The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-30
AN EDITORS STRATEGY


/, had been pafS OF the force tnrec
months now but at her iigntest word
| lfree stall Orc pped something or
| e9ertgrned something. CT Goth. The
/ cups snicke ca oser lhe shabit--in
/ secret Miss Mcclure never seemed
1 10 Notice II.
/. There we've about twensv-five par
ties I.tst night. size saia pianitisetS.
ave written fifteen OF taeln. ana
every paraSr.nn as alike IAN yot
7st.ss -ess, 1sostisaaihg iattae oiAefen,
from A m~.ry company ei soans
,.eo,,se assembled sast evening at the
home cf Miss Ciementsne itunn' - =
An Inspiration that aIsaosr cnaken
him VIVA * daring se.-1sa Price
Here, let s4e snow yau. he said
hurrieaty arc drupped mo the chair
she tao vacated. This Is THURSDAY,
ISN'T it he asked, ara attaS xea In.
typewriter t-rceiy. lie arose witf.
Il s4stl snag ended abruptly IN EGip.
THIS IS what she read
Miss Audrey Mcclure ent.rtafnea
a select part AT nsr Rome Tnpr=tia,
ietenta. NJ wa9 we're expected came,
dtsslise she f.-ls,
Notwitnstgh@li.ls i.sr Occurrences.
Miss Audrey NaH young woman al
quick perception Iaax isn'i quite
complete she SD, matter ei
tactiS. anG &uGea &e lss17; odse
! ai.d iefnonaa@ ~ 90.
The seisSi -..s came. despite
the rain and tns ay..1ter continued "a
come twice q eeea. Some evenings
he WAS prs .&tafaiiy saieGt. Others
proalg4ously garylious. He devoure6
large quantities et fudge. lemonade.
ssike eiioeolatGs--~ nieh he brought
: himseIf@--aEd popcorn. But he always
sat across the room frorn his hostess.
and when II Was time TO 60 he found
his hat in the dim hall by instinct
and fed with - single 'th5od night.
One evening, alter he had been
coming two months, he stayed half
hour beyond his limit. The crate ire
mace the little parlor very coy. and
i Audrey had been unusually enEross-
ing. He glanced at his watch,
nlumhied panie-strfcken excuse anu
gaiioped out of the house Ike Il fire
engine answering a general alarm
| Theregpon Il strange tning nap
pened in the Mcclure home Miss
Audrey looked after him. the polite
smile with which We speed the part
/ ing guest still ON. her lips. When his
/ hurried footst. ps had quite died away.
| she kicked visiousiy a soft pillow
(which his departure had displaced, and
! burst into teaiE-
J The next day the beauty. Health
and EtquetteA department OF the
! Telegram received naive and puz-
\ xiing communication. AS usual. Miss
I Mcclure called Price in counsel
| The note was in round school,
girl hand Dear Miss HeVere." II
hegs.,r. Dorothy DeE'efe being the
name nnaer witch Audrey conducted
the department. II am a Young lady
aimoY eighteen. | have a gentleman
I frieg& who calls very frequently. I
| esteem him very much. have known
him four months. Several times hs
i has. asked To kiss me. shall l let
him. pansv
is Ae. i.,+.lls - Price
There was q mint of laughter in her
{. eyes.
There was no one else ia the Of
nee. Prices heart rose in. his threat
to snffocate him. He lunged for
ward crushed her to him and kissed
her on the mouth. Then he stum-
hlcd ont, dat & with delight A desk
telephone WAS III ais, way. IL crashed
to the floor. hut he did not stop to pick
II mp.
ON the street 4 chill wind dashed
sleet In his face. He did not feel It.
His pulses We pounding like brass
drum i'll circus band. she kissed
me back rs breathed in awed
elatinn.
A new society editor sits at MINIS
Mcttlure's desk. She wears black
sweater and chews gum. A pencil is
usually protruding somewhere from
her drizziy hair. Rimiesa glasses pinch
tho bridge Of her sharp little nose.
She does not prod the typewriter keys
with tapsred forefingers. Instead, ten
stubby dieits race back and forth over
the Keyboard so rapidly one almost
expects II see sparks follow them.
This is the fist item she wrote:
Miss May Barker entertained last
evening at IA linen shower In honor
of Miss Audrey Mcclure. who Is soon
TO he married TO MIR. Hugh Price. city
editor OF the Daily Telegraph.