Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-30


life Of the East End Of London, with
its two millions OF people. I'VE have
no pleasures; a theater and a music
han IN Whitechapel Road That has
10 serve for two millions of people.
Now if this young heiress wanted to
do any good, she should build a Palace
of Pleasure here"
LET US talk over your Palace Of
! Pleasure" she said.
And as time went on they elaborat-
! ed and amplifed the idea, as the
needs of the people among whom they
lived became more apparent to them.
/ To him it was a fanciful idea, largely
Of interest because it gave him oppor-
tunity to talk with the little dress
maker. To her, it was the Opportun-
/ ity for which the greatest heiress in
England had gone searching in White
+ chapel
But first came the ''Stepney Dress
makers Association" Never before
had London seen such a business, con
Quoted upon such extraordinary prln-
| ciples. The young women employees
actually were encouraged to leave
their work at certain hours, to
/ exercise and play. They We're fur
nished appetizing food at the expense
| of the shop. Lawn tennis courts were
provided for them. In the evenings,
| they were encouraged to dance and
sing. And a share OF the earning Of
/ the establishment was theirs.
| Miss Kennedy's hacker in this ven
| ture was supposed TO be the wealthy
Miss Messenger of the brewery. The
young cabinet-maker already deep in
love with the dressmaker, suggested
that Miss Kennedy might persuade
Miss Messenger 80 start the Palace of
Delight, as he now called it.
"What is a Palace of Delight" he
was asked.
Truly wonderful it IS" said Harry,
ito think how mon0tonous are the
gifts and requests Of rich men.
Schools, churches. a1mshouses, hos
pitals-that is all; that is their
monotonous round" Then he proceeded
to give his Imagination full sway in a
/ day-dream that, unknown to him for
the time being, was to become a won
derful reality through the magic of
the Messenger millions.
While the Palace was growing, Miss
Kennedy. through her supposed in1u-
ence with the unseen Miss Messenger
was bringing sunshine into the lives
of the poor folk of Mrs. Bormalacks
boarding house. The seekers for a
peerage We're set up in the Messenger
mansion in the city, and had a taste
Of all that wealth could bestow. The
discoverer of the Tablets of Stone had
his discovery put into a book, and was
sent home to Australia glowing with
Joy and pride. The seight-of-hand
man was given opportunity to prove
his skill, and proposed marriage in re.
turn. All this through the dressmak-
er's Influence" with the heiress of
the brewery.
The young cabinet-maker, for his
part, found the long-missing yaluables
and freed the old clerk from the sus-
PIGEONS he had laboFed under for thir-
ty years. At the same time, Harry
discovered proof thar he himself was
a fairly well-to-do person.
He laid his heart and fortune at the
feet of the dreSSmaker The day for
the wedding was set.
All this time. be it remembered. the
young man had no mixing Of the girls
identity; nor did he know that his
imaginary Palace of Delight actually
was taking form In brick and stone.
The girl, however, had long since dis.
covered the secret of IIarry's life.
Harry saw his Palace of Delight
only when all was completed. 1t con-
tanned a great hall, where a thousand
couples could dance without crowd
ing. On wet days it was to be play
ground for children There was a con
cert room, with organ and piano and
a platform; rooms for painting. draw
ing, wood-carying and all manner Of
small arts.
I'm the Palace of Delight" said An
gela, ''we shall not be like troop OF
jewellers, thinking Of nothing but
dance and song and feastiug. We
shall learn something every day; we
shall all belong TO the same class.
This is our own palace, the club Of
the working people, we viii not let
anybody make money out of 1t. We
shall use it for ourselves, and we shall
make our enjoyment by ourselves"
The first nos If the great organ
Of the Palace were the wedding
march Of the girl and the man. The
first festivities within the walls at.
tended their wedding feast.
And stlli the man whose magma
ton had given birth 10 these marvels
had never guessed that his bride was
anything but what she seemed
The truth came to him only when,
in the evening. she carve to him no
longer clad as a simple dresSnaker,
it,tt radiant In witta satin mystic