Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-04

noon there comes a knock at the front ot1ce
door, and rs | sings for EN- push
through, in sails broad gage, heavv-lWed
female party that's perfect stranger -
SHE stops for second to take a calm "a
glance around and then MARCHES
straight for the desk with a confident. easy nWs
SWING that don't hint of stage fright,
anything like that rs it amt often We
have lady callers at the studio looked her -
over curious. And she husky
specimen not just ordinary fat woman,
YOU know: but OF these big-franed, 8NV
well-inusced lady Anazons that carried
her weight well and still breathin' easy
after climbin the stairs I;
She's dressed neat and quiet enough. ~
barrin the dishpan lid with the green HfHHs:
on the side; but at that she want any lBHk1HaE
Lillian Russell It's good plain, wash HkksHisE
day sort OF face, though and there's AgkSaET&
thin steady and comf'table about them WSSe4Ma
wide-set eyes of hers When it came to ENEH
glessin her age. though. up in the ffrEsJ'
anywhere between thirty and forty tIFfIK
was rs near as | could come; for these W}sAN
female heavyweights hard to Judge. ETH
tine thing IS clear though she's here M INA
business. tAN
This is where Mr.. Joseph Gallagher $sNH 1
works, amt it," says she. hNK
And, say, you don't know how odd and IN ~
strange that sounded. ~Nr. Joseph Gal -
lagher:" po-parrots after her. "Why
er-oh, YOU Swiftly joe eho'
That's his professional name, is it,
says She. It's Mr.
1T once says |, "before he quit
the ring.
Then he's quit for good has heo That's
nice says She droppin easy chair and warmin m,
up chaty. a hopes he had As was sayn' to sta
Mamie Gibson only the other day. Name says l. if
that young ar
Excuse me-" says l. but if this is a message from J
Name maybe you'd better deliver direct to Mr. as
Gallagher himself He's in the gym there pnpn up str
for evenin sid
"oh~ the lady Amazon gancin at the half-open do
door. NO. 1t amt for him. Shut that can't YOU"
Knew exactly what she wanted, she did, and wa mt WI
afraid to ask for it, 50 pushes the door to- mig
You see, she goes on "Im Mrs. Kelley" got
oh yes" says l. Any particular Kelley
"Imogene says she. Il don't the Mrs Cornelius if
any more COMFY didn't figure long, anyway, and hir
he got ghtin the bottle hard gave him the shake
Then, what with his actin the way he did after and Law
getting himself shot a sloon-why Just went back w
to the Imogene: though wouldn't go far as to call Ga
myself Miss, the way some widows do" he
Course not" says l. But now what about Swiftly at
Eoe?" IS
Well its this way, says mogene htchn her chair ain
UP closer Mamie Gisons folks YOU see has the fat tell
just mine. She's nice girl Mamie even if she
does run about lot But you know how is with them co,
q'ck-lunch casllers-rnore gentlemen friends than up
they know what to do hand if it amt invite to
the vaudeville lt be to dance or the movn pictures
and you can't blame her so much.
Il should say not" says |, mogene stops for
breath Ho
But MIR. Gibson she goes on, "he wouldn't stand
for it at all Kind of mush times, Mr. Gibson IS and
he told Mamie she couldn't pick the lot and eh
settle down to him why, they could all stay away.
habit YOU understand bein real friendly like and wa:
wantln to young people enjoy themselves got say
IN the way OF slppin down to my fiat and havn' EN-
ring my bell when they came No harm DONE you
know and, if do say myself her mother couldn't He
have been more particular.
Il get YOU says |. And you've o look up
Swlfty's reerences?" YOU
Why yes says she that's about It, And first off of
now, he amt married man. is he?" this
swiftly" saysI mot him. He's settled old bach goo
that just has kittenish spells" in :
Il here says lmOgene. And l told that Mrs. dun
Meyers, the first floor l knew he wa mt married all
He didn't it. ben shy and nervous like and not nv
DARN to smoke inside and always luggn his hat