Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-10-05
A RAINBOW
REVOLUTION
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW
Copyright, 1910, by the Pearson Pub
fishing company.

kind. a., The boudoir, hastily constructed
| Of unseasoned planks. had riffs In the
walls two or three inches wide. The
bedrooms and bath were of saggina
canvas. In the boudoir. one might
apply onss eye to the cracks between
| the boards and view the panorama Of
family life next door. In sleeping
chamber or bath one must perforce
hear the most intimate Of whispered
conversations in the adjoining apart
ments. If one pinned for seclusion in
Wspiti, one must climb above timber
line to get 1t.
But Rose O'Hara was an expert
enced traveller. She gave small thought
to the Inconvenience and consoled her
self instead with the wonderful views,
the marvellous contrasts. After direct
ing Ernestine, her maid. to hang bro
cade over the rough walls and to cover
the knot holes in the floor with rugs,
she leaned from a side window and
gazed with awed delight into the
depths of ravine with water tinkling
over the rocks and losing itself with
a faint, musical splash in a pool a
thousand feet below Before the front
windows lay a majestic picture OF
great, bald, blue ranges, the pines
marching up their bold rocky sides
straight to the timber line, and, far
above that barren expanse the peaks
Of snow. From a rear window she
could almost lay her cheek against a
steep mountain, all rocks and scrub
pine and sage bushes. How she loved
1t, She drew in the cool, dry, pure
air in great inhalations. 1t was all
magic and mystery.
Upon these ecstasies Ernestine pres
emily impinged, CONSERVATION, even
despair written all over hands, eye
brows, shoulders. God forgive her, but
she had been III in New York and had
not wished to trouble Mademoiselle, so
she had rashly, time had proved how
rashly, asked Miss Hodgkins, the sec
rotary, to attend to the packing Of the
trunks, and now. she herself had been
unpacking, and TO her horror, oh, what
horror! she had discovered that there
was not one thing At for Mademoiselle
to wear She could accuse no one Of
spite. but that even an English secre-
tary could have thrown beautiful
gowns into trunks after such a
fashion"
THAT will do" said Rose O'Hara
peremptorily; and then. like all great
generals, she issued her commands
briefly and to the point: Find out
where the things may be most salts
tactorily pressed and Numbered. Give
the people to whom you send them
the least possible time to do them.
will take my meals here In my apart
ment until they are finished"
There was, naturally, but oue place
10 send them-the Snowflake Laun-
dry, and 1t maintained the high stan
lard Mrs. MacChesney had set for II.
Miss O'Hara's beautiful and innumer-
able white garments were promptly re-
turned to her the next evening The
mere daughters of dollars might wait:
but not the great singer The adver-
tieement Of her patronage was above
rubies, Sc the entire force Of the laun-
dry was concentrated upon those ex-
Quisite garments, and upon their
speedy return; they were admitted by
even the grudging Ernestine TO be
Numbered beyond criticism and pressed
with the most finished art. Paris
could offer nothing better. Both she
and Miss Hodgkins forgot their dis
sensions in a trance of admiration
evoked by those robes.
Then, her more phlegmatic mind re-
verting to practical things. the secre-
tary picked up the bill. CHANGING over
IT, she became violently doubtful of her
eyesight. She turned to Ernestine in !
this moment Of panic. and again there !
was unprecedented unanimity of senti- |
ment between them. The bill had a |
Medusa-like effect upon Ernestine. ap- |
turning her to stone. Then |
abandoning her pose OF statu- |
esque horror. she burst into roulades |
and crescendos Of dismay-coloratrra. |
1t was moment Of emotion not to be |
wasted O
With the slightest of knocks. the
maid burst into the boudoir. There
Rose O'Hara reclined languidly upon
a couch, an unopened novel In her
hand. listening indifferently to a dis
cussion between husband and wife in
the next room. and now and again let
ting her attention wander to a large
knot-hole in the floor through which
she could view the lady In the room
below enjoying her siesta.
She looked up in astonished reproof Il
Is Ernestine entered, closely followed
BY Miss Hodgkins. The pantomime
furnished by the former was most
presented.
The singer reused herself to frown
ipon this admirable portrayal OF men
al disorder. What is it," she~askel
'harply.
"Oh. they are beautiful. Mademoi-
ellie, re clothes" exclaimed Ernestine.
but. mon Dieu! re bill! | hat not 20
MIN to hol IT,"
With British calm. Miss Hodgkins
topped past her and presented the
,aper bearing the letter-head, Snow
flake Laundry"
Miss O'Hara took Il with indifference
Uupled with impotence Then. as
Ter eyes ran over the items and fell
Ipon the total amount, they widened,
Ter Jaw dropped.
"Incredible!" she cried. Impossible,
his is some error. This IS surely the
I'll from the jewelers. for my new
merald necklace. You, Miss Hodg-
ins. must be guilty Of this absurd
mistake"
Quietly but firmly, Miss Hodgkins
epelled the insinuation. Again the
niger ran over the items Of the bill.
nd this time Indignantly: They
hink," she said bitterly, that he
ause I am an opera singer, and be-
ause my press agent and manager
ublish the exact amount of my salary