The Glenwood post., 1913-03-01
eiRl's HELPING HAND
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Ths artist ArlsA ~ hrusAes. fol1s3
bor hanAs and waited. ',0e ahead ~
tell H." she commanded.
.Yoa know Of Mrs. vanAerskipprr
a9ks1 TIE steoagraVAsr.
-ProGident q the Humanity UDafft-
ses' societys Yes. Why?
'-Shs y . frteaA Of . cousin of mine
II never did like that cousin. either.
One hot evening Mrs. Vahderskippef's
automobile stopped in front of our
boarding house. and bac visions a
. ride in the park. Mrs. VanderskiD-
PER didn't carry the same thought.
learned that . prize of 500 had been
offered to the member Of the Uplift-
srs' society who would write the best
sssay On A Helping Hand to Self
Supporting Women Mrs. Wander
skipper wanted to have me help her
write the aaaay."
fAs artist GFiaAeA.
Il wanted to laugh. too" said the
stssographss. 61t I left tie comfort
sbls porch al for tAFee solid hours
vs svelteroA over tie Detes she haA
vEittsa- nsa ve 1oasTaased them
Tor - 70 eo0y aftsr o0os hours Mrs.
vanAesskiDDor aeeeDkeA some Of my
suggestioas. bst refused to cut out
some ssadneatal ideas-"
"And yoar suggestions won her ths
prise!" The artist spoke Is II shs
know all about winning prizes,
Exactly. Bat that 10 only the mrs.
eAaptsr.
"On the streagth Of the 800 check,"
vent On the stenographer. Mrs. Van
derskipper wished to give me what
she called . real treat. II she had
paid me at space rates for copying
her essay would have been satisssd.
but she could not think Of money n
connection with services rendered.
She invited No to . concert to which
she had free tickets. I apologeticslly
refused. ~ I do not caro- for muaio.
Anyway, I wanted the treat to b on
her, not On the management OF ne
concert. I had seen all the good plays
n town and I refused t0 waste IN
evening On . poor one"
"You arc rather particular."
"Oh. An I? Well. anyway. 1S.
vanderskipper invited me to . tsAIe
d'hote dinner at the Hotel Caroa3ae.
She had once lived there and sAs
recommended the dinners - rsslly
better than any t6 banaust - svse
attsnded. have never bssa - . .
feed. and anyway I was wil1inG - a.
pertinent. She had invited ssvssal
other self-supporting woDsa TO d.
ner also. She said that sons of .hs
Who knew her when sAe iivel tosee
and they might recognise hse. - =
would be . source Of great nort1too-
ton to her II her guests were not
properly attired."
The artist grinned.
Il caught the idea. 70 that nigtt I
told the boarders that I'd have to buy
4 new dress. just because had hesn
indiscreet enough to lend . helSing
hand to poor society woman. One
man suggested that I 20 at once to
Mrs. Vanderskipper and say. 'Maeam.
that dinner will cost you s1-give me
Is cents and I'll stay at home An
other man advised me to make II 80
cents-said even then she would be
saving money. Miss Bosely said ths
would be glad to lend me her evertng
dress for the occasion, but the coesin
who gave 1t to her had once lived at
the Hotel Caroline and the servanto
might recognize 1t.
Every day that week during Ne
noon hour bought . dress or took
one back. The last afternoon at. I
o'clock had . cream wool skirt, two
chiffon wells. = pair Of Turkish sip
pers and 4 linen dress. BY that tire
I was 80 desperate that I didn't ca-s
whether made q good impression En
the servants at the Hotel Caroline o.
not. 20 l rushed into . store ana
bought q blouse.
THAT isn't the worst Of It. At the
dinner Mrs. vanderskipper told every
one that 1t took her less than an hour
to write the essay which won the $1oo
prize. I thought Of the hot summer
nights work in my room and the long
after hours that I devoted n typing
the essay. to say nothing Of the time
passed in shopping"
"Just to eat . 81 dinner with .
woman!" finished The artist.
"Precisely. II made ne - angFy
that now I Aaveat the shghtsst d.
sirs ever again to give hslpisS hand
to any one. That = Why refass to
help yoQ. o., Tn A0W The least sblig.
lng creature yoa ever saWl"-Chicago
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