The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-12-14
THE
BOLTON GIRLS.
PROPOSITION
Observation-Disclosures
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
'I ''''',oas BIZ the Macmillan Co.

vA| 70 "accept a position" with our
wv paper, IL was all over between
,oer that we knew that she was
!, ,east highly improbable IL not en-
,,re,y impossible. But then we might
~. expected as much from girl who
lid herself Maybelle. There Is,
lever. this much to be said in May
s.,,s,s favor: she was persistent. She |
~, NOT LET 20 till II Numbered! We |
s.r,d have stood II well enough II she |
"a limited her campaign for job on !
=. naner TO an occasional call at the |
.mce But she had fiendish instinct
-h,ch told her who were the friends
:. liked most to oblige: the banker,
-, instance, who carried our over
arafs the leading advertiser, the
chairman Of the printing committee Of !
,hs town council-and she found ways
:. make them ask IL we couldn't do
something for Miss Bolton. She could
zach school; indeed, she had q place
N the academy. But she lOathed
.ehool.teaching. She had always felt
that II she could once get a start, she
could make a name for herself.
She had written something that she
.slled "A Critique on Hamlet" which
she submitted to us, and was deeply
,sined when we told her that we didn't
care for editorial matter; that what
our paper needed was the names of
the people in our own country town
and county, printed as many times a
day or week or a month as they
could be put into type. We tried to
tell her hat more important to US than
the influence Of the Celtic element on
ur national life and literature was
the fact that John Jones of Lebo-
frat Is to say, red John, as distin-
uished from black John--or Jones the
timer, or Jones of the Possum Holler
settlement was In town with a load Of
hay. "Other papers," we explained
carefully, while she looked as sympa-
thetic and intelligent as a collie, "other
papers might be interested In the
radio-activity Of uranium x; they
might care to print articles on the
psychological phenomena Of mobs"-
to which she snapped eager agreement
With her eyes-"others, with entire
propriety, might be interested in inor-
ranic evolution"-and she cheeped
yes, yes" with feverish intensity
but In our little local paper we cared
only for the person who could tell our
readers with the most delicacy and
precision how many spoons Mrs.
worthington had to borrow for her
party, who had the largest number of
fnger-bowls In town. what Mrs. Conk-
LIN paid for the broilers she served at
her party last February, and the name
Of the country woman who raised
them, and why It was that all the
women failed to make Jennie's recipe
for sunshine cake work when they
tried It" Such are the things that
interest our people, and he, she or 1t
who can turn In two or three columns
day Of items setting forth these
things In good-natured way, so that
the persons mentioned will only grin
and wonder who told II, is good for ten
dollars Of our money every Saturday
night.
Maybelle thought 1t was such inter-
esting work, and her eyes floated In
tears Of happiness at the thought Of
such Joy. II she could only have a
chancel II would be Just lovely
simply grand, and she knew she could
% It Something In her innermost
soul thrilled with a naturalization
that made her CULVER with anticipation.
Whereupon she went out and came
back In three days with five sheets of
foolscap on which she had written an
arficle beginning: "When Memory
0nws aside the curtains Of her magic
chamber, revealing the pictures medi.
hilton paints, and we see through the
windows Of our dreams the sweet vale
q yesterday. lying outside and be
yond; when stern Ambition. with re
kntless hand, turns US away from al
this to ride in the somber chariot OF
Duty-then It Is that enhancing
Pleasure beckons us back to sit by
hemory's fire and sip our tea with
Maiden meditation" What 1t was al
about no one ever found out; but the
ioung Prince at the local desk whs
rad II clear through said that some
umes be thought that 1t was a repor'
o. IRE and at other times II seemed
uke dress-goods catalogue. 1t woul'
nave made four columns. As he pu
me roll back In the drawer the Youni
fnnce rose and paced grandly out
Atthe front door he stopped and said
xcun never make anything out Of he
she's q handholderl When cir
begins to get corns on her hands,
notce she has mush on the brainw
But Maybelle returned, and we wen
~ over the same ground again. w
ezplained that what we wanted wa
mort items-two or three lines each
uttle references to home doings; some
u'ns telling who has company, who
nc4, who IL putting shingles on tn
oan or an "" on the house. And sh
ah -Oh, yes!" 30 passionately tina
Hseemed as though she would bark o
pet her front feet on the table. On
seit Ike taking her jaws In his hand
end pulling her ears.
me next time she came In she sal
nat II We would Just try her-give he
something to do-she was sure sh