The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-16
A VISIT
CHAPTER So

Chapter So
The club women who worked on
this special committee oon felt Pat
tvs charm and yielded to it. One OF
the members had an order for the
little catering shop below to send up
tea every afternoon. as an inducement
for members to edo a little work
there" And as one remarked:
That little Miss Parke serves 50
beautifully, and is so sweet, that I'd
rather work there and talk with her
than stay at home where my daughter
brings in a lot of giggling. noisy girls"
As for Patty. she adored her work
even though she sometimes thought,
rather humorously, that it was all
somewhat futile.
THE committee spent almost as
much hiring a theatre for rehearsals
and performance, as they took in from
the entertainment" she told her moth
er. "They might as we'll have given
the amounts as private subscriptions.
the hospital would have benefited as
much. OF course. it meant publicity
we've been getting a lot of notices
about our work already"
Patty had made friends with a
FOuAS man IN hlJuuiS dSCu NpiLloiIs
both newspaper people. and got in
several stories" through them. She
invited both to her house. thinking
to muse Mile and her mother. But
though both came to her office
and asked her to go to dinner or thea
tres. they somehow didn't include
Mile.
Miles occasional jealousy became
almost constant.
Mrs. Parke always liked to know
what had happened during the dav.
She didn't care much for the city. it
confused her and it over-powered her
by its size.
But I don't complain" was her
answer when the girls thought she
might be tired of staying home alone
Patty's description of her day at the
office was usually quite glowing.
Mrs. Mum was there most of the
afternoon. She's lobbying to get some
old houses torn down in the East
Eighties for a playground. She
brought down a congressman to show
him u tentative maps and plan:
and u cost shetland we served
tea, and Mrs. Babcock, the two Lane
girls and some others came in"
"All o do is have parties and ge
paid $40 a week for it," Mile would
answer GROSSLY. 81 never see anyone
Don't you need someone else in thu
offic to help"
Patty wondered how Millie might b,
included.
when this bill comes up before tn
: legislature, We'll be busy and I'll hav,
! to have an assistant" she said. CT
| try it,"
Patty went to Albany with the mem
bers of the committee, and Millie wa
, put in for three days to answer tn
phone. But only four women appear
? ? ed that time-among them Mrs. Dal
! lington.
Il told her l was glad TO meet her,
. Mile recounted. Il said we'd enioye
PauPs visit so much. and she SCENE
awfully surprised to know he'd visite
us. | don't believe he really sem he
. those daily kilograms he says he sen
! or how could she have forgotten? III
less she's an awfully negiectful mott
+ err"
What did she say?" Patty asked
wishing Mile had lot forced hersel
upon the stern and naughty Mrs. Da,
lington.
'She said, oh, really, mostly,'"M
lie answered, attempting a very gran
tone and n as she quoted.
When the question of an office a
sistant for special occasions came u
again, Mrs. Mum said:
ut had better not be Mile, my dea,
q After all. it's such a small office the
we are all packed in together, and it
more like several people at tea than