The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-25
The Brief
Debut of
Tilly

/ ildy
Copyright. 1870. sv Doubleday. rue'
q Co; published bv specai ar.
rangc,sert xtih the Wheeler Syn
dtcafe. lac.
II you do not know Bosie's Choir
House and Family Restaurant II II
your loss For u you are one Of
the fortunate ones who dine cxpen
pavely you should be interested q
know how the other half consumes
provisions. And n you belong 10 the
half 20 whom walters checks arr
things OF moment you should know
iiogieia. for there you get youi
moneys worth--in quantity. AZ least
Bogie's In situated In that highway
~ bourgroi-e. that boulevard Of
Brown Jones ana Robinson. Eighth
Avenue Their, are two rows OF
tables In the room. sir In zach row
on each table ~ 4 caster stand. con
tanning cruets Of condiments and
seasons Prom the pepper cruet you
may shake a cloud % something
,astaiess and melancholy. like vol
canic dust Prom tho a,it cruct you
may expect nothing. Tho man
should extract a nanguinary stream
from the paliid turnip. yet viii his
prow~ns be bAlh-d when he comes
10 wr-at salt from tioKie'n cruetA
Also upon each table stands ths
counterfeit Of thar b~nixn sauce
.wat. ssr.n... "a. ~-.-t.S- ~ '. .xak.t-
man N India :
Tho needs os now'ss customers
wer- supplied by two waitr.sses and
a Voice. ono OF the Mattresses was
named Aiie.n. Ehe war tall. beau
tifui. lively. gracious and learned In
prrsfiaEe. Her other namer There
was no moro necessity for another
name AZ noris's than there was for
finger bowls.
Tho name Or she other waitress
was Tiidy. Why do you nurr~s,
Matilda Pioar. nSrn this time
Tiidy-T1idy Tidy was dumpy.
plain faced. and too anxious 90 please
TO please. Repeat tho last clause %
yourself once or t~ic~. and make the
acquaintance OF tho duplicate infinl
tiv.
Tho Voice ~ nories w~s fuvisfhi~
II earn, from the kitchen. and did
not shine In the way OF originality.
II ws. a heather Voice. and content.
81 Itself with vain r~p~c;lona OF en-.
ciamat,on. emitted By The Mattresses
consuming food
A -
that Afieen was BEAUTIFUL. Had she
donned fc~ hundred dollars worth
q clothes and Joined the Easter "a,
rAde. and had you seen her. you
would have hAxisned 10 say 90 your.
self.
T'hs custum~rS II Bosfe's v~~~ her
siavea. stx tables full she could
~ait upon At once. They who were
In . hurry restrained their fsnpa,
ss-ncs for the ,oy Of m~r~iy gazing
upon her swiftly moving. graceful
nwura They who had finixh~d eat.
Ing ato moro that th~y might con
tinue In the light OF her sfniia Every
man thrre--and they ~~r. mostly
pen-triod 10 make his impression
upon her.
Aii.en could -uoce~fursy esrhanxs
rcpartr- against a dozrn AZ one.
And every smile tina; shs sent forth
lodged ike pellets from a scatter
gun. In as many heart. And all this
Wills Hhe would be performing
astounding fcsfs with orders Of pork
and beans. pot roasu. ham and
"a A - - a 80 a.. 49,. - -
quantity os things on the iron and
in the pan and straight up and on
the ada with all this f~a~finr ard
flirting and merry exchange Of wi,
Bogi@'s came mighty near being q
salon. with Aii--n for lis Madame
Rccamier.
II the tranri~nss were snsrsnr~d
by tho fascinating Aiiecn. the reg.
aiars were her adorrra There was
much rivalry among many Of she
steady customer. Aileen could have
had an engagement every evening
AZ least twice week som. one took
her to a theatre or n dance. One
stout gentleman whom she and Tidy
had privately christencd The Hog.
presented her with a turquoise ring.
Another ono known as -Frnahy, 9
who rodo on tho Traction Company q
repair wagon. WINS going To give her
a poodle an soon as hts brother got
Tho hauling contract In the Ninth
And the man who always ate spare.
ribs and spinach and said ho WINS
a stock broker. asked her TO 70 to
-Parxifal" with him.
Il don't know WHERE this p,.oe
Ia. said Aiiecn while talking II over
with Tidy, but tho wedding rtnr.s
got TO DO on before put n stitch
into a travelling drcrs--aInt that
right7 Well. ! guess
But. Tildyi
In s7eamlng. chatterinr. eahbsre
scented flogic's there was aImosT n
heart tragedy. Tidy with the blunt
nose. tho hay-oolorcd hair. the
freckled skin. the bas.o meal figure,
had never had an odmirer. Not a
man followed her with his eyes when
she went TO and fro In the rowtau.
rant save now and then when they
giared with the beast hunger for
food. None OF them loudly "jollled..
her OF mornings as they did Ailcon.
accusing her. when the eggs were
SLOW In coming. OF late hours in the
company OF cnvicd SWANS. No one
had ever given her a turquoise ring
OF invited her upon a voyage to nys.
tcrious. distant "Parslfai."
Tildy was n good waitress, and the
men tolerated her. They who sat n,
her tables spoke 10 her briefly with
quotations from no bill OF fare; and
then raised their voices in honeyed
and otherwise favored accents. clio.
quenuy addressed TO their fair
Aileen. They writhed In their chairs
70 glze ground and over the impend.
ing form OF Tidy. that Alieen'a
pulchritude might season and make
ambroRia OF their haron ana ...