Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-19

Highland Place" was one of those
new little cross-streets in a new little
bosky neighborhood, grown up over
night" as we say, meaning grown up
in four or five years, so that when citi-
Zens of the older and more solid and
solled central parts Of the city come
driving through the new part, of a
Sunday afternoon in spring, they say
my goodness, when did this happen?
Why, it doesn't seem more'n a year or
so since we used to have Fourth o.
July picnics out here! And now Just
look at it-all built up with bride-and-
groom houses!'
Highland Place" was the name
given to this cross-street by the spec-
ulative land company that had de
velOped" 1t, and the only reason they
had not named it "Waverly Place" was
that they had already produced a
"Wayerly Place" block below. Both
PLACES" were lined with green
trimmed, small white houses, frame"
or stucco, and although the honeymoon
suggestion was intellectually so
strong, as a matter of fact most of the
Ahabitants held themselves to be "set-
sd old married people," some of the
couples having almost attained to a
tin wedding anniversary.
The largest of the houses in
"Highland Place" was the "hollow-
tile and stucco residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. George NJ. Sullender." Thus it
had been defined, under Photographic
reproduction, with the caption "New
Highland Place Sullender Home" in
one of the newspapers, not long after
the little street had been staked out
and paved; and since the "Sullender
Home" was not only the largest house
but the first to be built in the "place,"
and had had it's picture in the paper,
1t naturally took itself for granted as
being the most important.
Young Mrs. William Sperry, whose
equally young husband had just bought
the smallest but most conspicuously
bride-and-groOm cottage in the whole
place. was not so deeply impressed
with the Sullender importance as she
should have been, since the Sperrys
were the newcomers of the neighbor-
hood, had not yet been admitted to it's
intimacies, and might we'll have dis
played a more amiable Difference to
what is established.
mo" Mrs. Sperry told her husband
when they got home after their first
experience Of the places" hospitality,
a bridze-party at the Sullenders-'T
just can't stand those people, Will!
They're really awful"
"Why, what's the matter with emp"
he inquired. 81 thought they were first
rate. They seemed perfectly friendly
and hospitable and"
"Oh, yes; Observation-Disclosures e-manor
entertaining the tenantry! l don't
mind being tenantry," young Mrs.
Sperry explained, but l can't stand
the lOrd-and-lady-Of-t style in
people with nne-room house and a
one-car garage
"One-car it may be-" her husband
laughed, "but it has two stories. They
have chauffeur. you know; and he
lives in the upstairs Of the garage"
$50 that entities the Sulenders to
the manor style?"
But l didn't notice any of that
style" he protested. "I thought they
seemed right nice and cordial. or
course Sullender feels that he's been
milking quite a success in business and
1t naturally gives him rather con-
descending air, but he's really all
right"
He certainly was condescending.
She grumbIed, and went on. with some
satire "Did you hear him allude to
himself as Il 'realtor?'"
well, why shouldn't he? He is
one. That's his business"
my lord. the realtor" Mrs. Spcrrv
cried mockingly. "Thcrc ought t. be
an opera written called I'll Realtor'
IKE the enc there used to be with the
title q Janitor.' Those are such ro-
mantle wordsl 'Toreador,' Tealtor,'
WuInidor'-"
: Here. here" her husband said.
gain down! You seem to have got
yMlrself worked up into n mighty sar-
castle mood, for some reason. Those
people only want to be nice to US and
they're albright"
= Mrs. SpNry looked at him coldly.
"Did you hear Mr.. Sullender saying
that his company had sold seven
homes this month";" she inquired.
ooh, YOU can't expect everybody to
know all the cur.st nicel.es Of the