. Burton Id be- ashamed to-
have such a looking thing around the
house. mncl, less give! 1t way X. r.
Wednesday.--W Vent to thu natinee
with Mrs. Roberts and Mra. Burton.
Mrs! Holcomb was going. b,.t when
Mrs Roberts asked me II ] WA going
and ] said yes. Mrs. Iolcnmb remen:
.bnred she had another date she had
forgotten all about. Don't see what
made her act so Z. today. She was
awfully3 disagreenb BILE. We went up In
the gallery. Just for: fun. as Mrs. Bur.
ton said The play was about a
Frenchwomanl who got awfully4S mad
one time and kicked her slippers OFF
and talked perfectly awful. ] didn't
hear much Eof It but that. for we we're
so busy talking. Mrs. Roberts and
Mrs. Burton seemed to know almost
every woman in the house. and i;
learned a lot of things about them.I
Miss Browning sat downstairs with a
gentleman. Mrs. Burton said 1t was
funny a. girl who claimed to be work.
ing for living could get of to go to
a matinee, and with n man, Mt that.
Mrs. McCuen was there. and she had
the lo,ldcst looking friend with her.
Saw lots OF people I never expected
to find there. 3lS.s' /. .,s
Thursday.-Well. ~ am mad il clear
through. Hero i invited Mrs. Burton
and Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Stevens
to play cards tonight, and planned a
chattng dish luncheon and just as It
wns going nicely and i had the coffee
In my new Spercolator the manager
slipped a note under the door saying
there was no cooking allowed. Didn't
have the nerve to tell me To, my face,
suppose. i was ont OF sight. All we
had to eat was Ice water and waters.
I ] wish all the rules and the manager
would go hang. and that apartment
houses had never been discovered. Il
Friday The laundress never
showed up this week. and 1t was up to
me to wash out few pieces in the
7! washbowl Such time. I got along
all right with the handkerchief. but
when It came to the flnnnels was
stuck. pntthem to soak in the bath.
tub. and then found I had no place to
dry them. Put them over the radiators
and turned on the steam. They dried,
all right, but II Charley doesn't have
to use a shoe horn to get into his
underwear miss my guess. This
apartment house life is great maybe.
Saturday.-Mrs. Watson told me
they were out to the theater last
night and got home about e. and that
some young woman in the building
had had a fellow aud he was Just leav-
Ing when they came In. She didn't
know who the girl was. for she didn't
see her, but she knew It was SO. for
the fellow, got out OF the elevator just
as they got In don't see what they
are thinking OF here In the house, hay.
ing men hanging around until that
hour. even II the women know no
better. e. 81
! Sunday.-Had good joke on Mrs.
Watson. She was telling Mrs. Wal
termire about seeing that man who
had been calling on that girl, and
what she thought about It.. When she
described him Mrs. Waltermire laughed
and said that was her brother, that he
brought her up to the house. going aa
far as her door. Mrs. Watson felt
awful cheap. You can't be too care.
full what you say in a place like this,
and jumping at-concluslons is wrong
anyway. 5 !, Z Il n