New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-23
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOX MAKCh /'' 1919

approached the desk But Harris, though he stepped
quietly forward to get nearer view, did not seem 10
notice the Queenly woman particularly Rather, his
keen gray gaze was divided equally between the bril-.
liant diamond necklace she on her ample throat
and a small slight young woman unobtrusively and
yet well dressed, who walked at some distance behind
the lady OF the diamonds He noted, as he approached
the desk and took match from the little bronze reCop-
tace at one side that the necklace had large pear
shaped diamond dangling a pendant IN front, and
that the smaller, younger woman carried over her arm
wrap that belonged Enthusiastically to the attire Of the
other
The woman wearing the necklace approached one Of
the clerks and spoke to him. Harris could not hear
what was said by her; but he heard the clerk reply:
"Yes, Madame Brouletour, we have made the reser-
vations for YOU on the George Washington
The woman smiled her thanks, said something else in
low tone and went to the elevators. followed by the
Younger woman. Harris did not deign them another
glance to see if they assembled not But he bought
paper reganed his seat by OF the pillars IN the lobby
and lit a cigarette contentedly.
II was an hour later when the two women came down
stairs again This time Harris observed, they were
dressed for the theate suitable wraps covering Their
evening gowns And the diamond necklace was not in
evidence on Madame Brouletours throat. Over his
paper the watcher her go the desk and hand the
clerk small Russia leather case which looked as though
il might contain the necklace. He the clerk pass
slip of paper her return tor the case ana fG the
latter TO of the cashiers who placed 1t IN the safe
Then the two women went out and got into taXlcab
Il think III take in a show too, said Harris
THE Great White Way was again bedecked in all It's
glittering electric jewelry. Male humanity was
urging itself once into boiled shirts and clean
shave rouged and powdered feminnity was being har
messed and hooked and the taxi chauffeurs regu
ating their meters double when Harris who had
been sitting for a long while his magazine in the
lobby Of the Hotel Gnor, realized that an important
moment had arrived Harris not arrayed for The
evening. this time Instead, he his business
clothes: for he knew that the days work was far from
being over On the contrary, when Madame Brouc'our
and her pretty niece emerged from the elevator and APP
preached the desk he understood that his busiest BUSH
ness hours were Just beginning.
The women were dressed for outdoors. Madame
Brouletour wore expensive furs; but her boa was
fastened at her throat disclosing the fact that She sill
wore the necklace Her nieces furS were. 50 Harris de-
cided. mink or fisher or something like that. She
carried large nuff and she glove on her right
hand All these things he noted he strollcd toward
the desk where the women had halted.
~Good evening" he heard Madame Brouctour say
10 the clerk with lust touch OF a French accent and in
musical tones. There will be NJ mistake about my
trunks going of in time tomorrow morning;
~Oh. no. Madame" replied the clerk. "TheyU he
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