The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23
The Euening Story

~ Molly .McMaster.)

(By Molly ,14C10A8kSF-J, -s+..f
Erick had never limited either by
word or deed to Sylvia that he. would
love her the more were she the sim
pie, domestic type OF girl. Yet deep
in, her heart, Sylvia felt that all men
preferred the old-fashioned girl who.
could bake wonderful cakes and em-
broider still more wonderful linens.
Sylvia sighed. She could neither
bake a cake nor embroider with any
degree Of intelligence. It Is doubtful
II any OF her friends had ever seen q
needle in her hands, Sylvia was the
acme of modishness from the top Of
her stylish couture to the tips of her
feminine extravagance escaped Sylvia's
watchful eye. II Boston bulls were the
favorite dor of the moment it was that
breed that followed her. and II Pome-
ranians held sway then q Pom it was
that accompanied her.
not SO tickle as it IL In dogs" Erick
had once chided her upon catching
sight of a great Russian hound that
had usurped the hearth rug where once
a collie had basked. II don't want to
be thrown over for a Dutch trader II
they happen to coEle into style.
You need not worry" Sylvia had
answered him. IT love you. and that
fact will not alter" 80
Perhaps it was the very strength Of
her love for him that made Sylvia sensi-
tive to the charm of all other women.
peculiarly frothy. frivolous nature
| would in time lose Bricks affection for
| her and that he would long for the
| simple type of woman.
II can't see what he finds to love
| in me-" she argued with herself while
! she struggled with refractory wisp
| Of hair that fashion decreed should lie
like a bit of twisted amber across her
snowy cheek. II am SO dreadful ar
tiflcial. it seems to me. and I haven't
an interest in the world except my
appearance and Erick.''
! From the reflection cast back by heI
mirror no one could doubt the result
Of Sylvia's desire to make Of herself q
/ living picture. An artist Of renown
could not have finished q more beauti-
full picture than was the girl who loved
Erick Demand yet? Sylvia 1onged t.
be domestic and to do the little init
mate things about the house that only
an old-fashioned girl would think of.
/ After more than usually deep III
of depression Sylvia decided that she
SO adOred by men. It would be diff
cult, but in the years to come she felt
that Erick would love her the more
and in SO doing che herself would gail
happiness.
It was quite behind closed doors tina
0ylvkA OS6kAn LGI new C1h3k0Cl0H. 9Aie
wanted at least to learn how to handle
a needle gracefully and to put hel
thimbIe ON the right finger before sur.
pristine Erick with her domestic virtues
Z And jail the time the thouRhts upper
most In her mind were: Il wonder 1
Il my amber beads would clash with ear
rings of jade? It wouldn't surprise nj
II color In the cheeks returns soon. nov
that the Watteau hats are in 0urel,
pink cheeks and funny hair have heel
out long enough I. for one. am sic1
OF oriental lips and wispy hair
j Yet she struggled with the needk
and tried her hair in various simpl
= coiRures. She burned her beautiful
fingers In vain effort to ke edibl
cakes. and she learned I few old bal
lads to substitute for the little. ligh
renertoire she possessed.
The hardest OF all her oelf-impOsel
tasks was the reading. Of classics. Sh'
J realized however. that dtscusstng Dick
ems and George Eliot were part q
the old fashioned CHRIS character.
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