The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-07

a low louDging char IN hef morning
room utterly exhausted. She had moi
stopped to take off her fur jacket, hat
or gloves. The hat, in fact, she had
worn since ten that morning when she
went to the hospital committee meet
ing on the way to luncheon at the
Glendennings. Since then she had been
playing bridge all afternoon.
When she came in the children mad
rushed to meet her, but she had been too
tired to endure their "bear-hugs,' and
she was afraid she had been quite cross
with them.
81 don't know what is going to be-
come of me, - she said YEARLY. II
am so cross and tired / could sit down
and cry, and / must not, for Jack will
be home soon and it would only distress
him. / believe / viii call up DIR. Dale. =
She rose, YEARLY drawing off her long
gloves, took out the pins from her large
hat and looked at herself critically IN
the mirror
az look forty-five, - she said. "There
are really wrinkles around my eyes. Dr..
Dale will tell me what to do.
She smiled tenderly as she thought of
what a friend he had been to her. Her
first acquaintance on her entrance into
the world. he had been her constant adj
wiser and loyal friend ever since. She
sat down at her desk telephone and ask
ed for a number.
4fCould you come over few minutes
before dinner, Doctor9 What the
masters Oh, / am perfectly worn out
and I expect / m coming down with the
grip. | ache all over and | think /
must have FEVER, and IN really get
ting wrinkled, DR.. Dale. Now, you
needn t laugh, it S no joke when one
is only thirty to look forty-fve. You IL
come right aways Oh, that's nice. 1
feel better already.
She went about in nervous, strained
way, taking her hat and fur coat into
the bedroom, poking the fire unnecessa-
rily, picking up and laying down the
books on the table, doing thousand
and one little useless things that show
ed how tense and nervous she was, and
how hard it was for her to sit still and
relax and rest.
sperhaps it's silly of me and selfish,
too, to call up poor DR.. Dale, she said
to herself. He has probably had a
long, hard days work, but it always
does me good to see him. He always
seems 10 have plenty of time to talk
things over and he invariably smooths
one the right way "Oh, Katie, is that
you9'5 as a silent-footed maid came
with a message 'Dr. Dale is down
stairsf Ask him to come up here to the
morning room, please"
Well. well!'' said a genial, hearty
voice a moment later. whats the
matter, my dear Mrs. Mabel Tell me
all about it. - He settled himself in the
big armchair and observed her.
don t see those wrinkles you We're
speaking of, but you do look a bit
tired. y
s4oh, Doctor, she said, give been
SO nervous I don't know what to do. /
think / am going quite crazy some
times.
8. HIM, HIM. DIR. Dale polished his
glasses, and then putting them on, look
ed at her quizzieally. "Mrs. Mabel,
how many bridge clubs do you belong
tof''
Mrs. MaeGregor flushed. sOnly two,
she said. 1.-TWO afternoon ones, and a
nice little neighborly evening one, to
which all my friends and their husbands
belong.
Him, hm. Good for Jack after a
strenuous day! That husband of yours
ought to be in bed at ten every night.
He doesn't look as well as ID like.
On an average, how many evenings
week are you out?'
Mrs. MacGregor hesitated. Well,
she said, s'it's not altogether our fault.
We get asked and it IS hard to refuse.
Cornwall is rather gay place, you
know, and there are so many nice peo-
pie all around us who entertain good
deal. don u want to vegetate, stag
nate, get suburban
DIR. Dale laughed. "Not much dan
ger of that / imagine. But you have
not told me how many evenings on
the average You are out every week. :
ssWell. four or FIVE; sometimes it s
every single night. Oh, | know it s
too much, but what can you do? Ii
you go to the Cartwrights bridge
party it IS hard to refuse the Delamars
chafing- dish supper, or the Stones dim
ner and dance, or someone else S thea
ter party. What can one do2'
s'Do you know what I'd like to
0FuerE Df. Dale looked very mucil
ANNOYED. "Why cans you women
learn what is worth while and what
ism 'ta You would be healthier and
happier, too, if you would give up the
whole sham Of society. Talk about
negotiating; it would be q mighty good
thing if / should order you out to the
woods or the most deserted country to
vegetate for while. I'd like to see
the moss growing on your husband Z
back. A man who has to work as HARD
as he does to support his family il
luxury deserves all the sleep he ear
get and the easiest sort of life al
home. You women don realize whaf
it means to a man to come home worr
out physically and mentally and ther
have to rush into evening clothes ant
trot out with his wife, no matter how
nice she may be, and sit up till mid
night with a handful of stupid card
and grin and talk silly small talk Il
a lot of empty headed people and ca
an indigestible supper long after HI
should be having his beauty sleep, II
weuldn t mind so much if he coul,
sneak off into corner with Jones o
Smith and smoke and talk elections o
the tariff or golf
tsThey aren t empty headed people,