The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-29


ideas. He had observed lack fa fsaa
life Of the East End Of London, VITA
its two millions Of people. I'VE havs
no pleasures; a theater and music
hall in WhitechapeI Road. That has
to serve for two millions of people
Now IL this young heiress wanted tn
do any good, she should build Palaes
OF Pleasure here" a.
Let US talk over your Palace Of
Pleasure" she said.
And as time went on they eIaboras
ed and amplified the idea, as tina
needs Of the people among whom they
lived became more apparent to fhens
To him fl was a fanciful idea, largely
of interest because it gave him oppoe-
tunfty to talk with the little dress
maker. To her. IT was the opportuR
ity for which the greatest hefress I'm
England had gone searching in White
chapel -
But first came the "StepRey Dress
makers Association Never beforH
had London seen Ench business, coS
Quoted upon such extraordinary prfR
ciples- The young women employees
actually were encouraged to 1easa
their work at certain hours, Il
exercise and play. They were fur.
nished appetizing food at the expen@
Of the shop. Lawn tennis courts wers
provided for them In the evenings
they were encouraged TO dance an&
sing. And q share OF the earning ID
| the establishment was theirs
Miss Kennedy's hacker in thIs yezE-
ture was supposed TO be the wealthy
Miss Messenger, Of the brewery. Tba
young cabfnet-maker. already deep In
| love with the dressmaker, suggested
that Miss Kennedy might persuade
| Miss Messenger 20 start the Palace OF
Delight, as he now called it
what is a Palace of Delight" he
was asked.
Truly wonderful 1t is" said Harry,
| '+to think how monoton5us are t1hs
gifts and requests Of rich men-
| Schools, churches, almshouses, hes
pitaIs-that is all; that Is their
monotouous 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
derfuI reality through the magic of
| the Messenger millions.
While the Palace was growing, Miss
Kennedy, through her supposed infu-
enee with the unseen Miss Messenger,
was bringing sunshine into the lives
| Of the poor folk Of Mrs. Bormaiack's
| boarding house The seekers for a
peerage were set up in the Messenger
mansion in the city, and had taste
! Of all that wealth could bestow. The
diseoverer Of the Tablets of Stone had
his discovery put into book, and was
sent home TO Australia glowing with
| joy and pride. The sleight-of-hand
man was given opportunity to prove
his skill, and proposed marriage in res
turn. All this through the dressnakst
er's Influence" with the hefreSs OF
the brewery. !
The young cabinet-maker, for his
part, found the long-missing vaEuabIes
and freed the old clerk from the sus-
| picions he had Iabored under for thir-
" years. At the same time Harry
discovered proof thar he himself was
A
, q fairly weII-to-do person.
He laid his heart and fa<tg2S 1t the
feet Of the dressmaker. The DIS < <s--
| the wedding was set .-- !
Ali this time, be it remembered. the
young man had no inkIing 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 Harry'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 a play
| ground for children. There was a con-
cert room, with organ and piane and
a platform; rooms for painting. draw
ing. woOd-carying and all manner Of
small arts.
IN the Palace OF Delight" said An
gela. I'VE shall not be like s troop OF
jewellers, thinking of nothing but
dance and song and feasting 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 ii. We
shall use it for ourselves, and we shah
make our enjoyment by ourselves"
Tie first notes of the great orxxm
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 still the man whose inagfnM-
ton had given birth to these marvess
had never guessed that his bride was
anything but what she seemed.
The truth came 70 him only when.