The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-17
THE ETERNAL
FEMININE.
1t Did Assert Itself lust as Phil
Had Predicted.
BY HELENE woop.

"Elizobeth, the eternal feminine VIII
assert ITSELF"
Elizabeth put on her long blue paint
ing apron without replying ana began
to stretch a canvas. she was adorable
20, her gray eyes defiantIy ayerted and
a flush OF anger on her cheeks.
There you 90 again. II don't
know my own mind at twenty-siS
when win ~
AT twenty seven or eight perhaps
hope sooner Your ideas are ali
wrong. Believe me, the day will come
when you will long for home of your
own and some one nearer than girl
friend or masculine admirer"
He had the last word, for the ar
rival Of the model, a thin, shabby
looking girl, put an end to the discus.
sion.
Tomorrow at +, thenf''
Elizabeth gave brisk little nod.
She was already sketching IN the out
lines Of her study. and Phil was for
gotten before he had closed the door.
The young man was quite accustom
ed TO such treatment. Admired as he
was to her most intimate friendship Oh
an understanding OF strict camarade.
RE. be broke over the traces every
year, was invariably refused and bore
his defeat with easy ahount. Some day
she was bound to change her mind
and he might be the lucky man.
Elizabeth's own opinion was very
DIFF rent. She had no time for thought
until her work was laid aside for the
day. Then she sank into nest Of
cushions to think luxuriously
No, Phil was wrong. She would new
err care to leave her studlo-above all,
70 marry. Had not the art school girls
who married ceased developing intel.
lectually? Shut up In their own four
walls, they became entirely absorbed
in dear Tom or Dick and the children.
Childrenl Elizabeth shuddered. A
child in book or picture was very
delightful but the reality--a dirty lit,
tie creature always crying or being III.
She would never leave her work, her
studies, her pleasures. for a deadly
stupid family life-never!
A cry Of warning. The trolley car
stopped with lurch. In an instant
the conductor and motorman were
down in the street. followed by most
of the passengers. Elizabeth. impa-
tient at the delay, resolved to walk
the block or two remaining Her model
would be waiting for her at the studio.
When she left the car she found
herself the only woman In large
group collected about a sickenlng black
mass which had splashed car wheels
and cobblestones with blood. The con.
ductor. good natured looking young
Irishman, stood with tears rolling
down his face. He was holding
golden haired baby, fodder Of
year or two. The motorman. white
and frightened. was telling how the
baby had suddenly run In front Of the
car and the mother had thrown the
little one out Of the way. only to be-
crushed herself.
The child began to cry, and the con
ductor turned to Elizabeth imploring
~ You take the baby, mum The
ambulance Is comm The cops will
be after tindIn' its relatives
Before she could reply he had put
the baby III her unresisting arms
Some moments later, hardly knowing
how 1t had all happened. she found
herself walking into her studio build
Ing carrying little child. In her purse
was bit of paper inscribed 10 Plume
ley alley" 1t was the poor woman's
to which she had promised TO
take him. A man she knew who WIS
passing along the corridor smiled and
Rather a small model, Miss
HIair.r Elizabeth flushed sis IL she hid
committed crime and was relieved 10
close the studio door behind her
Then she put down her burden aid
looked at her watch Ten O'clock. The
model had come and gone No hope
now. She herself would have to take
the child home. A snort conference at |
the phone told her the whereabouts Of |
alley. eight blocks south and
Just of the 9TH street car line.