New-York tribune., 1913-05-18
COATS & SUITS CHRISTMAS

ht,-to give little key an acroplanc He
ha. blue eyes. and Is very Young for hi7 age
How od would YOU take him for MIS-
Coplcgh, Thirteen, Oh. bis poor mother
over hftv. | suppose YOU Couldn t-no,
must go up to Toys and choose II my'eh'
sadly. You see % the hanikcrchleis and
the pcriumcry. Mrs. Coplcigh. And
Advertising still on the phone Tell her the
al will bc up right away. Can't YOU look
over the iur-trmmcd broadcloths, the mosl
,uicd onc,. and try 20 get up an al yourself
for once. Mn. Coplcigh' What do have
an assistant for,
"Hcr tcmpcr's not improving. How can
put up with this another year, lamcnted
Mrs. Coplcigh outside. with the drcar re-
sentiment of one who will always be ilrst as
sistant.
And the Buyers face was even grayer
when she returned from Toys. The Joyous
ios,ling crowds loaded with packages the
pushing persistent parents. thinking only
Of thcm.clyc-: worst Of al. the rosy, rdckety
children
call q taxi, will YOU, Mrs Copleigh?' -
said Mis- Hartog. This has been a inght-
ful season. I'm all in.
Every approachng-forty line IN her face
stood out clearly in evidence. with several
Others that no masscusc had ever discovered.
II had been fierce season. Mter twenty
five year, Of battling one begins to feel II.
At the corner Of Chestnut and Juniper.
Miss Iartog ,ignalcd the driver 10 stop, and
stepping out went inside the telegraph office
and wired q hundred dollars to Mr. key
Wallcnstcin. Hotel Auditorium, Chicago.
~If that's all he married me for, she
thought duly "hc sha'n't be disappointed
-altogcthcr.
What time will it get there she in
quircd anXiou,ly.
about five, Ma'am. Is only iour-thirty
there now.
Four-thirtv. About the hour Miss March
banks was rcgaling lkcy with tea IN her
luxurious dressing room-lnsipld tea IN
thimblc-likc cups, II took a great deal 10
induce key TO drink tea.
"To the Stcrtorian. directed Miss Har-
toy. leaning back. all the old enamel bright
ness scrapcd from her voice.
FROM Monday \. NJ. TO Saturday P. NJ.
Miss Hartog occupied thrccroom suite
on the Stcrtorian seventh floor. Ordinarily
Miss Sidonic Sidcnburg, the little waX-fgurc
draper. slept on the diyan and bore her com
pany. half as maid, half as companion, sur
rounded by every comfort-cyer luxury
But She too. unreasonable girl, had elected
10 spend her Christmas away
The suite was gloomily dark rs Miss lIar-
toy entered it, tipping over the vase OF roses
and crashing the glass on keys photograph
before she could switch on the lights. The
divan was covered with bills and packages,
her laundry; two gowns back from the
cleaners: her heavy fur coat refined jar
of special new tissue cream; and tins,
marked "handlc with care, that newianged
chin mask for sagging muscles that She had
thought she might try, all addressed Miss
T.. Hartog.
Miss Hartog' first name was Esther; but
the entire world seemed TO have forgotten it,
The career of BUYER does not encourage or
permit many close friendships. How many
people used it now? Two, onc-why. none
not even key, It must, of course, seem 4
poor, plain name beside Evangclinc.
Miss EIartog wrgglcd deXtcrously from
her princes gown. sadly assumed her most
soilcd faded kimono, and otherwise prepared
for a comfortable evening of misery.
No, she would not 60 down to dinner
How could anyone manage 10 eat at Christ
mas2 In the bedroom she picked up silver
hand mirror and studied the dark rims be
meath the eyes Massage might keep the
tissues built up; but at moments like this
any unusual strain of fatigue darkcned them
hidcouslv. And now, she had to admit,
what She had thought nothing of five wears