The Washington times., 1922-10-08

10 Make Both Ends Meet.
the fastest ocean liner that was TO follow
the first weeks Of her honeymoon in New
Jersey. She may have thought of how, as
George Burton's wife, rough men Ike the
process server might never have been
usaered into her presence.
But still events piled up. First Count
Zichy announced that he had cabled his
parents, the very honorable and noble and
long -pediereed Count and Countess Bella
Zichy, Of Budapest. When wedding pres
ents and substantial checks and gifts to
the young bride and groom did not come
in reply to that cable the count ex-
planned that probably they were travelling.
He then announced that he would take
his bride to Europe to meet his noble
parents, but before that he would take an
estate at exclusive Roslyn, Long Island.
He never took the estate nor yet the trip.
Instead, the hotel proprietor took his
trunks for the honeymoon board bill. But
this was not until he and the countess had
been tested for the movies. Bijou Fer
dinandez did the directing.
81 have tried the insurance business,
I have tried the automobile business, |
have tried bond sslesmanship," Zichy said.
"And-insurance automobile and bond
business have also tried me. Now will
60 in for something artistic. l will 60
into the movies"
filmed by a motion picture company.
And few days later the countess indig-
nantly denied that they had ever contem-
plated such an ordinary expression of art
as the movies. She said they "had some
thing else in view."
What that was soon developed. They
next appeared as headliners in a cabaret
at Atlantic City. Now reports had it that
the pair were making one thousand def-
and measly little nine dollars and seven
ty-six cents from the next, would fix up
the old hotel bill. Manager Hagan
cheered up. His step was noticed to have
grown suddenly springy and light. His
face was wreathed in smiles. Still no
thousand nine dollars and seventy-six
cents arrived from the Zichys even at the
end Of the second week. Manager Hagan
started to wonder.
For he had imagined time when Count
Zichy, in his usual natty outfit with the
cigarette between his aristocratic lips and
the cane in his noble hand, would pass
one thousand nine dollars and seventy-six
cents across the hotel counter as he re-
marked, with yawn:
eyes, we did rawther we'll with our
dancing at Atlantic City"
Then Manager Hagan pictured second
scene when he clasped the distinguished
young foreigner by the hand and told him
"your trunks are out of pawn. Welcome
to your honeymoon outfits! / always
knew you were fine peopler'
Therefore, the dullest may imagine the
next. Atlantic City done. The Zichys
back home. No money for Manager
Hagan.
So he Just applied for another one of
those little summonses. Then he met
them in magistrates court. And q day
later explained.
''No, didn't get my money, but got
their promises. Oh, they are very fine
people. A pleasure to do business with
real ladies and gentlemen. II will take
some time before get my money, but
am sure will get It at last. And then
they will get their trunks. Yes, they are
very fine folksw ~
Studying the story of the Zichys, the
man or woman with the curious mind can
not help wondering just how the countess
is feeling now and what hext the Zichys
will try after they have stopped waiting
again for something to turn up.