The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

girls at an adjoining table were drfnk-
Ing, one a Dubonnet cocktail and tina
other-wonderful to relate-a seltSer
Iemonadel And It was the only lem
onade 1 saw during my visit to tho
cafes.
the afternoon was waning and had
secured no interview.
Suddenly I thought OF Jeanettei
All, there was my opportunity. Jean
cite is the colored maid who oficiates
In the ladies' parlor OF very well
known and popular cafe IN Market
street. She used to work for my friend
in the long ago, before she became.
as we tell her. a public character.
Let's go and see Jeanette a min
ute" said I. and my friend agreed.
When we arrived we went directly
TO the ladies' parlor. Jeanette was
glad to see us, but she was full to
bursting OF the New Years eve cele-
bratton- 1t was not so very recent
but poor Jeanette had seen only the
unpleasant side of it and she remem-
bered.
tried to get her views on the
afternoon cocktail crowd. but about
all she said was. 1T isn't what II used
to be here The crowd has shifted"
Where to, Jeanette?'' inquired my
friend.
She named the places we had Just
left.
"of course if the management WON'T
furnish music and entertainers they
can't expect to keep the crowd. I've
told them, but they won't see IT."
And then she drifted back to the
New Years celebration.
Il had one drunk at o'clock" she
said
Wasn't that pretty earlyr' asked
my friend.
Yes. for New Years eve," answered
Jeanette.
why. you don't mean to say the
women get tipsy in the afternoon, do
you. Jeanette?' I was aghast
why notg' she returned. They
get tipsy whenever they feel like IT,"
And she proceeded to tell US. with
much rolling Of her eyes and raising
of her hands. OF a party that came
from one Of the nearby towns across
the bay and got regularly loaded
as she put it. Jeanette IS nothing If
not sophisticated.
But about your o'clock case on
New Years ever" said L Tell US
about that"
"oh. that poor little girIm said
Jeanette. "She wasn't more than 19
or 20-such a pretty girl. too. I saw
her coming and got her IN here on
that couch. She couldn't raise her
head" continued Jeanette. "All she
could do was to say. oh. Jeanette. I'm
50 SlCh. IOU UOn neeQ 10 tell me
that. chile seq. I can see IT."
How did it happen so early?" I
inquired.
tom and Jerrys on an empty stonn-
ach,' answered Jeanette.
Is 1t any wonder the poor girl was
i'll?
And her young man tust begged
me to let her stay here until she was
better" went on Jeanette. "FWhy.
I've a machine ordered and a table re-
served and everything he says.
can't help what you've got or
dered. The only place for this girl is
home I told him.
Can't she stay here for little
while until she's betterT he pleaded
Any other night in the year she
could stay until the place closed and
welcome. but not tonight. By o'clock
this room will be heaped up with
wraps and coats. It's the only place
I have for them And every once in
a while that poor chile would say. oh,
Jeanette, I'm so sickp
Why, she's down and outr I sez
Can't you see for yourself that the
only place for this girl is home and
bed?'
I'VE had a terrible time to get any
thing to take her home in" went on
Jeanette. Every machine IN town was
engaged. I telephOned all over and
finally got them a carriage and we
managed to get her into it, and be-
lieve me. was relieved to see the poor
girl go. Why. had this place stocked
up with sealSkinS and things by 9
o'clock. and by IL things began to be
lively" Jeanette'S hands went up and
her eyes rolled. After that / was
some busy"
And from her account of what her
arrangements for the night had been
that ladies' parlor must have resem-
thought had provided couches and easy
chairs in plenty, and also the little
accessories that one finds In ones
stateroom aboard ship when one en-
barks on an ocean voyage.
They fairly fell over one another
in their hurry TO get here" said Jean
ette. and she covered her mouth with
the palm of her hand. The gesture
was more eloquent than words would