Evening star., 1922-09-03

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twaitress?' :
What don't know about tt?' says
I. my dear woman. I've been through
every stage of 1t. from dealing on the
| arm in q quick lunch Joint to shoot
ing the demi- -tasses in Greenwich VII
lage. Let Mile peek through crack
] In tho door and watch my curves
| And now let's unbutton those biscuits
| and spread them with butter and
strawberry jam while they're good
| and hot"
EXPECT they were looking for the
average tea-room junk-thin sand
| wiches and store marmalade and
weak Ceylon. But when / hoated In
with a big pewter platter loaded with
those dainty jam-nlled biscuits and
an old pewter pot full Of real tea, not
to mention a pitcher Of Jersey cream
| and a wtllow-ware bowl heaped with
| fresh cottage cheese-well. 1t was q
knockout. They finished their high
balls, dropped their cigarettes and
| went to 1t. I'll say they handed out
a few pleasant words, too. as the bis
( cults disappeared. Those people knew
what was good when they met 1t, and
they weren't afraid to say what they
| thought.
Perfectly delicious" says one OF
| the old DANES. And in such an ap-
propriate setting. You don't mind,
do you, If we look around at your
period furniture?"
said I'd be delighted. and I stood
around and tried to look simple and
old fashioned while they raved over
the antique mahogany. the Windsor
| chairs. the old secretary and the mir
ror with the painted top. Then
towed the ladies' UP to one OF the
guest rooms we had just finished and
let them SEQ the sleigh bed. the 1872
highboy, the hooked rugs on the moor
and the framed samplers and silhou-
| cites on the walls.
"Oh, we must come and stay over
night some time. May WEI" asks one.
ANY time you find US here with
the sign out" says I.
I'VE shall tell all Of our friends
too," says another. II wonder we
never heard Of this place before. It's
so absolutely perfect. And you go
| with 1t SO we'll, young woman. Why,
you look as though you'd stepped in
from the eighteenth century"
Thank you, lady," says I, doing
another curtsey.
Twas a bit staggered when we got
/ down stairs again and one Of the
| men wanted to know how much OF
| the furniture and other things were
for sale. Eut after one long breath
I smiled on him and waved a reckless
hand around.
"oh, anything you fancy. sir" says
I.
THE next thing I knew I'd sold him
the pewter platter and teapot.
naming the first price that came into
my head think he'd have liked a
chair or two and perhaps a mahogany
tip-table. II he could have packed
them into the Limousine AS for the
tea service charge, really hadn't the
face to tell him right out how much
it was, SO / wrote. the total on slip
Of paper and handed it to him. ex-
pecting him to 60 scowly at the sight
Of it, But he never so much as raised
an eyebrow. Instead he added a two
dollar tip, chucked me under the chin
and promised to drop in again when
he came back from the mountains.
All of which scandalized Inez
clear to the bone. for she had been
"Now I guess you wanna take that
sign down, eh?" says she.
Just as I'm working up a nice
little business?" says I. How silly!
Why, I haven't had so much fun for
a month. And say. Inez, take a look
at the receipts from one pan of
biscuit half a jar of jam and a pot
of tea"
AS Inez fingered the crisp new
bills her gray eyes widened.
"All that" says she. IL guess
it's you that's gotta nerve. Trilby
May; not them"
when it comes to separating the
idle rich from some Of their excess
profits" says I. I'm a rank amateur
but think could learn few of the
tricks with a little practice"
HUH says Inez. You don't need
any practice. You couldn't do much
better if you held 'em up with a
gun"
Those were about the sentiments
expressed by Uncle Nels when he
came in and heard what had heen
going on. Smart girl, Trilby May"
saws he, chuckling. "They don't find
you sleeping on any switch, eh?
Maybe some more people like that
come along"
THE woods are full Of 'em at this
time of year." says I. going and
coming from the mountains. We
have a good stand here, too, and
don't see why we shouldn't collect
little interest on our investment 1t
sure is easy money"
A Nd Barry Platt, af<er he'd re-
"A covered from the shock of seeing
me in my Dolly Madison outfit. was
more or less tickled because he had
hung out the sign which had lured
in the limousine folks. That is. he
was smiling enough until he heard
about my selling the pewter.
"oh, 1 say" he protests. But that
was my stuff, you know. And that
platter was q prize"
ITO bad, Barry boy" says. I, but
I Just couldn't resist making good
trade I only asked four times what
you paid for it. Here, take this and
20 buy a whole set. Don't you re-
member what lot Of pewter we saw
In that dealers place over in Ver-
mout7 Hes ovArstocked on all kinds