The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-21

4 get rid of the pin, call a messenger
and send It down to her. Don't forge
about your promise not to wear 1t
Or the shooting" he added.
NO, / haven't forgotten anything
but 1 think It would be awful to give i
up without finding out about It, wher
we have the opportunity"
After Mr.. Trenholm had gone t
I business, Kitty once more read the ad
vertisement, then inspected the pin
It was wonderful thing and she Ger
tainly hated to give it up. She de
bated over 1t all morning, until, WON
! an-like, curiosity overcame her bettel
judgment, and she decided to call al
the Aiken Studios
At three O'Clock. Mrs. Trenholm, ar
rayed most becomingly In dark-pur
pie velvet gown and hat, jumped out
of a hanson In front OF the Aiken
building. Carefully wrapped in paper
and concealed In large sable mufl
was the pin.
She found that Mrs. Mounts rooms
were on the thirteenth floor.
go down this corridor, turn to
your left, the third door on the right
Is the club"
The elevator man smiled at the last
word.
Mrs Mount was on the door in
large letters, and Mrs. Mount, WON
an of large proportions, was in the
room when Kitty timidly entered The
large lady rushed forward and grabbed
her hand.
"Oh. SO good of you to come
Miss? You are here in answer to
my advertisement? Yes-do have a
chair. We are always so glad to vel
come strangers! But you won't be a
stranger long.
The young lady who lost the en-
blem-the pin, ! mean-was 80 upset
about It. Do sit down. want to tell
you about our club"
why. yes-I brought the pin," Kath-
crime answered, when az last Mrs
Mount paused But, really, there is
nothing want to know about your
club
oh, my dear! You simply must let
me explain our delightful methods.
First of all, some Of the best people in
the country are members. You pay an
initiation fee Of $780, Then you are
presented with a club pin, that serves
az an introduction to any other mem
Der. For instance, you are In the car,
you see young man who appeals to
your fancy; he, perhaps, wears club
PIN; you are privileged to speak to
him. The same applies to a woman.
1t simply does away with stiff formal
ity. Now. don't you think you would
care to join?
While Mrs. Mount had been talking,
Mrs. Trenholm had been taking in the
details Of the spacious room.
It was trifie taWdry, but beautiful
wfthal, and wonderfully luxurious. At
the mention of the lack OF formality,
the pleasant young lady came to her
mind, then the man with the smiling
eyes She believed it would be pleas
ant to join such club; she had few
friends In New York.
HcH CdAlS INC T0LloUlDTdHC6 OF the
middle-aged man. It was horrible, and
she shuddered. Just then she saw the
sign, the explanation of 1t all.
mo, thank you, Mrs. Mount" she
said. "I came in to return the pin.
l hope my keeping 1t so long has not
Inconvenience any one.".
That night very meek wife greeted
Mr. Trenholm, and in a gentle, sub
dued voice she told him that she had
disobeyed him and gone down with
the pin.
II wish l had taken your advice"
she added.
We'll, what did you find?" he asked.
"Oh, Alfredl" She sobbed on his
shoulder. TWAS lovely club,
and II wanted to join it until l saw
the sign"
TT. Trenholm patted her reassur-
ingly on the back
What sign?"
1T was like the letters on the pin:
NEW YORK MATING CLUB.
MRS. MOUNTS MATRIMONIAL
BUREAU.
But they we're written out"
And Mr.. Trenholm laughed i'm
moderately.