The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
At Home With the billions

billions amt tskin' charity not from
any one. It's the Dillon sisters to the
rescue They rustles around until they
finds Larry a job as night watch. in
where it's warm. Then they all chips
in for the new Tenth avenue fiat Mag
gle brings her man and the two kids,
the lady Kate sends around her trunks
with the furniture, and Nora promises
to give up half Of her twenty to keep
things going.
And then the Brays, who lives oppo-
site, has TO spring their blow out
They'd have been married forty years,
too; but just because one Of their boys
was in the fire department. and Liz e
BRADY was workin in d Sixth avenue
Embarrassing parior, they'd no call to
flash such a bluff-frosted cake from
the baker, with the date done in pink
candy, candles burniD' on the mantel-
piece, a whole case of st. Louis on the
front fire escape, and the district boss
drivin' around in one of Connely's fin
neral hacks. Who was the Rradvs
that they should have weddin' celebra-
tons when the billions had none?
Kate, the sales lady person, handed
out that conundrum. She supplies tho
answer, too She allows that wrat a
Brady can make a try at, a Dillon can
do like 1t ought to be done. So they've
no sooner had the gas and water turned
on at the new fat than she draws I'D
plans for a weddin' anniversary that'fl
make the Brady performance look ike
pan of beans beside a standin' lib
roast.
She knows what's what. the lady
Kate does. She's been to the real
things, and they calls 'em "at homes
in Harlem. The billions will be at home
Sunday, the 18th, from half after four
until eight, and the Bradys can wag
! their tongues off for all she cares. It'll
be in honor Of the fortieth wedding an
niversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Dillon. and all the family connections
| and all the friends of the same, is to
| have q, bid.
well. that's the lirnitF' says I. "Dsd
you tell the girl they'd better be layin
| in groceries instead of givin- an imita-
ton tear
Certainly mott" says Sadie. why
shouldn't they enjoy themselves in theil
own way?"
"Eh?" says 1. 'Oh, take it all back
But what was the eye-swabbin' for
| them"
By degrees 1 gets the enacting clause
The arrangements for the party was
| goin' on lovely-Larry was having tn,
! buttons sewed onto the iong-tailed Coat
4 he was married in, the scene sEiftel
| had got the loan of some stage prop:
to decorate the front room, there was
to be ice cream and fancy cakes anC
ladies' punch, Father Kelley has prom
ised to droD in. and all was runnin
smooth-when Mother Dillon break.
/ loose.
And what do you guess is the matter
with her? She wants her 'Loyshy. i
there is TO be any family convention
and weddin' celebration. why couldn'
she have her little Aloysius TO It? Sh,
didn't care a split spud how he'd be
! haved, or if him and his father has
| had words; he was her youngest by
| and she thought more Of him than al
the rest put together, and she wouldn'
have hand in any doin's that 'I,oyshy
was barred from comm to.
As Nora puts it, when the old lad,
speaks her mind, you've got to lister
or go mad from her." She don't tall
| of anything else, and when she ain
| talkin' she's cryin' her eyes out. OLD
Larry swore himself out of breath. tn,
lady Kate argued, and Maggie had dom
! her best; but there was nothin' dom