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Show A Marriage of Convenience 3 r i By H. H. LERSNER P Our New York Letter 'Sumrn Interesting Gossip Gathered Gotham Around Only Is Opened City Drinks a Hare Transformed Upper Broadway. 21-Mi- (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) It was generally conceded that Bab Lesllo was the handsomest girl within her circle but vain to a degree; never making any attempt to interest those with whom she came in contact socially relying absolutely on her extreme good looks to court popularity. Nevertheless, she had an ardent admirer, James Lyle, a fine, manly fellow, young, stalwart and possessed of a genial nature, not so situated, however, as to be able to give her a home such as she anticipated. Eab held a remunerative position with a large corporation in an official capacity, and although she derived an Income far in excess of the work demanded of her, she was discontented with her lot, probably due to the tact that she had too much leisure, giving her ample time to conjure foolish notions. She longed to be mistress of a fine home, with all the charming acces sorles that accompany luxurious en vironments. James loved Bab dearly, and urged her to become his wife. "I can see no future but the care ef a home, donning a wrapper and apron for the convenience of perhousehold forming and drudgery, never showing my good looks to ad she languidly replied. vantago, James coaxed and pleaded, but of no avail. Bab's vanity excelled her discretion. James was compelled to accept the inevitable and discontinued Bank River !e for Women Autos Daily slmplo frock of pink and white musNEW YORK. New Yoiks very latest innolin, caught here and there with tiny vation Is "My Lady's Bank, the only exclusive hows of pale pink ribbon. She could with Women womans bank In the country. bonds boast of a fine, clear complexion, of rolls with fair to depositors clip, coupons and a mass of wavy reddish brown patterns, have opened and notes as big as dr-s- s which new bank. hair she had accounts with the arrangeu This distinctly feminine instittulon Is the artistically in a coil at the nape of financial steoliild of the Lay and Night bank, her neck, with a black bow entwined, street, corner of Fifth avenue and Forty-fourtand resting lightly on her head a which opened last May. The new bank is under soft white chip hat, which her deft the same management and housed In the same fingers had gracefully maneuvered building. until It conformed very attractively Mrs. Anna Rice, a clever little English womdetho contour of her oval face. The an, who has been in charge of the womans attend will ..uaw was partially hidden by small bank, and Bay the of Night partment white and pink blossoms and harto the depositors In the new bank. Mrs. Rice s banke monizing ribbon; she presented a experience gives reassurance to the timid in book She Is a veritable guide of refinement and simplicity that ing transactions. of Information. She can tell Just how many many a girl in her station who afif you are crowns, and marks, pence you can get for good American money fashionable fected tawdry raiment might envy, avenue's of Fifth and, indeed, a lass of far loftier sta- going abroad; she can give you the addresses she has discovered from past milliners, dressmakers, and halrdresscis ithls, tion would perforce of her daintiexperience, goes with any womans hanking business, and the hundred and ness, give her more than a passing one important things that women want to know. In a recent report she said glance. In part; Mrs. Thorn recalled her girlhood Women of wealth dont like to be delayed In maknig deposits. Women and sighed as she bid Bella a pleas- of small means are the same. Women, not being as strong as men. dont like to stand in line with them for fear of a struggle for their possession. ant afternoon. The same is true of women with large and small accounts when they It was evening of the day In quescome to draw money. tion. Children had been put to or taking out money is an inspiration with women. They are bed; after much coaxing and prom- afraidDepositing of changing their minds after they have decided. Delay in the line of ises goodies on the morrow they unnerves them. fell fast asleep. The dinner dishes The only man in the bank will be Robert J. Phalr, the teller. Mr. Phalr having been disposed of, and all irk- has had 15 years experience with the womans department of the Fifth Avsome duties performed, Mrs. Thorn enue bank, and he explained his new position by the modest assertion that he prepared to discard her wrapper and "understood women. In his banking experience Mr. Phalr has handled the apron and rearrange her hair, which fortunes of New York's wealthiest women, and declares he likes to transact If women don't know, said Mr. Phalr, they learn had become disheveled; but before business for them. she had been able to do anything, the quickly, and they are clever in business matters." bell rang; she hesitated not having BIG RIVER OF WATER USED DAILY. time to make herself presentable, the William B. commissioner of water ringing of the bell again caused her supply, gas and Ellison, his courtship. electricity, has been "taking acto hasten to the door, count of stock in his department This departThrough meeting many gentlemen You, she gasped "James Lyle In a business capacity, Bab