The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-21

won't youS begged sIckeIss @The 1T
she MAIDS in THE PINK Canary was
whit put tie Avon on fen aud !
never had a star In the house that
made so little trouble orWas such an
sSfa%llEaround goodstellow.f
"AfterSyou getpast the age for mash;
notes the mail brings you nothing but
TROUBLE" complained Violet Bonnie as
She returned to the library OF the new
Daw residence, where Mrs. Waliing-
ford wandered idly from case to case
inspecting the shining new backs OF
standard books which never had been
opened and which probably never
would be. 'fwhy. Fannie, right after
I made my first big hit in tThesPlnk
Canary they had to give me six pt7;
geonholcs in the stage entrance mail
box, and I had to hire a secretary to
open my mail and send the presents
back. Now IL / get a letter it's either
from n dressmaker or al old time
chum who wants me to steer her
daughter on to the stage or warn her
away from it"
Mrs. wallingford smiled quietly. 81
don't see why either class OF letters
should annoy you" she observed.
"You have good dressmakers, and you.
don't object to paying the bills, and I
should think It would be n pleasant
task to encourage budding genius or.
to warn weak girls away from the
stage"
81 don't know why in either case l
should nurse and bottle feed and bring
up by hand a crouch against the
fstage," retorted Violet, massaging her
trace Of nm extra chin. EFT brought
me some perfectly good husbands be-
sides Blackie. Say, ! hate my old
chums anyhow"
you're making your nose red, vi"
warned Mrs. Wallingford, with a hilari-
Gus laugh.
"Honest, am II" and Violet hurried
to THE mirror. 81 I'M too fat to get
mad" she confessed; ''but it certainly
idoes get my An2gora for girls I used
Ito know to write me that they have
tgrown up daughters. 1t, makes me
ifea so old, and ! won't be old" a.a3
;EIhat's 1T, Is it? Who has, been re
mihding you ofryour only enemy?"
aMartha Trip" snapped VioletaBop
ME. Martha was my schoolteacher
up in Squamosett. She wore corkscrew
curls on both sides Of her face, but she
ought to have worn 'em in front. for
she was so ugly that she had to get up
in the middle Of the night to rest from
1T. If l remember her Melissa. she
Twas a gangle shanked brat with freck-
les and a snub nose. Melissa is now
in the flower of youth, this letter says.
land all her mother wants me to do is
to show. her to a manager. Melissa is
supposed to do the rest. The balance
of, the good news is that Melissa is on
her way here right now. She will be
among us probably by the time this
humble missive intrudes itself upon
me-; Martha means by the time ! get
THE letter. Honest, Fannie. l never did
mean thing to any living creature in
my life"
r"I think you must be lacing too tight
ly, vi" reconstructed Fannie mildly.
"or else, you've had an awfully bad day.
.of. #"
81 can put my whole arm down In
side any. place" deiantly asserted Vio-
let. ~ have had a rotten day, though.
and it takes just this to finish it of.
Your dropping in was, the only lucky
thing that has happened to me"
finn glad l did come over" returned
Mrs. ewallingford. Possibly I can help
you with Melissa Trip. To begin
with, why not show her to the man
agers?"
II haven't any too many friends
among them now" explained Violet
"Gracious heavens, there she Isl"
The ring at the bell, however, proved
to be only Mr.. Daw and Mr.. Walling-
ford.
ST see you're getting a new maid,"
observed Blackie as he inspected the
contents OF a ccIlaret that had been
ingcniousIy built in among the book
cases. .Ill guess I'll have rye. Jim.
How about you? We have SO many
servants now, vi, that we don't get
any service"
IT don't know anything about a new
miaid," his, wife returned, %BlaSektee.
your scheme III having u ceilaret In
every room In the house was al, right,
but .you'll have to get combination,
locks. It's no fun to find three serv-
ants half soused in different rooms all
on the same day. What about this
mnid?"
1--WE Just passed her coming up the
drive" replied Blackie. SAY when,
Jim. She had a paper alligator skin
suit case in each hand and was bring
ing father along to see that the place
is strictly moral"
"pm afraid my machine splashed a
little splushing on father and maybe
on daughter" confessed Wallingford
regretfully. Father vas q real nice
little man. and l think he a%pologized,
but daughter has a snub nose, and /
could see it work"
Don't drink that, Blackie" COM
handed Violet, taking the glass Of rye
from ht1 hand at need IL. know