El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

be? Her mother recalled that in
the morning Lucy had brought three
very dirty and unSanitary-looki
children into the library and insisted
on playing with them She wanted
to take them up to her nursery and
show them how to play with her
dolls. She said to her mother:
These children have no dolls at
all and have twelve beautiful ones.
It does not seem right for me to
have so man. Why can't I give
them some Of miner"
When the children were sent
away, Lucy wept and walled, but
nothing more was thought of It un-
til it was time for her to go to dane
ing school with the other little arts
tocrats Of the neighborhOod. Then
she could not be found. There was
a frantic search all over the dis
trict, still no Lucy. Late In the
evening, when it was thought that
a general alarm would have to be
sent out, Uncle Tracy came in hold
ing a very dirty but very happy
Lucy by the hand.
81 found her over on Second ave
nue. having the time Of her life"
said the immaculate banker million
aire. ''She would not come home I'M
til I promised her that she should
have her little friends come to play
with her here tomorrow"
Thus it was very early in her
first pilgrimage for democracy that
Lucy found one way to get her own
way. From that time until she was
sent away to the Bigelow estate up
the Hudson, there were always half
a dozen small ragamuffns in and
about the Bigelow mansion. Lucy
shared everything she had with them;
her family was apparently helpless.
OF course, all this time Lucy was
too young to realize that she was
searching for true democracy. She
just knew that she wanted to be
like the poor children who played
with her.
When she was twelve years OF age
she discovered that she had q voice.
Her family discovered 1t at the same
time, and from that moment large
sums of money have been spent on
her training. When she started tax
ing lessons she insfted that one
of her former playmates from Sec
ond avenue should take lessons also.
request was refused. The next day
was missing again. Another frantic Sc
this time in the district beyond the
and she was found. But again she rel
to come home without making a bar
In a vacant lot near Eighteenth street
First avenue Lucy was found with b
dozen little boys and girls lined u
front Of her, and she, as singing tea
was putting them through the exer
that she had been taught.
'T'n come home If I can have my
way. I want Molly to take the same
sons that do"
And, Of course, the family said,
only come home without any struggl
And now, at the age Of fifteen, we
Lucy finishing her studies in New
with Molly and being gotten ready t
to Paris. She wanted Molly to go to
with her But for once she could no
her own way, for once her pilgrimag
true democracy met an obstacle, and
time It was not the aristocratic Dc
and Bigelows who objected, but NJ,
family. Molly had to be left at home
In Paris Lucy made her friends al
the poorer students and was always
ing everything she had with them.
would take them home to luncheon O
days that her mother was enterta
royalty, and her only reply to her mot
tears was: Surely they are as goo
we are. Surely they are as good as
guests. In fact, I think they are BIZ
for they all work for their living or il
to when they are able to-"
But it was not until she was nine
as pretty as picture and a debut
that Lucy found it necessary to run 1
again This time she ran away from
port and half a dozen wealthy wou
husbands that her mother had lined u
fore her to choose from.
Mrs. Dodge, or Mrs. Guest. as she
was, had many friends in London b
her second marriage, and her mar