The Lambertville record., 1923-08-03

Highland Place. was one of those
new little eross-streets In new little
hosky neighborhood, grown up over
night as we say, meaning grown up
In four or FIVE years. so that when clti-
zens OF the older and more solid and
soiled central parts of the city come
driving through the new part. of
Sunday afternoon In spring, they say
my goodness when did this happen?
Why, II doesn't seem more'n year or
so since we used to have Fourth o.
July picnics out here And now Just
look Mt it-all built up with brlde-and-
groom houses p
Highland Place" was the name
given to this cross street by the spec
ulative land company that had de
veloped" It, and the only reason they
had not named 1t 'Waverly Place" was
that they had already produced a
"WsverIy Place" block below. Both
"places" were lined with green
trimmed, small white houses. frame"
or stucco. and although the honeymoon
suggestion WAS architecturally so
strong, as matter of fact most of the
Inhabitants held themselves to he "set-
tied old married people some Of the
couples having almost attained to
tin wedding anniversary.
The largest of the houses In
Highland Place" was the hollow
tile and stucco residence of Mr. aud
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 its 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 eonSplcuously
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 neghbor-
hood, had not yet been admitted to It's
intimacies, and might well have dis
played n more amlable Difference TO
what is established
mo" Mrs. Sperry told her husband
when they got home after their first
experience of the places hospitality
brldge-party at the Suilenders-"I
Just can't stand those people, WIFI
They're really awful"
"Why, what's the matter with 'em?"
he inquired Il thought they were first
rate They seemed perfectly friendly
and hospitahle and"
"oh, yes; lord-and-lady-o of. the manor
entertaining the tenantry, ! don't
mind being tenantry," Young Mrs
Sperry explained. "but I can't stand
the nd-lady-of-the manor style I'm
people with a nine-room house and
one-car garage -
"one-car it may be-" her husband
laughed, but It has two stories. They
have chauffeur, you know; and he
HNes IN the uPstbitt ui tHs garage,
$50 that entities the Sullenders TO
the manor style?'
But l didn't notice any Of that
style" he protested. II thought they
seemed right nice and cordial OF
course Sullender feels that he's been
making quite success In business and
IT naturally gives him rather con
descending air, but he's really all
right"
"He certainly was condescendlng,
she grumbled and went on, with some
satire: "Did you hear him allude to
himself as a 'realtorT"
well, why shouldn't he? He is
one. That's his business"
"My lord. the realtorn Mrs. sperry
cried mocklngly. "There ought to be
an opera written called FL Realtor'
Ike the one there used 10 be with the
title III Janitor.' Those are such ro-