The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-12
A Rainbow
Revolution
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW
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canvas In the b0ud0ir. one might
I apply ones eye 10 the cracks between
I me boards and view the panorama ol
FAMILY life next door In sleeping
I enamaer or bath one must perforca
1sar the most intimate OF whispered
/ eo1FS. s2li0ns IN the adjoining apart.
+ ne1fs. X one pinad for seeIusinn IN
I Hapitf. one must climb above timber
/ line to get it.
t but Rose O'Hara was an expert
eneed traveller. she gave small thought
I 70 the inconvenience and c0ns0led her
self instead with the wonderful views.
the marvellous contrasts After direct,
ing LFnesTtne, her maid to ! ng bro.
caee over the rough walls and 10 cover
the knot holes in rhe floor with rugs
she leaned from a side window and
gazed with awed delight into the
Depths Of 4 ravine with water tinkffue
over The rocks and losing iteelf with
2 faint, musical splash in a pool .
thousand feet below. Before the front
windows lay a majestic picture Of
great. bald, blue ranges, the pines
marching mp their bold rocky sides
straight to the timber line. and. far
above hat barren expansa the peaks
9t snow. From rear window she
could almost lay her cheek against a
steep mountain. all rocks and scrub
pine and sage bushes. How she loved
Is She drew in the cool. dry. pure
air in great inhalations. It was ali
magic and mystery.
t p0n these ecstasies Ernestfns pres
emily impinged, consteruation. even
despair written all over hands. eve.
hrows. shoulders. God forgive her. but
she had been III in New York and had
not wished to trouble Mademolsane. %
she had rashiy. time had proved how
TashiY, asked Miss Fodgklns. the sec
retary. TO attend 10 the packing or the 4
trunks. and now. she herself had been
unpacking, and 20 her horror. oh. what
h0rEori she had discovered that there
vas not one thing fl for Madernoiselle
TO wear. She could accuse no one Of
spite, but that even an English seere-
tary could have thrown beautiful
gowns into trunks after such a
fashion"
THAT will do" said Rose O'Hara
perempt0rily, and them, like all great \
generals, she issued her commands (
briefly and to the point: Find out \
where the things may be most salts
faetorily pressed and laundered Give I
the people to whom yeu send them /
the least possible time to do them. /
viii take my meals here in my apart
ment until they are finished"
There vas naturally, but ons place
10 send them-the Snow Flake Laun-
dry and It maintained the high stan
dard Mrs. MacChesney had set for it.
Miss OHara's beautiful and innumer-
able white garments were promptly re-
turned 10 her the next evening. The
mere daughters Of dollars might wait:
but not the great singer 4The adyer-
lisement OF her patronage was above
ru5ies. so the entire force Of the laun- ,
Try was concentrates upon those ex-
Iuisite garments, and upon their
speedy return, they were admitted bv
even the grudging Ernestine to be
aaadered beyond criticism and pressed I
Eiia the most finished art Paris I
sould offer nothing better. Both she
md Miss Hodgkans forgot thair dis \
.ensions in q trance Of admiration
.voked By those robes.
Then. her more phlegmatic mind re-
-erting 70 practical things. the secre-
arY picked up the bill GIaneing over
{, she became violently doubtful OF her
yesight. She turned 10 Ernestipe in y
his moment Of panic. and again there 4
7as unprecedented unanimity OF seni- 3
aent between them. The bill had 4
ledasaH like effect upon ErDestine al K
arentiy turning her to stone. Then &
'lthout abandoning her pose Of gtatu- z
sque horror she burst into roalades
nj cTescendos Of disrrav-cOl0ratur %
Was moment of emotion not to be 81
asted n
With the slightest Of knocks. the y
aid burst into the b0ud0ir. There "
ose OHara reclined languidly upon q
couch, an unopened novel in her q
md. listening indifferently to a dis 3
ission between husband and wife in y
e next room, and now and again let Il
ng her attention wander to a large "a
1ot-hole in the floor through which ~
g could view the lady in the room as
low enjoying her siesta.
She locked UP in astOnished Tepro0f AZ
Ernestlne entered, closely followed S
Miss Hodgkins- The pantomime sM
rnished by the former was most VA
presented.
The singer reused herself to frown ET
on this admirable portrayal OF men ~
disorder What is it2" she asked -
arply M
Oh they are beautiful. Maaemoi -
le ze clothes exclaimed Ernestine. l
n. mon Dieul ze billi / hat not ze M
n 70 hoT it" ~
With British calm Miss Hodelzins I'd
pped past her and presented the - -
7er bearing the letterhead, Snow
Ike Laundry" ~
diss 0'Hara took it with Indifference
Ipled with impatience. Then. as
eyes ran over the items and fell ~
IN The total amount, they wiGened -
jaw dropped. -
incrediblel" she cried "Tmpossible, -
IS is some error. This is surely tie "a
from the jewelers. for my new
erald necklace. You. Miss Hodg- -
s. must be guilty Of this absurd -
take M
uieuy but firmly. Miss Hodgklns AZ
elled the insinuation. Again the "a
ger ran over the items Of the biu -
this time Indignantly. The =
TX, she said bitterly, that b..
se I am an opera singer. and be -
g my press agent and manseef -
iish the exact amount Of my sslarg *
led, they can impose upon me r. ~
extent But this" she struck the
r light4z With her fingers, "ls toe -
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