El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-19
DO YOU REMEMBER?

, ner with q bottle Of wine TO top il off
How you would study the various lit
tie dinner groupsi How you would
look forward TO the hoped for change
in your fortune that would enable you
to dine at your faTOrite restaurant
every night in place OF Just once
every ten Weeksl You loved the beau
tiful toilettes Of the women. the quiet
atmosphere Of wealth and elegance,
the soft cadence OF the soul inspiring
music. You would linger a while
after dining with the wine, your cafe
denoir and your cigaret What q
good world Il seemed to bel How you
enjoyed watching the dancers glide
by your tablet How you would try TO
figure out the relationship OF some Of
the most interesting couplesi Alto
gether you did so enjoy those eve
while. You would call a cab-or,
rather, have the waiter call cab for
you. playing the big game right up
TO the finish-and, after arriving and
paying the cabby, you would inven-
tory about IS cents to S1-dependent
on some change in the market value
OF some entire" You never tried 70
make il on any less amount-because
you wanted that night to be the real
thing.
Don't you remember that particular
eTening-you were sauutering down
anticipation OF your coming elegant
repast? She was dressed in a dark
suit and wore a very becoming little
Tam O'Shar-er cap She had evidently
stumbled in getting out OF the way Of
a passing cab-she lay prone nearly
at your feet You Immediately stopped
down and picked her up and led her
to a nearby store entrance. 7 don't
think have sprained my ankle" she
said. i think il viii be all right IN
a few moments certainly thank you
for helping me- am sure can walk
all right" She seemed 50 demure and
attractive. You sized her Up as a
shop girl on the way home fIOm work
then you thought OF that $50 in
your pocket You could buy two diu-
ners with that s20-but not at your
restaurant She was really very
pretty and you felt you would enjoy
taking her to dinner. Then you re
mem bered restaurant where there
was an orchestra. and q very nice
place it was, too. You felt you would
be little unselfish that night and
divide your big night" with this tit
tie girl. who probably had TO eat al
her meals at the boarding house.
7 am just going to dinner and I
would like TO have you join me" you
said Won't you please come with
me Here's my card There is a.
dandy little restaurant in the next
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is stiff, I VIII take you home in a |
cab
Weren't you glad when she finally |
accepted your inyitatiou2 How you
did enjoy that little dinneri Wasn't /
the music beautiful She seemed so /
interesting and attractive You didn't !
continue acting e part. either. You
finally told her how you happened TO 3
be all "diked out" that uight-you
told her that Il happened to be the
night OF your big feed" for which .
you had been saving Just 50 each 4
week for ten long weeks Weren't 1
you sorry when It was time to take
her homer You had such a wonderful I
time-it was all SO cozyIike Then, I
don't you remember the twinkle in her 1
eye when she handed you her card? 1
You recognized the name at once
that name stood for something in the /
big metropolis. She flushed a little
when she said: Don't call a cab-I
live just over on the avenue" You .
knew the house. too. Ny foot is all /
right now" she continued Some
times I Ike 20 go alone in the enc
ming, dressed as a shop girl. to get /
away from my own environment I /
feel closer to humanity and get such 4
q different point OF view"
Don't you remember escorting her
to the top Of those massive brown .
stone steps2
You must come and see me real (,
soon want you to meet father. He 4