The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
The TEARS OF DOROTHEA
And the Surprising Tale
If m1 Up-to-Date Prince
Charming Who Turned
Then, Into Pearls.

-H day ha1 been the kind that even
Dorothsa Hutton mentally Designated
~ bard. and Nns Hutton was do
tsrminsd optimtst
n had begun with i.ss March storm, In
vAsoA she had % w.k fvs blocks to the
subway train that bers hsr % her dowuhowu
snps Alsa. u had begun with enc Of her
noshr-s eaA spsIls.. which frsqusn<iy oso-
nnsd the ed i.dy to hsr ssd tpr days and
psoesnttatsd muoh sottve nhai ssrvtos fn the
hoars preceding dawn Further, n had In
efudsd . two wes0 -noeic.," gwen Miss
Hztton with painful ahrupensss BY her Enan
maid Of An vork-sn tnvalu.hls young per
son who bad been with her for two years and
to whose continued compantcnshtp she had
fsodty looked forward
Ths effect Of the nnai eatacfyzm w.s
almost beneficial It nads Dorothss forget
bar other troubles To lose Nora was moth
Ing short Of = tragedy. Ths little creature
vas 20 honest. 20 neat, 50 cheerful % reliable
In every way! She not only took from Doro-
thss's shoulders all the responsibility Of the
A-N@s
dured with surprising equaninfty the tenn
psrsmental manifestations Of Mrs. Hutton
hdy whose husband had consistently spoiled
her until he died. and whose daughter had
duttfuny continued the process Everything
In tho home the two occupied together re-
votved around Mother"
Dorothea organized the domestic system
AF1N-
the old Lady sat In her shrine a. onnipotent
a. . bronze Buddha and almost as unyield-
ing. lost In the august memories Of her past
No one else would be As wonderful with
Mother as Nora had always been No one
else would b devoted to Miss Hutton her
sslf Nora was devoted still Indeed. she
was % svertaxed BY the difficulty of lending
her usual conversational charm to the un-
welcome topic Of her departure that tears
nllsd her eyes as she preached It But her
voice was nrm- The world reeled under
Dorothea's fest as she listened
you're serious. Surely you don't mean you're
actually leavinsf"
Yes. Miss Hutton, am. I'm sorry to say
n. for know you'n feel awful bad about IT.
Nora frankly conceded.
-but why1 whyf II IT'S . question st
money
Dorothea's voice faltered. Morals wages
Ike those Of all her class. had gone up rap
Idly IN the past year. She was now paying
the girl nifty dollars q month, out Of her own
salary Of two hundred and nifty. seventy-nvs
more went for rent. How TO feed thethree OF
them, dress her mother and herself and pay
Doctors bills and all the other expenses Of
living out Of the remaining one hundred and
twenty-five dollars q month had become q
problem that was increasingly taxing Miss
Hutton's agile mind It accompanied her BY
day and whispered its unanswerable Ques-
lions In her ears In the sleepless hours Of her
nights. Thus Tar she had. failed to solve II.
Twice during the past year she had been
forced to draw from her small reserve In the
savings bank. and each time she had done II
With an actual physical pans. That reserve
was the life line to which she and her mother
must cling II she were temporarily out ot
work or Il either Of them had q serious nj.
mesa
Dorothea had cut down her personal ex-
ing in the marketing to q degree that made
even the sympathetic Nora raise her eye
srowa To add nvs dollars . month Of ex-
psnss b her present budget meant sailing
eaoss to disaster. stfn, anything anything
rather than to lose Moral
n ms . matter Of w.Ses, Nora" she
vsnt On, more firmly. Il can give you nvs
aan.rs morspos<sbiy tsu . month more.-
- sdded with ths rsekssssnsss Of despair.
what Would her mother DO, left alone an
day with . new. unsympsthst1c, probably In
snessat maSdf
mo, Mis- Hutton, h stn't the money
Mora spoke quietly. bot charm had given
ezt Of hsr decision. -rvs made up me
mind she added firmly. II want to better
nes.n IKE an the siris ID doin'. I'm going
b work In Q hotel with me friend, Annie
Riley. Wen have our mornin's on, TIL
tvesve-an'.-Nsh Nshs added. more e1panstvely.
-ve,rs gotn' to study 10 be mannycmesi"
Dorothea was due In her once IN hsh an
hour. bat she ignored this obligation. She
at down, seated Nora opposite her, and
plunged into what proved to be the most
hnpassionsd orstion Of fairly eloquent Life.
She was on familiar ground. for she was
social secretary In = great corporation whose
hundred and MY women employees were e1-
pectsd to turn to her for guidance IN their
personal crises. and who oonscientiousiy did
%, to the numbers Of dozens each day. Doro-
th>. knew how TO talk to them, often how 10