The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-14

1--WE been out before. Aunt Mag.
gle says I. But III come out
again. hut you know. says L that
this IL one OF the nwelicrt hotels In
the city. And You pardon
me--that it's hard TO g~t a bunch OF
notables together unless you've
trained for IL
says Aunt Maggie. 4 don't send cut
invitatisns--i issue orders. IN have
so guests herr that couldn't be
brought together again Mt any r~cop
ton unless II were given by King
Edward or William Travers Jerome
They are men. OF course. and all Of
EN- either owe me money or intend
to. Some Of their wives won't come.
but n good many wlIl'
well. wish you could have been
ut that banquet The dinner service
was all gold .and cut glass. There
were about 10 men and eight ladies'
present. besides Aunt Maggi, and
l. You'd never have known the third
richest woman IN tho world She
had on a new black silk drezs with
30 much passcsnsnterlo on IL that IL
sounded exactly like hailstorm I
heard once when I was staying all
nigh, with n girl that lived in a top.
floor studio.
-on the left Of me was something
that talked like banker. and on my
right was a young fellow who said
he was n newspaper artist He was
the only-weii. was going to tell
you
after the dinner was over Mrs
Brown and I wen, up 20 the apart.
mcnt. We had TO squeeze our way
thru n mob OF reporters all the way
thru the halls. That's one of the
things money does for you. Say. do
you happen TO know a Newspaper
artist named Laihrop--a tall man
with nice eyes and an easy way OF
taiking7 No. don't remember
what paper he works on Well. all
right
When We got upstairs Mrs.
Brown telephones for the bin right
away. II came. and II was $500. I
saw the bill. Aunt Maggie tainted
got her on a lounge and opened
tho beadwork.
Child. says she. when she got
back TO the world. what was TT A
raise Of rent or an income tsx7'
"'Ju-t little dinner says I.
Nothing TO worry about-hardly a
drop in the bucket shop. Sit up and
take notice--a dlsposscss notice. II
there's no other kind
But. say. Man. do you know
what Aunt Maggie did7 She got
cold feet She hustled me out OF
that Hotel Benton at 0 the next
morning. We went 10 n rooming
house on the lowest West Side. She
rented one room that had water on
tho floor below and light on the
floor above. After we got moved
all you could see I'm the room was
about $500 worth OF new swell
dresses and one-burncr gns stove.
Well. Mr.. Man. three days of that
light housekeeping was plenty for
me. Aunt Maggie was affectionate
MS ever. She'd hardly let me out OF
her sight. But let me tell you. She
was a hcdger from Hedgersvillc
Hedger county. Scventy.fivc cents
n day was the limit she set. We
cooked our own meals in the room
There I was, with n thousand dol
lars' worth Of tho latest things In
clothes. doing stunts over a one
burner gas stove.
AS say. on the third day I flew
the coop. couldn't stand for throw.
ing together 15-ceht kidney stew
while wearing. at the same time.
a $3.50 house dress with Valenciennes
lace insertion. SO I goes into the
closet and puts on the cheapest
dress Mrs. Brown had bought for
NETS the one I've got on now
not so bad for SIS. Is ut ia left
all my own clothes In my sisters
flat In Brooklyn.
MRS. Brown. formerly Aunt
Maggie says to her, I am going
to extend my feet alternately, one
after the other. in such a manner
and direction that this tenement will
recede from me In the quickest
possible time. / am no worshippcr
OF money says /. but there are
some things can't stand. can
stand the fabulous monster that I've
read about that blows hot birds and
cold bottles with the same breath.
But / can't stand n gutter says /.
They say you've got forty million
doIlars--well. you'll never have any
less. And I was beginning to like
you. too says /.