Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-05-27

over the street. The mosaic Of hur-
ried foot passengers, importunate
street vendors, commanding police
men, grim workmen, congested street
traffic, flashed before her eyes.
Henrietta clutched her baggage
tighter. Her eyes gIowed, her lips
parted. This was New York. There
was no doubt about it. She would
have known it in China, and today was
annual meeting at home with dinner
in the church parlors. Henrietta
laughed. She wished to stay there in
definitely. Indeed she was afraid to
move for fear Of waking up in the back
buttery, washing milk cans. But the
exigencies of a strenuous life had al
ready laid hold of her, and she was
forced in this labyrinth of streets and
buildings to find Macy's new store,
Sixth avenue, Thirty-fourth and
Thirty-ffth streets. She had read in
the DelineatOr that "an UnaCcOmpan-
led lady can always, with propriety, in
quire her way from a policeman. Not
that she could tell a policeman from a
street car conductor, or hack dTiv
er. Her choice fell on a man with
a club, walking up and down doing
nothing. Three blocks over and
seven down, lady" he said. "YOu can
take a Cr0sstown car and transfer
at Sixth avenue" To Henrietta the
difference between Crosstown car
and a hole il the ground, was not ap-
parent. A distinction which the pO-
Hceman seemed to have grasped as
he stopped a car and pOked her and
her belongings into it, with directions
where to get off. Deason Wright had
said. Don't never forget, Henrietta
that you are in the hands of provi
dence" but then, he had never been
in New York and consigned his fate
to a policeman.
Henrietta had. in the course OF her
life, participated in three runaways
and one smash-up. but even the com
bined experiences were a small con-
tributiOn to life in comparison with
her ride to Mays new store. The
car started and she plunged into the
lap Of a woman in big hat and
black silk coat. The woman said
oh! Henrietta said, Good Iand!"
The car stopped, and Henrietta lost
no time in giving the fat gentleman
in front of her a black eye. The con
ductor called Fares" and she smote
him under the fifth rib. The car gave
an unusually heavy lurch. and the
bodies piled up against the front
door. 1t turned the corner and they
fell off the back platform.
Henrietta arrived at Herald square.
with her new cotton gloves trampled
under the feet of men; her umbrella
a shapeless pulp; her valise material
" changed in form, and hair and hat
in ruins But her sporting blood was
up and she was eager for the fray.
The splendor of Mays entrance
door; the wonder Of the moving stair
way-which frightened her TO death
the obseQuious politeness of the
clerks, were a pageant never sur
passed by royal spectacles. In the
millinery department she was re
ceived by an imposing woman with
magnificent blonde couture, a rustl-
ing -affeta gown: coils of black
beads, and an accent which even
Henrietta recognized as French.
Miss Jenkins-Oh, yes, Madame
Robinson has charge OF you. She is
not here. Come back at half after ;.
Yes, you may leave your baggage
here
The room was a mass Of rayishing
stuffs Of which the novice from the
Corners had not even dreamed. Girls
in their shirt waists and trm skirts
piled deft needles as they bent over
their work.
Hanrietta's next move was for
lunch. The palatial banquet rail-
opened before her enraptured gaze
like a creation OF Alladin's. The b.
wilde ing prices-Henrietta never
was quick at fgures-the complicated
''AIerus": the markings en- glass and
silver the :ntricacies Of the service