The San Francisco call., 1908-03-08
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experienced house keeper smiles to
herself and forgsts the matter entirely.
Mrs Out OF Towns feverish desire for
secrecy and conspicuous indifference to
her lost coin tells her that the lady
who has come TO the city to shop ha
mania for bargain counters and Eas
exceeded the allowance Mr.. Out OF
Town considered necessary for her ex-
pedition. The extra expenditure must
be accounted for somehow, therefore
the accusation that brings harm to no
one and materially helps her out of
domestic pr.sdicament
Nearly always wheu things are lost
II Is the owners fault. Especially was
1t so In the case Of the man from thu
interior who was seeing San Francisco
for the first time. He returned TO his
hotel about o'clock in the morning,
thoroughly convinced that San Fran
cisco was a wonderful city, and in his
enthusiasm. mistaking his pillow for
pin cushion. he stuck In 1T very valu-
able scarfpin. Still uarveling at what
very busy city San Francisco is ne
passed into deep slumber. The next Gay
he looked for his scarfpin. 1t had van
ished- He wore IL home. He was sure
OF that II must be In the hotel. then.
The alarm was turned in and the at
tendants hurried to the scene. Places
possible and impossible were searched.
The clerk wriggled himself snake fash
ion under the bed: the maid ran her
broom under the bureau and other
articles OF furniture: the house keeper
shook out everything in the drawers
and on the table; the bellboy. with
visions Of spending his next day OF
at Emeryville, tried to be In every place
first at the same time. As the bellboy
expressed II. Nothing doing" Finally
something cloudy in Mr.. Interiors ach-
ing head rolled away and light broke
In. He remembered something about a
pillow case. He tried TO explain. A
fresh one had taken the place OF the
one used the night before, so. without
waiting to listen to his impromptu rea-
son why pillow case is much to be
preferred for scarfpins. the house
keeper and the maid went 70 the linen
closet. and there. still stuck In the
case, was Mr.. Interiors pin. The maid
on that floor the following week wore
a pretty new waist. the bellboy had a
feeting dream of being "plunger'' and
the house keepers room had enough
flowers in II for a debutante tea
A woman from the east also used her
bedding for a pin cushion. but IL was
much earlier than o'clock in the morn
ing when she pinned her handsome
cameo brooch on the sheet down BY the
side OF her bed The ornament was an
heirloom. and that place appealed to
her as particularly safe place. The
following morning she arose. break
tasted and forgot her pin entirely until
she was dressing for dinner. when she
wished to wear il. Then she remem-
bered where she had left 1t. She hur-
ried to her bed. The liqen had been
changed 1t had been sent to the laun-
dry. too, so the house keeper told her.
The laundry man was notified. The
next day he brought to the hotel tha
remains of the brooch. 1t had been
through the washing machine.
Curious Hiding Places
Trouble seems to grow particularly
from people trying TO select what they
safe places 20 hide their valu-
ables. This tendency came near costing
an actress nearly whole seasons pay,
and before that money was finally re-
she had feverish visions OF hav-
ing to walk the ties back TO New
York's rialto. She had wrapped the
money. Il was paper-lfke that latslv
In use-in a handkerchief and placed ic
under the waste basket. The maid.
cleaning up the room. thought II
small bunch OF rags and threw them
In the waste basket. from which they
were rescued later by a thankful
owner. assisted by grateful maid
Another woman secreted a $4,000 sun
burst in a piece of tissue paper and
the next day Ii was fshed out Of the
.uspidor in the corridor. where the
maid had thrown it. thinking 1t a wad
,f waste paper. The maid was $5 rich
sr; the owner OF the pin s2.500.
ELIZABETH HAIGHr STRONG