Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-11-25
The Artistic
temperament

Il 49,
tents of her purse.
| Last fall" went on the artist,
when / went to Paris and all the
| Americans in the Latin quarter were
| SO nice to me, | thought 1t was due
to the hospitality of my country peo-
know that, even at that early stage,
every one of those women had deep
| designs on me.
| "A friend had advised me not to let
any one know when | got ready to
leave for home. She said just to steal
away in the night and send wireless
| good-by back from midocean and thus
avoid doing errands for friends.
| thought that showed an awful dispo-
! sition.
In June / began Dragging that
| was going back to Chicago in July.
Then came a string of callers to find
out whether | had any spare room in
| my trunk. 1t struck me as rather or
| iginal to answer in the Affirmative
\ | had never heard of any one who had
| confessed to being In that state"
But did you really have vacant
space in your trunk when you had
been abroad nine months?' asked the
| stenographer.
Yes, that Is why l had it. You
see, threw away my old clothes on
the strength of woman's asking how
much I'd charge to paint her portrait
1T seemed such a simple thing to
say that Id take a package to New
York for Miss Brownells brother"
| explained the artist. She said it was
something he had left in Paris. How
was ! to know that it was bathrobe,
| and that her brother was fat man?
After that | didn't have plenty Of
room in my little steamer trunk. She
said / could leave the bathrobe at her
brothers Office in New York. / said
I'd love to. l always did just done
dote on carrying packages especially
bathrobes for fat men.
Then Miss Burridge wanted me to
take hatpin to a little friend of hers
1t cost only five cents, but it would
make the child so happy to have some
thing from Paris, she said.
Miss Lawyer had two lovely lace
collars che had worn only a few times
and she wanted to sell them in order
to buy paints In the Latin quarter
it is perfectly polite and stylish to sell
ones clothes for arts sake When
Miss Lawyer said l could send her
the money back from America
bought one of the collars.
When / reached New York my rich
aunt looked Mortified at the thought
OF my buying lace when needed
shoes and offered to buy the collar
for her daughter. AS she has al.
ways been so nice to me-giving me
lot of advice on how to save money
II let her have the collar for Just
what l was to pay for it, Then l sent
her check on to Paris. Miss Lawyer
wrote at once taht there was still "a
due, as the collar | had chosen was
the more expensive one. don't see
why-it was the smaller of the two.
Aunt Mary has an awful opinion of
the effects of art, SO / wasn't going
to have her know I'd sold collar for
81 less than it was worth. Consequent
ly sent money Of my own to Miss
Lawyer and said nothing.
My matrimonial prospects were
ruined as | was taking the steamer,
because / had to open my trunk to
stow away three little bottles of per-
vryhf nh 81
to Chicago. That Immaculate George
Wolcott was there and saw the way
had packed my trunk
Another romance of your young
life ended" said the stenographer.
comfortiE$ly.
AT New York wanted to show the
customhouse officers those three bot.
ties Of perfume just to let them
know / really had something dutiable,
but the bottles had disappeared. MY
cabin mate insists that / was careless
In leaving my trunk unlocked one
morning when went up on deck. I
sent So to Miss Leigh and worded my
letter SO that she would think had
used the perfume for presents. Sho
didn't write me q very courteous re,
ply.
Before got through with that Ave
cent hatpin had to pay out 90 cents
In postage and car fare--and the lit
tie girl could have bought one just
. like it in New York for less than ten
cents.
Il didn't mind being out Of pocket
1923. | don't even grieve over the.
loss Of Mr.. Wolcott. but know all
those women In Paris will get to-
gether and compare notes and think
me subject for an insane asylum.
SO shall never dare 60 to Paris
again.
"Oh. shouldn't worry said the
stenographer. They will think it is
your artistic temperament isn't as
though you were q business woman
and were supposed to be intelligent"
How sweet of you'll" said the artist.
Nobody else since Jobs time has had
such comforter as you are."-Chi-
cago Daily News.