was much ment is one of the few in the city that makes admired. Gifts of value were lav- Whatever brought you to visit me money, the revenue for a year having been $10,- 065.000, while the commissioner had to expend ished unremittingly on her, and un here? "I, oh, I've called to visit you and of that $6,215,000. Improvements costing amusements usually extravagant are now being made, or about to be bewere thrown in her path. The home your husband, he managed to stamgun, including filtration works, which will cost of her parents was fading rapidly mer. about $12,000,000 and filter ail New York city's "Come In, and make James, yourself water. from sight Bab was traveling at I am practically alone Just at home. New Yorks water would make a remarkable rapid pace the road that is bright and my maid Is out. Think of It, river. The amount daily consumed is about luring while youth holds Bway, but now,find me so. She blushed, for she 500.000.- 000 gallons, making about 182,500,000,000 tramples one under foot when the you all too well her reason for gallons in one year. In weight the daily supply recalled lines of care and dissipation have 2,100,000 tons, and its volume is such wrinkleB refusing him. "James, I'm a widow represents deepened Into that it would flood a street 60 feet wide to a depth now. Hadn't you heard? She was Baved in time from the unT of ten feet for a distance of 21 miles. "Indeed, James, responded seen hand in the precipice that was This enormous daily consumption constantly even know the name of the didnt increases, said the commissioner. Much of it has to be pumped to reach the rapidly beckoning her to its un man you married." He not realizing fathomable depths when Mr. Thorn. what a distributing reservoirs. In Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond the whole supply stupid blunder such a reply has to be pumped. This requires 58 stations, burning more than 100,000 tons was. Bab, however, was so embarof coal a year. rassed and mortified at the condition Distribution of the water is through about 2,000 miles of mains from he ao surprisingly found her In that 6 to 60 inches In diameter. To these mains are attached 293,915 taps and more than 25,000 hydrants for fire engines, while 50,172 meters are installed his remark passed unnoticed. The evening went all too quickly to measure the water supply. For the high pressure, or salt water for Bab. She felt a certain amount system. 78 miles of mains from 8 to 24 Inches in diameter will be laid and of discomfort attired In such habili- will have 2,012 hydrants. A fire can be Immediately checked without the aid of fire engines. ment, but in her inmost heart hoped she might yet win James back to loe d her, forgetting in her UPPER BROADWAY NOW GARAGE ROW. she was handicapped by three Forty-seconbetween Upper Broadway, very young babies. street and Seventy-seconstreet, has been named Seven years of unrelaxed gayety Garage row by the automoblllsts. In the last two and her present cares had aged her years automobile garages have strung up there at most perceptibly. James was dumba great rate. Most of the ground which the garages now occupy was vacant lots a couple of years ago, founded at the change time had some with squatters shanties on them. Then one wrought in her. He was restless automobile manufacturer erected a temporary and ill at ease not being able to com street. It was a hit garage above Fifty-nintplirnen. her, and fearing each mofrom the start and other manufacturers followed ment he might commit himself irresuit and erected garages. trievably. He begged to be excused, At first the garages were only temporary afBab looked a she tired trifle telling fairs, the majority being only two stories high. aa he modestly put it As business Increased substantial buildings took "But, James, she pleaded, the place of the temporary ones. Each builder ype will surely call soon again. tried to outdo his rivals in the appearance of his Now. garage, with the result that some of the garages dont say no," said Bab, teaslngly, as resemble private dwellings more closely than she observed his hesitancy, think ir business buildings. over, and I will anxiously wait tc ail of the available vacant ground was utilized the manufacturers hear from you. I am yery lonely, wereWhen forced to look elsewhere. Some of them up buildings which "You Here, James, at This HourF and your presence will cheer me and were being used for other branches of business bought and transformed them into give me courage. garages. One of them transformed a livery stable Into a garage, while ana prosperous merchant past middle With a half promise James wat other purchased a flat house, and after overhauling the entire lower part age, sought her hand. She eagerly about to depart, when Bella opened turned it into a garage. Most of the garages are four or five stories high, with a deep cellar for accepted his offer, and In a very the door. short time was wed and established "You here, James, at this hour," atoring gasoline and oil, where electric sparks or fire can't get at them. The in a magnificent home. She moved Bella almost screamed, and took his buildings are all of fireproof construction, with steel frames and concrete floors. , In a different sphere, and her ambl hand. "What can have happened? In some of the streets off that part of Broadway there Is so