El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-20
Stirring in Its Appeal
:: The Fortunes OF Fanny ::
Fanny, Down to Her Last Cent, Gets Place at $l2
Week
By Virginia TerhuDe Van de Water.

began to have awful doubts as to
] what she was TO do next. FOr heI
! money was very low and the day on
which she must pay her room rem en-
! she thought there was no other day
/ in the week that came as often as sat
When she had paid for her room
once more there would not De money ls
left with which to fight starVaIoh LoI
/ a week longer. Then, too, her clothes
| were getting very shabby. II she
would seek a position, or keep one
when she got it. she must wear her
: hest black dress every day. and II was
already SHINY in the seams How was
! she to appear well If she didn't nave
money to buy new clothes with?
The fact that the problem she was
( facing is one that confronts lhousanus
/ of girls in our big cities did not make
! it seem less appalling to this girl. she
: had bought a new fall jacket at the
J time of her erandmother's death, CIV
/ ing away her cOlOred one win an
( open handededness that had IN II no
/ looking forward to the future When
( she would have to work and save IN
I order to keep herself clothed
This Jacket was thin for the colo
/ weather that was nov here, yet II
! was the only wrap she had Anyway
she unused. even had she remained at
! Nine. Ridettrs she could not nave
saved enough to buy WINTER COaL
She tried to reassure herself ana 70
stifle an uncomfortable conElcI lS',
! that perhaps had she tried harder she
might have retained her position
! OF course she had not forgotten MI.
/ CrandalTs promise, but she was a.
/ most afraid to think of it now that she
! would be obliged to confront posi-
! bile employer with the notifying IN
| formation that she could furnish no
/ references as to her ability. She re-
! membered-as she had remembered at
! the outset of her self supporting ca
! reer-that her grandmOthers phySl-
7 clan could vouch for her honesty, So
J briefly. etc. But he knew nothing OF
/ the kind of work she could do
! Lack of Money Leaves Her Anxious.
J While already employed It hao
| seemed so easy to plan for the place
! suggested by Mr.. Crandall, but now
| that she had no employment she
| shrank from attempting to get It. she
/ was almost certain that Nellie would
not approve of her going INTO par
| Der shop as manicure Moreover, She
/ had known but few men, and her en-
/ plOyer would be a man. Last and not
! least, she feared she would not even
! give her a chance unless she could
| produce proofs of her efficiency.
/ Her head ached with thinking the
matter over. It was late afternoon
! and hours had passed since she had
! left Madame Ridettis- She was too
! much worried to want any supper, so
1
| early hour, hoping to forget her prop
/ lens in sleep.
When she arose after a wakeful
night the reflection of her face in the
mirror showed her that she was pale
and wan. An entire day was spent in
/ answering Observation-Disclosures as she
had answered them weeks ago, and
with the same results She felt that
I she had not progressed one inch since
her grandmOther's death. How was
she better off than she had been when
I she first sought a pOSitiOn2 Indeed,
/ she had less money now than then.
This realization came to her with
| shock that brew her into mild panic.
! 1t was twilight when she climbed the
/ stairs to her lonely room in the little
J apartment at the top of the dingy
! house. The day had been raw and she
/ was chilled to the bone Her poverty
| seemed to strike her full in the face.
| She was frightened-so frightened that
! she thought Of Jim Crandall-a man
| whom she had met but twice-as her
one refuge Turning on the gas in her
room, she seized a pen and wrote him
! a line. It ran:
| Dear Sir: You spoke Of a position
you know of. I have left Madame Ri
! dettfs. 7 live at the street and num-
! Der at the head Of this"
Signing her name, she addressed the
| envelope according to the directions
| on the card Crandan had given her,
| then took the letter down to the druR
! store on the next block, where she
| bought a two cent stamp. After mail
| ing the missive. she climbed again to
| her room. She had stopped on her way
| uptown this afternoon and bought a
| cup Of coffee and a roll and had had
| trouble in swallowing even this meager
! meal. Yet now that she had written
! TO Crandall, she felt that the die was
/ cast, and, undressing, went to bed ana
| slept heavily through the night.
Two days later Jim CrandalPs reply
| came. It wds very kind. He said il