Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-17
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Woman and Home
% he Morning Story
INFANTS NOT ALLOWED.
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nee on the following Saturday. II was
sinot often that she was so cXtravagant
as to pay fvo shilinEs for q sea; in the
stalls, but Mary Anne preferred good
i seat once n month 10 n gallery seat once
n week.
- She would have Lett the foyer and
s gone out for the pleasant jaunt through
3 the shops but for the fact that her at
tention was attracted TO the poor little
woman who stood forlornly holding n
tiny infant in hcr arms The woman
had been arguing quietly with the box
office man, but TO 40 avail
II have come all the way from Bcx-
HILL" Mary Anne heard her say and
both my friends are waiting for me in
the gallery. don't know what to do"
There was positive tragedy in the dis
appointed. tired face.
Il am sorry madame. but infants in
arms are not allowed in the theater II
is against the laws of the house" There
was fnaliiy in the young mans voice.
The woman turned away and Mary
Anne knew that tears had wcllcd up
in the womaM's eyes.
With her usual impulsiVcm"ss Mary
Anne approached the woman and made
inquiry. The infant more or less dirty.
crowed deiiehtedly. completely oblivi-
Gus TO the disappointment he had
/, caused his mother 10y being so Youthful
II can't 70 In with i'm. and I've paid
my way in from EcNhill My friends
arc up there now. They'll be wonder
ing what's appeued TO me"
Couldn't take car. OF the baby
while YOU 20 up and see tho pantomime"
have the whole afternoon free. DO
let me" Mary Anno's heart tugged vio
lA,&tl - !. sI,- ,f-tn
in the tired little womans eyes. II
Will take charge or him and bring him
hack here for YOU. Come. we will ask
the box Office man when Jack and the
Beanstalk will lie over, and Will he
back with baby and YOU Will have
lovely afternoon" Mary Anne had gone
quickly over. asccrtained the time the
performance closed and returned 20
take thee baby The woman was quite
overcome with happiness. The sudden
and unexpected opening of the thcater
door before her vision had almost hcrcft
her of speech. Mary Anne silcnCcd her
thanks with Il smile. Il had nothing
else to do this afternoon She told her,
realizing with n sirh that the glory of
seeing the shops in Regent street would
have TO be postponed. She saw the
woman through the doorway, then
turned With her charge, wondering
what her impulsive nature had got her
into this time.
Mary Anne lived IN tho suburbs her
self. She remembered the huge open
fires that she had seen in the Liverpool
station when she had come in the morn
& ing to business.
"Now," she pondercd. Shall Just go
down and -. quietly by one Of those
nice fires and let this infant sleep or
shall ! have Il tiny look at the shops"
She Eazed anNiously down al the face
mf the baby. 1t was even then show
ing signs OF coming discontentment.
Also Mary Auno's arms were going 10
feel the unaccustom"d burden The
shops faded ana She went out onto the
strand to GET a bus for Liverpool Street
station. She only felt the mammoth-t ask
she had undertaken when she attempt
ed to get on tn" bus 1t seemed as If
every one therein had TO assist her and
the baby to n seat. Extracting her fare
was another trial. hut she managed
nnally, and the baby seemed willing 10
remain quiet while the bus was in mo-
ton.
-. Mary Anne arrived In the station and
beside the warm nr. without mishap.
She had not been comfortably en-
sconced there for paliry i've minutes
before the infant show 80 most positive
signs OF dissatisfaction with Mary
Annc's treatment % him, lie walled
softly at first, hut developed so loud a
roar that many persons I'm The waiting
AT Mary Anne, while one or two men
walked nlssNstcdlN OUT 81 me sta'lon
The gir! was uisIa'te1' Sh1 wished
She nau h.NeF W"'.ie" l." sec '"vh any
inc Beansta'k HhG:. Rine" Tor nnowl-
edge OF the car" or .HiahfS and "e-
iermined to stGa% up 'r H"lt w't ,'',l.'
loss OF tirh". ne 'a'' mat 'hr hahE
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and cl.d IN ,Ga r'.iin- ,"i,ie ana
,,resented {, ~ No.,
rs tbcre or,,ii,r,, can fo ,or ,o,, or
he asked. ana be seemed so IikcIy to
know more than She aid aloui infants
that Mary Anne smiled gr.tef,,ll,
There may BE-, "a hin sticking him
have you looked"
Moo" said Mary Anne. 81 didn't
know just where 10 look"
Great Scott. Who dressed your