Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-17
|MLORD, YOU'RE HERE
I'M VAIN, FOR PINK MASK
NOW HIDES HIS FACE
Gvsterious Widow and Brother
pefy London Nobleman to
Turn Them Back From
Simple Life
Will GO TO WORK TODAY

:. aste none of Philadelphia elite has
l,.od ~ "ihe masked widow"
annVy s,errinr ewes which Flisten under
ln ln.tt,e mask have not been barred yet
" 49, exclusive set which she hopes to
to "a "Dorothy Kensington" is still safe
rom society.
~sov the trim widow, who came here
~ ~ fondon to hide from the social lead
lIV ,IlI 20 TO work in Kensington mill
ahIs',.ost she said she would after break
ss,.Ing at the Continental Hotel
,vhne she is toiling in the mill, her
.,.bsr Forbes Kenslngton, will act as
snrter, he says, II he can get JOB In the
so,sl al which. he is stopping.
Ttslr troubles we're further complicated
,.aay when Kensington heard that his old
,hum. Lord Weatherhee, was IN this
,s,ry enant on hearing the news he immedi-
v sIv bought pretty pinr mask bull;
w. r The same lines as that of his sis
,sr's. and hid his face.
word of Lord weatherbee's presence
received by way of a mysterious
ssore message. Just who the informant
rss Is n matter of conjecture.
r,or the general statements made by
49,. masked widow" and her brother 1t
4, nossible that they are related to the
It, Baron Munchausen.
washington vigorously denied that he
= advance agent for n new breakfast
20 or n patent medicine. "The masked
.,Sow, also asserted that there was no
..o,,nd for suspicion that she was pub
,s,,S,, promoter for n beauty cream or
hair renewer.
Tho position in the mill was offered her
=, the establishment of j. w. Landen-
s,-rnr 6 Co. Refss and Huntingdon
streets They snw sign help wanted"
I'd Immediately entered. One of the
clerks who heard the story of the masked
|erldow's troubles was d 'eply touched. But
desnite her social connections and ability
~ singer he could only offer her job
Al niece work, which he said might yield
,s much as S4.75 a week:
On hearing this. Mrs. KensinEton"
Immediately got II chill. Her brother
blurted out something about her being
weak and hustled her out of the place.
On returning to the hotel the widows
rbl disappeared After n substantial
dinner the offer of S4.75 per week was re-
considered and she and her brother de.
elded that 1t would be we'll for her to
accent II. She will have to start at the
bottom of the ladder and work her way
Aip I'VE could live on nuts and figs and
hananas," said kensington thoughtfully.
"And prunes" suggested his sister.
"Yes, and pruncs,' agreed the brother.
They always agree, and to quarrel over
such thing as prunes would have been
undignifed
Incidentally Mrs. Kensngton" is proud
Of her economy. She admitted that the hat
she wore was bought at the "flve-and.ten."
She trimmed it with some "left.overs"
from previous hat.
\ The widow did not explain what had be-
come Of her ilnery of the better DAYS when
she was lionzcd in London before her
marriage to the brave English lieutenant
Who fell at Ypres. She and her brother
are brave and patient. They were re-
'leyed to see that there was no crush of
society automobiles before the hotel, nor
curious milllonaires deluglng them with
visiting cards. With her wages in the
mill and his salary as a porter they will
face the world together-behind their
masks OF white and pink.