Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-09
Their Married
x Life X
Helen Has an Encounter with Two Arrogant, nso1ent
Women at Charity Carnival.

want to see her street clothes. They
want to see just how much of her
charm Is due to the footlights, and
| how old she really looks without her
| makeup"
Helen was standing between two
women. evidently friends, who had
| been talking across her, and were
now trying to push together In front
of her Resenting this, she made an
effort to retain her place.
suddenly she felt a decided and
| hateful push from the round fat hin
or the woman on her right. This
showed her against the woman on her
LETT who glared at Helen and pushed
her back.
BY this time Helen was so wedge
IN that she could hardly breathe She
ionged to get away. but her feminine
opstinacy would not let her be forced
out by the rudeness of these two
| women.
They were both extensively over.
dressed, and their superciiious atti-
tuoe and affected voices bore all the
earmarks of the social climber. Tbev
exchanged meaning glances and inso-
/ lently slared at Helen.
Then she felt them both nusbin q
! against her at once-vioious b.+ef,,
shoves of their broad hips As this
united effort to force their way in
'front.' OF her. was entirely "below-
the-waist struggle" it was not no
ticeaple to the crowd about them.
Helen felt her face grow hot with
nerce indignation. She braced her
SET to withstand another determined
shove, when one of the women lev
elled a lorgnette at her. and said with
icy insolence:
III thank you. madam. not to
push
At this Helen's face and neck
turned crimson. Again they ex-
! changed chances. the other woman
struggling her sable shoulders with a
disdainful:
Come people are SO i'll bred"
Mlserably Helen stood her ground.
She felt the eyes of every one near
/ centred on her. and her face burned
| TO the roots of her hair Then her
! heart leaped as she heard Warren's
voice back Of her
Ready to SO. Had enough?"
ON, yesvyes" quiveringly. Take
| me out of here!"
why, what's the matter?" looking
down at her flushed face and tremu =
/ lous lips as he led her out of the
crowd
"Oh, it was CHASTITY. Two OF the
| most insolent women! They were try
ing to shove in front of me, and one
of them actually spoke to me! Glared
| through her lorgnette and said. m
thank you, madam, not to push
Then everybody looked al me-oh, /
thought I'd die of shame"
Which one was it?" savagely.
That fat old girl back of your?
Helen gulped.
We'll, I'd have landed her one on
the jaw if I'd been there" drawing
Helen's arm through his with unex-
pected solicitude.
''Oh, how DARED she speak to me
like that?" fercely. unable to keep
pdCk the angry teAFS. ana the way
she called me MADAME"
why, Kitten. you're all a-trembIe.
Here, this Is the nearest way out.
Might have known you'd get rough
handling in that sort OF a swell mob.
ia rather take my chances with an
East Side gang"
AS they came down the side steps
Warren paused with an impatient
"Jove, my hat and coat are out
front. Just wait here a minute"
! "Oh, no-no!" with a ,tremuious
laughing sob. Don't leave me
again."
Here. get these. will your War
rem handed his check to an attendant
The boy brought the things and
helped Warren into his overcoat.
Mice lot Of females you've got up
there" giving him a dime. They're
erowdins around that rope like a
pack OF hungry hyenas."
| They think Pavlowa's going to
dance. sir, but she isn't"
THE devil she isn't! That mob
waiting up there for nothing?"
Yes. sir. Pavlowa's already gone
to her hotel. She was too tired to
dance again"
For the love of Mike" chuckled
| Warren as he whisked Helen out into
! the street Imagine all those old
hens still craning their necks to see
that bare spot on the roor-and
nothing doing! That ought to make
| you feel better"
SHE FEELS BETTER.
TT does" with conviction, exulting
| over the thought of those arrogant
women still swelterins in that crowd.
pushing and showing to see bit of
bare fioor! How foolish they would
feel when they found out!
well, I guess charity carnlvals are
not In our line, eh?" srinned Warren,
az they came out on Broadway ablaze
with lights THE next time we nav
as ,per'--it'll be for some other kind OF
a show"
with masterfulness that allowed OF
M nrotest, Warren beckoned for car
and put Helen into It. For once shs
Ala not want to protest, but leaned back
r,,i+h a. sigh OF content. 1t was soothinY
N rer hurt pride and vanity. this driv.
IN broadway with Warren, tall and dis.
tinguished, beside her.
she wished those two insolent woman
Gould see her now. And with the tr,.
spirit Of feminine revenge, all the way
home she gosted over the picture OF
them Still standing there. pus1inS. shov.
ing. Growing to get nearer that roped