Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-07
Rv IDA RIEHL

Two wears ago l met Ed Hauptfunrer.
II was when I first started to go to his
fathers dairy to get milk for my fathers
restaurant 1 wasn't quite 15 then, and,
OF course, l had never gone with any
bows. Ed was nice to me. He always
seemed to want me to stop and chat
with. 1 thought he was one Of the best
looking boys / had ever seen. other
girls thought so, too.
THAT was two years ago. Ed didn't be-
gin TO say he really liked me until last
November. l never thought about liking
him until he took All interest in me and
started coming into my fathers place
to see me.
All the girls were crazy about Ed He
had plenty of money to spend. and he
didn't mind spending it, He always
dressed WELL and his father had an auto
mobile, which Ed could use whenever he
wanted Ed was handsome, too. He
seemed to be blessed with everything that
any one could desire.
had never had much chance to go
around like other girls could, and up
until the time Ed came around I had
never had a boy to really like me. About
four years ago my mother went away l
don't know here she went Dad never
told us kids but he always seemed sad
about it when we asked him where
mamma was. John, my youngest
brother, was only 20 months old then,
and charles was just II.
1t seemed to me / was always busy with
! the children. Their clothes were always
getting torn and their faces always dirty.
| With looking after the house and being
| in the restaurant sometimes, too / was
tired out most of the time Dad knew
couldn't stand it, and he was pretty
| desperate. being up against II. So for
| one year he sent us to a day nursery
| at Waterloo street and Lehigh avenue.
But when l got a little older he took us
| away and brought us all to the 40 West
| Cambria street place where his oyster
! saloon is.
That was two years ago Last March
| dad said mother was pretty sick in the
| Philadelphia Hospital. He took me to see
| her. l got to know her little bit and
| then she died without every coming home
again. I just kept on doing what
| had beeng doing-taking care of the boys
and working in dads place.
Then Ed came. l guess l loved him al
most from the start, Lots of girls who
| dressed nice were crazy about him, but
he said he didn't like any one as we'll
as me. When he first asked me to go
| out with him I was awfully happy. Once
| he said that most of the girls he knew
| liked to go to cafes and dance and drink;
but / knew dad would stop 1t all If I
did anything like that, and l told him so,
| ASKED HER TO WED
He used to take me to Keith's and the
keystone Theatre and nice places like
that. 1 never went out with Ed that
didn't have such a good time! He was
awfully lively and used to say nice
things to me. He never seemed to mind
that didn't have as pretty clothes as
some of the girls he went with, but
always told me how pretty and how sweet
| was,
No man had ever said things like this
to me before, and when Ed would leave
me at night I'd dream about him and ir
the daytime l got so that I'd keep my
eve on the door. wondering when he'd
come in. II l didn't see him I'd feel like
crying.
But he always came. He seemed tc
like me best of ALL One night he saic
he loved me and l was awfully proud
The best thing in the world had nap
pened to me, 1 thought He said there
never be any other girl in the world To-
him, that he always wanted to be win
me and always wanted me to love nm
I believed him, of course, WHY
shouldn't l? I had never loved anybod'
before, but | loved Ed. 1 knew it, be
cause 1 was so happy when was Will
him. l felt as though every other CIR