The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-10-09
HIGH F|NANGIERNG
ENDS WITH Unrest
Miss Abel vickTey Furnishes
Large Boarding House Prao-
ticaIIy Without a Dollar
p Y 1----! iNl''s
lFrom Thursday Adgertiser..l

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Miss Abel Yiekrey sat in a stuffy
Los Angeles Office in the carly part of
summer, dreaming over her typewriter,
by which she made hor living, on the
time when Opportunity would Knock at
her door, as it is supposed to knock
once on everybody + door. X
She heard a southland mistook it
for the knocking Of Opportunity. So
she rose from her place at the type
writer, pinned on her hat and lsft the
office 10 prepare to sail for Honolulu.
Opportunity, in her case, meant way
to make a fortune rapidly. She had
read Of get-rich-quick successes.
Ship Acquaintance Opens Door
Coming over on the steamer she be.
came acquainted with a passenger, and
to him she confdede her desire TO make
fortune. One night he took her into
his confidence, and told her secret
he had long cherished and guarded. He
told her that fortunes were made in
rooming. houses, and nothing more. They
were more profitable than circusss, he
confded. He gave it as a friendly
tip, seeing that they had become so
well acquainted, He had very rarely
If ever before let anyone in on the
secret. 10y. ..-,.N..-. ... 1.t
The thought had never occurred to
her before that fortunes were made in
rooming houses. She had lived in one,
too, and paid rent. The more she
thought over what her ship acquain.
lance said, the more certain she was
that the answer to Opportunity 5 knock
lay in her opening such an establish.
ment. .,,.. !. ,....., Z. '.1s..,,+
5s.} Eyes open To Credit,
The next day, however, when she
brought up the subject again to her
friend, she pointed out that IL would
cost a considerable sun, to at up o
rooming house properly, She cOuldn Z
think Of having a poorly furnished
rooming house. Personally, she had
/ always preferred Turkish rugs and solid
oak, with maple for the bed chambers
Her friend assured her it would cost
nothing really Rothing-to fix up a
place. Anyone could get credit, any
amount of it.
Yesterday morning at just about
dawn, Miss Vickrey was taken TO the
police station and booked for gros.
cheat, warrant having been sworn oul
for her arrest by r. II. Ross, known
on the stage as e Pbaros. y She was
| very much broken up ON the way thing,
had turned out. Her boarding house
dream had busted. ...' r.. "s..E
| No Trouble Getting Furnishings
But through the wreckage she wa,
able TO smile over the thought thai
her friend on the ship was correct il
one thing he told her: that she would
have no trouble in getting credit.
She began by getting $4,000 least
on the Engleside, PSI Vineyard street
twoyear lease at 1925 a month ,,
through the Trent Trust Company, with
out paying any money down. Next sh,
| got $llO0 credit at Coyne furnitur,
store, and after that about $50 a
Sachs. Later she got a piano, a stow
aud kitchen utensils on pure credit
There are number Of other creditors
too. o. H 81 sE...EN. .ra
~ just asked them for it, - she said
"and they were nice and gave il. TO me
] am awfally sorry everything has gon'
to pioces'' l1 .E NJ. H. ~.
I Going Back to Typewriter
As soon as everything blows over
Miss Yickrey plans to 90 back TO tn
faithful typewriter, no more TO alb
sorb the confidence Of ship aequain
lance, or listen for the knock Of Opror
! tunity. '~# 70, .,.r