Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-11
THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER

Dcborsh sstiii siIi'h She is not so old. How
caunat. ls the only one OF her generation
impaired ana ams rrSmarEs of those like Mrs.
ne and Mrs. shili9herS VINO IN lays
sonc by, i9m9ssborah comes into dis,avor
shilaIHls soys that 'hc last rose OF summer
p C (2yied and wben m2t he 'e early blooms
gladden., "s and gone Mrs Shillaber re-
.rs s an old wound tn ahsTSSLEns ,SE of an in.
vhc. ~ cartier days. II was at dance.
eden, The lure OF good thinRS to eut-n
hMy IN IN whef, she wishes to run away
hass a secluded SPOT on $50: mucIe
sts ( later Joined 10y 10y N'MI Sark w home, rW' in
New ~ Nm a short business trip, Meldrum
carrlnrssss by the small talk ana acc9Im1panrisss
u loreu SgTe a new thing In her lie. ne
Dsboran n0, sor mother tells her that no divi-
ntSii V'H nH, be declared 10y inc \. -, 3na - ~
d,nsI. W. means that there VIII be no income
=, the Larahee tanll.E.
orsoRAHs father had said that his
s..,nbed was cheered by the fact
~ had left his widow and his child
Ins. nal shares of that soulful corpora
ss, stock. He called 1t the Angel
uO1I a.,., and st. Peter Railway But the
e'O','. ndred dollars that had come to
lew ,,,o semiannual mama and puahs
'n, .,,d not drop down this year, perhaps
.,xt year, or ever again.
Nv ,,r dismay Debby had an Impulse to
IN he' Sout Meldrum She hurried TO
eon,u"or,s eonW" Bazaar, hoping he mlsht ue
shll"O'A Asaph met her himself ana tolu
thevh the,hot newt had gone back 70 rev
., nei an hour before. Dolby broke down
l%" ."id Asaph of her plight She sup
mu mat she would have to go 10 worn
p,s possu somewhere. But what could she
DOL .,,. ,,d vo,
p,sys from Meldrum and had maze
,li,h his wife in private for the pun
w w onarret His heart melted AT ,he
,s,nrht Us OF helping poor old Duooy
nyS uDSSy whom everybody was roma OF III
Sstefully unhattering way. lie hau
s.,nod other gentlewomen In distress
,na now he dumbfounded Deoby by say
ing .,.,. ,,oro 1,obby9"
nWhy couldn't clerk In store she
..,uod terrified. II don't know the least
hIng about II.
ryou,d soon learn the stock and the
rr,ces are all marked in plain letters that
You can memorize easy. You've got lot
~ friends and we give commission on
M the sales over certain amount. Bet
Ter try It,
nebby felt now, for the FIRST time, all
ma sweet panic that most women under
ro with their first proposal. This offer
sf the lob of salcswoman was as near
As Debby had ever come to being offered
tho lob OF helpmeet. She even muir
mured "ThIs is 80 sudden" and "lH
have to ask mamma" When Mrs. Lar
rabee heard the news she apologized to
heaven for doubling its watchfuness,
commended Asaph Shilliber to its attcn-
ton and bespoke for him a special in
voice OF blessings.
And now the long drought In Debby's |
GOOD luck seemed to be ending. The skies |
over her grew dark with the abundance |
Of merciful rain. A gentle drizzle seemed |
10 her parched soul to be cloudburst, a
deuge after a drought.
few days later found Debby installed |
IN the washable silks. The change in !
her environment was complete. Instead |
Of doing through nightmare of inepti-
tude in the doleful society of her old |
mother In dismal home where almost |
nobody ever called. and never man;
now she stood all day on the cd e of n
stream Of people; she gossIped breezily
Ill day with women In search of beauti-
fol tabrics. She handled beautiful fab
rles, Her conversation was a procession
Of alectives In praise.
Trying to live up to her surroundings,
.he took thought of her appearance.
Dealing in fashions, with fashion plates
as her scriptures, she tried to get in touch
with the contemporary styles. She
bounded across eight or ten periods Mt
ons leap. First she found out that she