much auto tlon was gratified. Bella was scarlet with excitement traffic through them dally that the asphalt is stained a dark brown from the She certainly looked enchanting. oil and grease which drip from the machines. After seven years of Incessant James looked from Bella to Bax pleasure and excitement, Bab became Such a contrast There was Joy in a widow, with three little ones to his eyes. Bab saw It in a twinkling DAN CUPID CAPTURES MANY TEACHERS. love and care for on a reduced ln Her indignation knew no bounds. She Seventy-fou- r women teachers were married come. She had spent money with resented the deception of his visit In the summer recess. This Is the largest numlavish hand, and friends were numer-ou- in a fire of speech. Turning to Bello ber of marriages tbat has been recorded at ono but all too late realized how she snapped: "You may look for an time. The list is not complete yet, for many empty her gay life had been. She other position when your month 'i teachers marry and take their own time about was compelled to curtail expenses, up, and you, James Lyle, don't evur reporting the fact. The ravages of Dan Cupid in the ranks of move to a small apartment, and was cross my threshold." the teachers has revived the interesting question able only to employ one maid. "Beila," said James, addressing ler, of whether a woman can marry while she is a Belle, the new servant, proved to gently, "you will leave at once, and teacher. The s of the board of education be a jewel. Educated, and with more you shall have a position as mistress say that a woman teacher cannot marry. The than the ordinary amount of at- of my heart and home." court of apieala has said that the board of edutractiveness. Too proud to work In cation had no right to adopt such a and Is null and void. The board has that the a factory, and preferring a home to Tolstoi as a Shoemaker. been In a quandary over the question for some store employment, she mado every These shoes were made by Tolstoi, time, and bus never taken stringent measures to One of her many the effort to please. of the enforce the duties was to take the children out age. greatest literary genius Of the 12.000 women who are teaching In the each pleasant afternoon, the outing framed in oak, hung over ilementary schools many hundreds are married. The shoes, giving them all a rosy, healthy color, the mantel a coarse pair of cowhides, 8ome of those who are not married hope to be some day. Many of the mar. which poor Bab no longer possessed with hob nails. The speaker who was ried women have famlllea depending un them, aud It win to If she remaining Indoors doing the du board of education the should enforce the The Thnusinds of tiaeC famous manufacturer of ah&es, went era who are not married are not letting the ties Incumbent upon housekeeping, on: trouble them at all The. say U is a dead letter because the board of education has not enforced ir rather than walking out with the per "When I was in Russia I visited and they may go ahead and marry when they please. The by law has ambulator and exposing herself to Tolstoi. I told him of my admiration to say about women who enter the school system after they have been ma" the gossip of past friends. I for bis books, and watched him at It was a summer day weather was his cobbling. He works. you know, (IvOt humid children were fretful, and three or four hours a day on the WIFE WANTS $10,000 TO QUIT STAGE. Bella, exhausted from the strenuous bench. A mere matter of dollars- -$ 10,000. to be labors Imposed upon her. Mrs. Thom act separates Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Beet on ex. "I found that he worked too slowly was observant enough to notice her to make a living as a shoemaker. is senior member of Itorton. Dickerson A Colie manufacturers of surgical Instruments, and hi. maid's Indisposition, and knowing Furthermore, I found that he would wife is a rhorua girl In "My Lady'i Maid " full well her Invaluable services, and have been incapable of turning out how she could 111 afford to part with dress shoes. The coarse, heavy boot ,h,'ra.IUT.Um. My." Bh. ha" ,mal voce, and doesnt want New York thea- her. she called in a friendly tone: of the peasant wat all Tolstoi was to hear It he'll have to pay her flOOoo tergoers out refor may the go "nclle, you a year, which, of course, as Mrs. Breton soys is equal to. and, though he labored fiercemainder of the day. The change will ly for he wanted, of course, to show ' little enough. no doubt do you good. The pair were married In Ohio two years sen off before an experienced shoemaker She was then Vida Mohr, which name Is the one Thank you, Mrs. Thorn, Bella like me I had to tell him that he'd Sb Is a gratefully answered, 1 am quite have had difllculty In getting a jourstrikingly handsome woman with an exeollont figure I shall take a short tired Job anywhere. neyman's debut "My mage and the decision about the "Tolstoi presented me with a pair trip out of town to visit a cousin $10,000 a year Is ail due to my huabund," she inld whom I have not seen for a long time, of boots over tho mantel, and I pre"He la very parsimonious rather miserly you but I will return before you retire." sented him 'with some money for hli might put It Being a partner In a very prosper! In a very short space of time Bella poor. 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