Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-03

greeted them warmly.
Pierpont stared at the shabby waiter;
In disgust. He looked at his watch. He I
started TO 60 Gloria nabbed him. She
told him that she had promised theF
waiter job. PierpOnt said he had no
Jobs for walters. Then he ordered GIoriai
TO lunch with him at the Bankers club.
The very idea" she exclaimed: Get
Casimir job there
I'm those clothes Pierpont exclaimed
Buy him new outfit was Gloria's
/ solution
Pierpont was enraged, but she had her
way as usual and he motioned the
waiter to come with him. Casimirt kissed /
GlOria's hand. The boy tried to follow
MIN and chung to him in terror. Gloria
knelt down and called the boy. Stas ran
to her and let Casimir go with Pier
pont.
Gloria 1ed the child to the win
dow. They waved good-by to
their two parents, so different in,
character and estate. Gloria laughed
aloud she saw her father issue from
the house with Casimir, brush through
the gnatlike reporters, and motion CAST
mir into his car She was educating her
/ father to be democratic as she was.
The boy Stas looked about the room
as if he were in heaven and Gloria the
! winged angel that flew there with him.
! He threw his arms around her again
/ lest he fall back to earth. The butler
! in>horror took the boys dirty hand from
| Gloria's shoulder and tried to cleanse it
on a napkin. 1t blackened the napkin,
but the hand was not visibly bleached.
| Gloria laughed put the hoy in chair
at the table, and called for finger bowls.
| The butler brought two. Gloria called
| for soap and a towel. This was appal-
| ling. The butler almost mutinied. Then
she washed the child's hands with soap
in the finger bowls. They turned out
to be surprisingly white.
She drew a wet towel down his cheek
and it left white canal. She laughed
agai9. but more soberIy. She pondered a,
minute; then made Up her mind and mo-
| toned to the butler; ''Griggs what he
needs is a bath. You may give him
one"
Old Griggs muttered and shook his
head. Gloria gave him one of the looks
she ruled her father with. Run along
new, while 1 telephone for a complete
trousseau for him"
Griggs groaned. Stas did not want to-
| leave, Gloria, but she kissed him, care
/ fully selecting the clean streak on his
face, and assured him that Griggs wasf
nice man. She watched while Griggs
/ led the boy by one clean finger to the
| servants wing and one of its bath tubs.
! Inen she ran INTO ner own room. Sne
called up her fathers tailor, only to
learn that it would take three weeks to
make the boys clothes. He could not
possibly watt She banged the receiver
on the .hook and ran through the tele-
phone book till she found the number
of a large mems furnishing establish
ment dainty gentleman answered the
telephone. His voice revealed awe, then
delight. when he learned who was adj
dressing him.
| Send me several of everything a boy
has to have" Gloria demanded. When
| the clerk ventured to ask what his
measurements were Gloria answered,
Measurements? How do L know? Do
you have to have them?'
| When he said that he did Gloria call
ed for her maid. pencil, tape meas
ure, a piece of paper. and ran to the
servants quarters. She was about to
enter one of the doors when she caught
| q glimpse that made her retreat.
Old Griggs, with coat off, sleeves roll
ed up, and q towel for apron, was just
| lowering the boy into the steaming
water. He dropped the boy with splash
and, whirling, flung himself against the
door. He spoke through it in shocked
manner, motionfng the. boy to. hide in
the suds. Gloria explained, Griggs OPEN
/ ed the door a little and clutched the
tape measure. He took the boys dimen-
sions and called them out to Gloria, who
/ repeated them to her secretary maid.
| Griggs had to thrust his arms into the
water two or three times to reach the
| boys knees and heels. He was most
unhappy.
Gloria ran back TO the telephone
and resumed negotiations with
] the clerk When he had TRANSCRIPT
ed the numbers, he promised to deliver
the goods in a jiffy. A jiffy is a long
time to boy just out of tub, and
W hen Griggs explained to Gloria that
Stas' entire wardrobe consisted of one
Turkish towel and two safety pins, she
had more thinking to do. She solved
the problem by sending her maid TO
fetch pair Of her silk pajamas 4
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