The easiest way : $b a story of metropolitan lifeHornblow, Arthur
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The easiest way : $b a story of metropolitan life
Hornblow, Arthur
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Mistresses -- Fiction; Women -- Conduct of life -- Fiction
Denver's a peach of a place. Fancy--I found a big "Welcome" arch
up--no doubt in honor of my arrival--and it's been up ever since.
Seriously, I'm a big social success--invited everywhere--tea
parties, church gatherings and other choice functions. Can you
imagine yours truly, demure and penitent, taking part in bazaars,
solemnly presided over by elderly spinsters in spectacles? You ask
why I don't write more regularly. My dear boy--if you only knew how
busy I am, what with rehearsals, social duties and so forth! What
nonsense to imagine for a moment that it was because my time was
taken up by some other man. You must think I'm foolish. No, no,
dear--not quite so dippy as that. No other charmer for mine while
my Will is good to me. Write soon to
Your own
LAURA.
P.S.--How's dear old Broadway these days? If you see Elfie, tell
her to write.
Colorado, land of enchantment, possesses at least one distinct
advantage over other states of the Union. Apart from the rugged
grandeur of its scenery, its lofty, awe-inspiring peaks and stupendous
canons, the climate is perhaps without its equal in the world. Denver,
particularly, is richly favored in this respect. Situated near the
foothills of the Rockies, on a high, broad plateau, sheltered by the
majestic mountains from the fierce storms and blizzards that sweep the
plains, the winters are delightfully mild and salubrious. Owing to the
great altitude the atmosphere is pure and dry and in the hot months the
breezes which blow almost continuously from the snow-capped heights of
Pike's Peak, make the air deliciously cool, with a temperature rarely
rising above the eighties. For this reason Denver is almost as popular
a summer resort with those who live in the Middle West, as Colorado
Springs, Manitou, and other fashionable places.
Nor does this picturesque mountain capital with its 200,000 population,
lack in up-to-date comforts and amusements. It has beautiful homes,
fine hotels, good theatres. Its people are cultured and discriminating.
They hear the best music and see the latest comedies. In the winter,
Paderewski plays for them; Sembrich sings for them; Mrs. Fiske and
Maude Adams act for them. In the summer they applaud at an open air
theatre pleasantly set among the shady trees, the latest Broadway
successes performed by a stock company especially engaged in New York.
It was as leading lady of this organization that Laura Murdock made her
debut in Denver.
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