Little Falls herald., 1913-05-16
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I Tom s5 Brink water began II life as 8
~ foundry yman and A became a multilnil-
n lionaire lie ma king his money lie
Il Marie g r g Il NO man with social aspila-
1. tions. rs: rillk lksv;lt ter s desires il
this respect Were. ;graa'ti6ed in5 The place
Il where she liked esttern city.# but
1no sooner had She conc nquefed iii thai
sAfeld than. she grew ambitious for. Il
i larger and more imp portant one. 5a
d I5#2 s5: But her husband did not become a
EmutliInillinnai till the two Had been
married long enough to have a 35faugh-
ter seventeen, selI~ old: 70 introduce
this aatsssttS<i Rosa . into ttie Bic
1|gest, I'D al tss same time sIIsS..
Emost di!!5::'i soei;;l in Il west
erl1 We'd leca i9ffiit rs, hi
water ambition AS t.tsras ! ssss:.i,o! 4 y,
Eshe NisS very wei! 5s::,sfi*sis. is.tl With tl:,,
friends she h:.I ard ;ds l!ot care to-
|enter a new field. S|leSWs,ss much be-
loved by those. who knew her Ultimate
Ily ana, though no one knew It t.but her.
sell, was very: much p,edisposed to a.
certain young MAN. Macdonald Sher-5
imam. a young lawyer. as Ii life BART
ner. Not even Mr.. Sherman was aware,
l.that q heart was ready for him to
gather, and seyen5if he had been the rap
idly growing fortune Of Mr.. BrinkWaters
would have made the young man
backward i'll gathering it. sst 5a3f H Il
There We're three grades Of refine
ment in the BriniWater family. Tom
was presentah'e among Well bred per-,
sons and thsls N;fs al i ll:stt cam be said
of him Mrs. 'sti!ltsWater ElaG acdrrel
/ a 5000 deaI Of t1le saW5ir lie of ii SO
i clety Wytn;::sl, nos;sEionli w;,s Il lovely
| girl in her own horne AND among her
Intimate friends: but there was an ii,
derlying coltlless about fashionable 50
clety that repealed iiar. III .,g n @.stt a,. 4
| The finding that the doors Of the
elect of New York society were closed
against her oaly stimulated Mrs Brink.
waters ambition to effect an entrance,
and she began the study of the situa
ton. Unlimited means were at her dis +
posa!, but there We're hundreds OF
wealthy families knocking at the so
cial doors who were not admitted.
Mrs. Brinkwater hunted the dos. mar
ket for the highest bred poodle and
bought one that took first prize in
dog show. In this way she got some
free advertising in. the newspapers.
Then a span OF horses she bought at
tracted similar attention in the animal
horse show. BY these two coups the
lady's name was becoming somewhat
known, but she knew that if she re-
laXed her efforts it would soon be lost
again. So she Joined the suffragettes
and and gaze lNrgely#to the cause. @ss.
This last move was probably the
most effective Of all Mrs. Brinkwater's
moves. since it brought her in touch
with number. of New York's social
leaders. But this did not mean a social
acquaintance. The goal was not yet ,
even in sight The aspirant had not
yet been inyited&to the house of sim.
gle family prominent socially.
One day while discussing suffragette
business With a lady who seemed in
clined to be friendly Mrs. Brinkwater
told her what she bad done to get into
society and asked what more she could
do. Then and there for the first time
the hunter for the portal by which she
might enter had the secret revealed to
her 1t was the touch Of gold, but the i
gold must be expended in the right
way. The informant knew a family
who had been born in the swim. Their
fortunes had failed.
The same evening when Mrs. Brink
water told her husband that she had
found the key to New York society and
that il WAS money he replied. 'Fll
draw you ii check for a hundred thou
sand as soon as you want IT, 5...
Not SO fast. The way it is done is
more important than the money. You
are director in several corpora ions.
Doubtless so:!le one Of them needs an
officer for, d year at a salary OF $50.--
600 i553. u
Not long after this Mr.. Won G. re,
ceived the appointment. He was Civ
en- a rosewood desk at the Office OF
the Brinkwater Manufacturing compa
nv, and his salary was paid In ad.
vance. Occasionally some duty was
assigned him. but he was not required
to perform it unless he chose to do 50.
III The Brinkwaters We're invited to
dinner at the Won G.'s and at the
houses Of several other families con.
nected with them. all In the swim.
These doors having been opened. 9TH
ers followed suit. Within half year
after the turning Of the golden key the
ii4aspirant her husband and her daughs5
ter found themselves members of the
charmed circle. 81 M
But Tom Brinkwater spoiled this so:
cial achievement. One OF his former
business associates. who had also
made his millions. came from the west
With aspiration similar to those 81
Mrs. Brinkwater Tom was asked
how he did II and let the cat out 81 ]
the bag. As soon as II was ont Il ra,
IsmeoWtng through the gilded tpariors.
The Brink were dropped.