New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

E-5Xe|SS DON intend 10 pose as roc OF 10 IICeIC
IL 4ES1 any pOcsv. am going 20 write PLAN
w. facts fresh from the faCtoryOi experience
z &EMS | have taken this title because belong
@+Itg19 10 the House Of Ushers, as our union has
S$NEH3 been called by number Of us, for several
ClA<S0 This union is older than Poe. 1t be-
gan in Shakc,pcarc's time, when fiunkcS
-,. -l .v down the aislcs Of the Globe Ihcatcr ana
srr..t their seat checks 10 them. The UshcTS Onon'
it. called in common parlance: but ! resent that as 90
--. rnv brother aisle walkers. We are Of the dis-
ureaaet House Of Ushcrs There are branches Of me
Ha--. IN every -tv hamlet. and town in the United
States r.h,ug Of such dciunc places as Brooklyn
Hoh.Ecr.aui lor,crs. Go where YOU WILL TO the opera
I..,.. .- Gina. F-... New Jersey or the Metropolitan
IN New York. won will find our members there. We are
q, important a. t.. hbrcto 20 an opera, and more so
thar 'le plot e, q musical comedy.
Now taa, my Status as Il necessity IN me Is est'J-
hshct shall proceed 10 tell you how the Fan occurred
Like g. better known one, which happcncd u'lder Ihc
pergDa ~ The horticultural setting 81 Edcil, u Cdinc
througr woman All Falls do, except the faII Of the
Year, an sometimes think She had voice IN that so
she could buy new hats and gowns.
At th time in theatrical circles, they were STRIVING
to eirir every detail that Jared on the cSihcuc
sense They did il pretty well TOO. The mdcous drops
box hanging and house decorations had gone, thc
orchc-,- was being rapidly rccgated 70 the consonine
stock everything that Jared being removed except
the play They were gong fast before lhc MIN anu
vaudeville. but still the ushcrS hung on
lived 81 q fat on 96th-st. with three br"'her sea-
sitter a,t 1, were a merry quartet Between tips ana
exchang cts we managed TO get along, despite the
sala-e. that the arrangements inflicted upon US. linen
sudden. 'ao change came u was Just at the ui"c
when thinking Of being married.
know thc incest little girl in the next apartment I"
our. Dmp'c and smiles curls and Wllcs,-so was slc
this fair little maid. named Pcarly Magcc. sald
woufr' 60. into poetry but she drives me 10 IT, wy
three friends had girls too and they were often driven
% drink never imbibc; 50 ! suppose poetry acted as
q substitute Despite the advertisements not to accept
them t,t IT, hicd me away from the WINE when II
wa REL md broke out in rimcs. Nhcn my pas were
complaining Of heads was having trouble win my icc'
and ~. meter.
Really. the gas company has nothing on poetry when
i c9rn,- ~ the rickcrv Of meter You may read II
dozen times YOU may sing it and shout IT, tinker II ana
roIt D.. but somehow the meter won mclc.
Pca-v was a sweet little thing, and she loved me
knew II. Whether she did or not, cared not hang.
Afternoons when She could get Of from the manicure
paror and there were no matinGcs, We would go i"r
walk IN Bronx Park down the bay 10 'oncy, or 10
the movies or vaudeville now ana lncil We "oud JuS'
stay al home and talk
/ knew Pcarlv six months before had the nerve to
speak Of nv inner feelings. DO hate 70 rush things 50
had dcsistcd though loved her the first time saw
her eating pancakes in Childs.
A BOUT this time there came a change in production
AZ the Algonquin Thcatcr where was employed,
and the house dark for two nights. nat mean
TWO evenings for 10 do as wished dctcriileu /"
take one or both and bring Pcarly 10 the eternal queS
ton That was easy; but planned more. was gong
70 bring her TO a decisive answer.
Now, woman is decisive have learned that
since. She may be apologisivc dersivc, or cntcVG'
but dccisvc-ncvcr, She always leaves loopholc
through which she crawl away 10 meet some other
man. She will marry him calmly while you are waiting
al another church know the Jadcs now as ddn then
My three rOOmmacS went % their regular duties tldt
night and soon aitcrward went the outside hall
and knocked at Pcarlys door She received me IN sur
Prise
"Got pass for me-" she asked the first thing