Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-23
LUCILE'S DIARY.

thoughtful Or Shers, u no matter
what | do my friends are always get>
ting yexed at me. It's hard to bear,
too. when l realize that l put myself
out a great deal for people. and more
than half the time they don't appre-
ciate 1t.
Now, there's Alice Maltby, the girl
that's visiting Mrs. Greene. I've done
a lot to make 1t pleasant for her. AS
for her being grateful-w~li, snes
quite the reverse
1 took Candy Fuller to See her and
he was really very nice to her for my
sake. Candy will do anything ask
him, and when l suggested that ne
pay her some attention while she was
here he said he'd be glad to do so.
l told Candy that 1t was only right
to be kind to a homely girl like Alice.
l said l thought she was entitled 20
some pleasure even If she wasn't a
beauty. Candy looked rather sur
prised at this. | SUPPOSE he dldnt
realize that I'd be so thoughtful. l
told him, too, that l intended to show
her how to arrange her hair more be-
eomingly, for l thought it was a real
pity for her to make herself n less
attractive than she really was by wad'
ding her hair into that ugly big mot
at the back of her head. H1 Ciid That
wasAGrecian, and laughed at him for
knowing SO little about hairdressing.
The funny part Of 1t is that when l
offered to show Alice how to do hex
hair more stylishly she thanked me
and said she pre-. erred to continue
wearing 1t in her usual way. Several
persons, sLe said, had assured her that
s. sust suited her classic profile. l
wonder If Candy could have told her
that awkward bun was Grecian. He
may have done it, thinking it would
please me, for he knew l wanted him
to be kind to her. Tut didn't ex-
pect hip to make silly. iattering
speeches like that.
Candy invited Alice and me to go to
the theater. That is, he remarked to
me that he should like to take us, 30
selected a play that I wished very
much to see and then rang up Alice
and asked her to go with Candy and
me. 1t turned out that sIS had seen
the play IN New York in SAe winter
before she came here, but 1t was the
only thing In town that l thought
worth while, SO l didn't say anything
to Candy about her having seen 1t.
Really 1t was the best thing here, and
I new Candy well enough to know
that he'd want to take us to the best.
If Alice Maltby was a tactful girl
she would not have let Candy know
that she had seen the play before. 1t
was very inconsiderate of her wb2n he
asked If she knew the story OF 1t to
own right up that she had seen 1t in
New York. 1t would have been much
more unselish of her to evade the sub
ject. 1 felt sorry for Candy. for he
was naturally disappointed. He had
thought he was giving her a new
pleasure and he knew how anxious |
was for him to make her have a good
time, SO, of course, the poor fellow
was quite uncomfortable because he
hadn't chosen another play.
He proposed going to supper after
the theater anG at first Alice didn't
want to. She said she wasn't used to
going to restaurants at night without
a chaperon. l told Candy that l was
simply starved and If he didn't wish
to take me home in a fainting condi-
ton he'd have to give me something
to eat. Alice consented then and we
had a delicious little supper at one of
the incest places in town. I was 80
glad to have her see that particular
restaurant, for l don't believe she'll
have another chance.
1t was dr%eadfully late when we got
back to the Greenes', where Alice is
staying. l asked Candy to look at his
watch just as we were starting up the
steps of the house, and when he
struck O match and told what time 1t
was | was frightened, because father
hates to have me out late at night.
Mother told me only last week that
he said he wouldn't stand for 1t, so |
warned Candy that we must hurry.
Don't wait to watch Alice into the
house." l said. "She is all right. and
If we don't simply fly we'll lose the
next car. You don't mind, do you,
Alice?"
"No-o-o," she answered, ungracious-
ly. She didn't seem to realize how i'm
portant it was for me to get home be-
fore it was much later.
Candy stood for a second ~hesitating.
Then | turned and ran rapidlydown the
steps and there was nothing for him
to do but follow. He called out:
Good night; I'm awfully sorry, Miss
Maltby, to leave you SO informally"
and then we rushed on to catch the
car.
This morning I called up Alice to
have a little chat with her about last
night. She vas positively chilly over
the telephone. She said that Candy
had her latehkey in his pocket and
that she stood on the porch ringing
the bell 20 minutes before she could
rouse anyone. She also said a great
deal about feeling ashamed of having
to get Mr.. Greene up at that unearthly
hour. She really seemed to think,
believe, Judging from the tone of her