The Press., 1915-10-13


 volved in her denunciation of these oc- | grace.
 A certain Miss MacKnight, whose ia ther had been judge on the bench, or hearing of Miss Broadnax's remarks
 said that the. world had improved iI | it's estimate of persons in separating those of refinement from their occupa tions; that it was possible for a plumber a counter jumper" or a carpenter to be | a refined man and it was possible fol
 a gentleman to engage in the manu facture of fertilizing material. This bit of repartee was appreciat | ed by those of the old school who were not especially pleased with Miss Brod nax's assumption of the right to turn | down persons on account of their occu | pations. However, Miss Broadnax from
 her own standpoint won a signal vic tory.
 One day an automobile drew up in haste in front of Mrs. Bradbury's
 house. Mir. Treat got out, hustled into | the car and was carried away. 1t SC
 happened that Miss Broadnax was passing Mrs. Bradbury's at the time i'll
 her limousine and, seeing the departure | of MT. Treat, took it into her head that he had been carried away by a plain clothes policeman. Resolving to make sure of the matter, she ordered heI chauffeur to follow.
 Twenty miles from Glendale the auto containing Treat drew up at q large | factory. The young man alighted and
 entered one of the buildings. Miss
 Broadnax drove up to the office and introducing herself as daughter of Peter Broadnax, the great manufactur- CT of fertilizing material, asked to be shown through the works. Her applica- ton was granted with alacrity, and during her inspection she caught sight of Charles Treat in a pair of overalls bending over n machine
 Greasy mechanicr' she exclaimed to herself. Il knew there was something the matter with him. If he isn't a criminal he's a common laborer, and that's not much better" So Miss Broadnax was driven back to Glendale and the next day gave out thIt what ever the others of the social circle did in the premises she would no longi r countenance MT. Treat.
 There was a time when her state ment that she had discovered that a member of the social circle of Glendale worked In overalls in a factory would have been sufficient to eject him. In the twentieth century there is broad CT view of such matters. MT. Treat was not turned down by his associates, but was treated by different ones in different ways. He returned to them in a few days without mentioning where he had been and soon noticed that something had happened. Some of his former associates scarcely mo- ticed him, some treated him as usual and he noticed that Miss Mcknight vas unusually cordial.
 No one felt obliged to tell MT. Treat he had been tracked to factory and had been seen in overalls, and since he was ignorant of this fact some time was required for him to realize that he was among certain persons persona non grata. Naturally Miss MacKnight's cordial treatment of him drew him to her, he supposing that he was attrac- tive to her. The young lady, unwill- ing that he should mistake the cause of the favor she showed him, finally told him the story of Miss Broadnax following him to the factory, which explained the coolness shown him by certain members of the social circle. Treat held his ground in Glendale till the last of August, when he depart ed. and a few days later every one of his associates there received an invi- tation to inspect a new cannon he had invented at the Duckworth Arms con- pany on an early day in September, the day after Labor day. It was the Duckworth Arms cOmpany's factory where Mr. Treat had been seen in over- alls.
 Naturally the announcement that Treat was an inventor and had per 'fected-as he had done his own work manship-a new cannon created quite stir in the Glendale social circle There were girls in that circle who were looking out to marry an estab- lishment and would be only too glad to marry man in Overalls if he were a successful inventor made rich by his inventions. AS to the young men, they had long passed beyond the narrow ideas of their forefathers, and there was not one of them who would not gladly have stepped into the shoes of a man who was capable of even trying to invent a gun.
 The invitation was generally accept ed, the only girl declining being Miss Broadnax. she not having the face to put In an appearance. They were re- ceived by Treat in private room in which he had worked out his gun scheme. and before taking them to view his gun he made them a little address, in which he gave a brief account of his struggles as an inventor, assuring them that had he not been educated as a mechanic he could not have sue ceeded, since practical knowledge of mechanics was involved in his work.
 He then led them into foundry building in which the gun was set up. There he explained to them that at the breaking out Of the European war he had been engaged in inventing a new cannon and had been endeavoring to iHtch cSl lhc Ohitct StuteS SoNcTuucul in 1t. but had failed. Since then he had induced the war department to furnish the means to construct the gun which they saw before them. He then gave them demonstration of its workings.
 Treats gun has lately been proved successful and a large order given for Its manufacture. It is said that he is engaged to marry Miss MacKnight Birth of the Theater.
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