Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-13

ELLEN ADAIR'S ADVENTURES
Her New Friend Comes to Call Upon Her and the Glamour
Deepens in a Moving Picture Show

! ushered him into the living room" whose
| sole occupants proved TO be New Eng
/ lands Spinster and the Jovial Man The
I former lady was In coyest mood. while
4 the latter was most genial A combina-
| tion of that sort Is always trying at the
best OF times II was so in this case.
1t is so hard to talk to any one with
| two other people eagerly drinking in
every word. When l talk to a friend
! hate TO have an audience of that type
Mr. Dannlston stayed for about an
hour and ! felt quite unhappy all the
time The Spinster and the Juval Man
Joined In the conversation at every turn
and said such Foolish inane things
l felt immensely relieved when at
length the suggestion was made that
we should 60 out to see a moving picture
PLAY "A splendid piece Is being shown
In place on Market street" said Mr..
Denniston. II wonder n you would care
to come with me now and see it?"
! know that accepted the invitation
with most lattering alacrlty, and mat
for doing SO New EnEland's Spinster
censured me at once. l fear she did
not confine her criticism to thoughts
for when ] returned with hat and coat
on. the atmosphere seemed oddly strained
ana Mr. Dennlston wore vaguely
amused air
Your friend seems to possess some
what antlqunted ideas on the chaperon-
ing Of girls" was all he said when we
had started
theatre seems strangely conducive to con-
fidences. In the dim. shadowy light. and
under cover of the music one can talk so
easily and become so friendly.
We must have sat there for two hours
at least, my new-found friend and 1. on
every sort of topic we conversed. Yet
he quite refused 10 tell me where he
had seen me before.
"I am planning a little surprise for
you" he said, in rather serious voice.
"A week from now l am going TO give n
small dinner party. Our friends of last
nights entertainment will be there. and I
am particularly anxious that you should
join us all"
He told me a great deal about himself
He had been seven times to Europe. and
knew London well, and Paris seemed an
old familiar tale TO him.
"Some day I want so much to visit
SUSSEX whore YOU used 10 live he said.
''I think It must be Just as sweet and
fresh and pretty as Yourself"
Until the present time it never has oc-
CURED to me to think that I am pretty
in the least But every woman Is the
same at heart. All like TO think they
are what they are not-in the matter of
looks. Men easily are deceived on other
things. l think that a woman's most
vulnerable point is on the question Of
her appearance I felt so glad, so very
glad that he considered me pretty.
II was half past ten before l reached
the lodging house. As crossed the hall
on my way upstairs there was n sudden
hutter of skirts and out darted the New
England Spinster.
Miss Adair," she painted with the light
of battle in her eye. II want to give YOU
lust n word of warning! have been
Frin
OF yours and I hear that he is engaged
to be- married to a very pretty girl who
Is quite an heiress. So do not let your
feelings run away with you,'
I did not answer this harbed arrow.
though Il did come as a great surprise
What did It matter to me after all? 1
slowly and thoughtfully walked upstairs.