The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

Miss O'Hara became the recipient OF
almost Historically Joyful kilograms
from her press agent From a news
standpoint, she and her last eccen-
tricity was q godsend. 1t was one OF
the deadest summers known in years.
Correspondents rushed to Wapitf.
They fastened to announce that the
color fashion had first been adopted
by Rose o'Hara, but that Mrs. k
and Mrs. y, names to conjure with,
had speedily followed suit Their
papers and waiting world immedi-
ately demanded an interview with the
singer on this subject.
Miss O'Hara was gracious. She met
all OF the correspondents and talked
| pleasantly, but-not about clothes. She
tried to beg of there. Really, there was
nothing she had to say. She had, as
usual, ordered her summer gowns
from the best Paris, New York, Lon
don and Vienna houses. But this year,
she must confess it, she had felt too
weary personally to consult them Her
season had been an unusually arduous
one. but they all knew her tastes per-
fectly. and would not dream OF send
ing her anything but what was quite
correct. Was it white summer?
| Those things were of so little interest
| to the artist But truly, there must be
some mistake, the makers of her gowns
would surely have informed her OF
this-what was it?-this white sum
| mer.
| After this, as Ernestine had pre-
| dicted, things did happen A Russian
Princess at Trouville, French Ouch
esse at Marienbad, Valerie Dreme, the
| queen of musical comedy, had all ap-
peared In the limpest of colored chit
| fons. 1t was practically q revolution;
| the most stupendous event which had
ever occurred in the world Of fashion.
| The great establishments made hercu-
lean efforts to assemble their workers,
in the gallant but hopeless effort to
1 fill their orders.
1t was at this juncture that Willy
| Gaines came down from the higher
/ attitudes. and Mrs. MacChesney heaved
great sigh of relief and fastened to
lay her troubles before him She wore
the crispest, fullest white 1t had be-
come a marked costume in Wapiti now,
by reason of its rarity and unpopu-
larity; but with Mrs. MacChesney it
was almost a uniform. The Guard
dies, it never surrenders; yet her
l q
sort of an expression she wore in the
club federation meetings when the in
| surgents held the floor.
Say. Willy" she asked, without pre-
amble, why wouldn't it be good
thing for the Snowflake Laundry to
/ sue this opera singer
What for?" WHY'S tone expressed
establishment. And what opera singer?
Hasn't she-whoever she is-paid her
bill?"
"oh, forgot" returned Mrs Mac
| Chesney with a touch Of Impotence,
/ you've been gallivanting off into the
/ mountains, when you were needed at
home. OF course she's paid her bill.
/ What for? Why--for running my BUSH
ness. I've got to pay all those women
4 / engaged for eight weeks yet to come,
and they're just sitting around doing
crochet work and gossiping. The
laundering of little lingerie is not
enough to keep them all busy"
i In reply to Gaines's rather puzzled
lquestions, Mrs. MacChesney went in
to the whole situation. explaining it
at length, emphatically voicing her de-
sire to secure some recompense for the
disastrous results to her business.
But she has right to wear any
kind of clothes she pleases," said Willy
stupidity.
HAS she? Not II it ruins my busi-
ness, and not IL can prove that she
did it just to ruin my business" re-
piled Mrs. MacChesney with COM
pressed lips, and believe / can. The
walls are thin, at the Rltz-Wapiti, and
French maids will talk. YOU with
what to the masculine sense might
seem subtle fattery, can make good
case out Of anything Willy, and you
ought to be able to get good damages
for me out of this. Why, if it wasn't
for the power of thought, I'd be a
beggar in the street right now, for /
mortgaged my whole melon crop to
start the Snow Flake Still, even
with this trouble coming on me,
made demonstration. | found out
that prospect / bought last year. the
! Ruby G. you know, was badly sailed
, and sold it to tenderfoot investor
the other day, for an advance of two
thousand on what | paid for 1t. He is
rich, and it will be good Western ex
perience for him. SO you see that the
, widow is not left without her measure
, of meal and a little oil in her cruse.'
W1Ll all leT various dClIfllleS ant
interests, Mrs. MacChesney had not ne
elected to adopt and adapt popular
philosophy She called herself New
,, Thoughtiest."
ut does seem as II this Rose O'Hars
was sent to be thorn in my side, OIL
so would say if | was in the ole
theology" she continued.
i, At the mention of that name. re
markable change came over Will.
| Gaines He positively bounded from
{ his chair, his eyes stared. his face wen
] white.
"What?" he stammered. Whom
: did you say?"
"Rose O'Hara. What a jumpy ca
you are, Willy. You ought to TAX
! something for your nerves. It's cigar
cites Now, our crusade"
Willy Gaines was ever quick to act
|, He took Mrs. MacChesney's hand, civ
/ ing 1t gentle and heartening pressur
OF sympathy and understanding, an,
. before she knew it she was at tn
;, door.