Evening star., 1908-01-26

! experience in doing as you would be done
by. Go on
well. it was only half a failure.
There's an actress on her way west with
one of the best companies on the road
thirty week and railroad fare.
who is she?"
Il don't know her. She isn't the one |
helped to get the place for
'+Then the other woman makes the
story. Tell us about her"
'Oh, it isn't much of story. but you
know how things come about when you
live in boarding houses. One day last
summer my landlady's daughter asked
me if I would lend black dress TO her
friend Miss Blank. who was on the stage.
and who had spent so much money on her
wardrobe that she didn't want to buy
widows weeds but for week, II she
could possibly avoid it. l had only a
crepe that had seen two years honeSt
service, but the landlady's daughter said
it would do and I WAS glad that II saved
her friend from spending useless money.
Then / forgot all about 1t.
Time passed. and the actress moved INTO
the landlady's house. / am not given To
making acquaintances promlscuouSlS' anu
so the actress might have lived in the
back parlor throughout my stay without
my having any thought for her. except
the general good will that we feel Tor
everybody. One day. however, my lahH-
lady told me that the little woman was
occurred to me that | might be of some
use to her. So | interested ii playwright
know. and several newspaper 1riehuS'
and between us We managed 10 get the
promise of an opening In "A hrst-cldSs
nlay--thollgh | was the only one who
knew for whom the position was wanted.
In order to pave the way tor my oiler
and to learn if she would accept IL dnd
take the matter in hand. | spoke 10 the
actress the next time | met her IN the
L. 9
nothing about me except through my
landlaay and her daughter, | took IL Tor
granted that she would treat me DIS
people generally do. However. that is OF
no importance. The one thlng was sorry
for was that she made ii impossible for
ms. TO help her as any older woman might
help a Younger one. Still. 1t turned out
all right after all. The place was given
to a Young girl WHO was Delighted TO
get it-and | am glad to have had hand
in her success.
, What do YOU suppose your landlady' s
friend could have been told, To put her
against YOU"
For answer the plain woman pierced a
sherkn with her salad fork.
''rhey make fine pickles mere. doh !
theyo They are so sour, and 50 hot and
So vet
And that seemed to close the discus
sion as 10 the duties. II any, that a
successful business woman owes 10 her
\ palld woman with thin hair dark
teeth and iGdraUn checks stood behind the
counter OF A small store selling an UNI
brella TO a red faced customer with three
chinS The clerks bony arms were flexible
and she unfurled and raised glorias and
alpacas with eNpertness that showed
for wears of work.
When the customer had selected her
umbrella and was rummaGiag i'll her
handbag for the money. she counted out
the change, even and then emptied the
bag on the counter.
well. if l haven't lost that chunk of
quartz AT last and ! wouldn't a-done ii
! for a dollar"
The clerks face flushed to "a lifclike
hue with sympathy.
Was X a mascot?
! The rcd-faced customer wasn't up To
date. Size knew nothing about mascuts.
| why. u charm. you know. To keep off
bad luck.
r or the lands sake. no, | Just carried
| that quartz around because nay SON Jim
rne sent il - me 10 show what they dig
out OF the mine lac works in out west.
youd"r. II the good Lord chooses to send
me troubles there isn't any luck charm
going To stavc 1t off. | don't believe in
no such foolishness,"
Why, ! wouldn't talk like that for tho
world; | know too much about it. See
this horseshoe I'm wearing? | xouldn +
dast leave it of for a day for amy money
YOU could name.
The red-faced customer looked at the
sumptuous design Of rhnestones that
wouldn't shine. set in silver that was TN.
Then she sized up the clerk whose ap-
pearancc suggested that she worked over
! time breaking mirrors and spilins salt
Then she applied for Information.
What good does wearing II do. any
more than ANY other pm"
What good does il DO: Just listen al