Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-07

ffK NY word!" said Malvina.
M II wasn't. She had picked It
Ava up in London. She had been
sedulously cultivatlng It, along with other
British idioms and idiosyncrssies. ever
since Fern Rogers (whose apology TO the
EngIieh was printed in this newspaper a
few weeks ago) was banished from the
British stage and driven home to America
for saying nice things about the Germans.
But unto MaIvina, struck with sudden in
spiration In the Poets Corner of West
minster Abbey, standing there before the
bust of Jongfellow. her exquisitely ac-
coutred loneliness In classic keeping with
the place, though In awful contrast to her
DISAGREEMENT OF mind-unto Malvina, dizzy
with salvation as a street convert, even q
German expletive would not have sufficed.
my word" murmured Malvina, ut may
be long, long way TO Tipperary-but it's
a short, short way from Longfelder to
LongfeIlow." Just like that she thought
it--quiok as lightning. For, II you
were In the fix that Malvina had been
in ever since she arrived In London;
II you had spent six weeks under the
seeming suspicion of the whole British
Empire; II you had wakened thankful o.
mornings that you had not been arrested
as g Spy during the night. and then IL you
bad fed for solace and sanctuary TO the
AuDGY ana COME ANCb 10 ldCt Win lubViIh
ton and q bust of Henry WadBworth Long
fellow. you would appreciate Malvina's
past woes and her present grim determi'
nations.
Because Malvina is Malvina Longtelder,
the very famous and beautiful New York
model. There is only one of her, and half
OF her Is German.
To keep even that many alive and out
OF peril had seemed 70 her problem until
to-day.
She VINO had been declared by famous
artists the embodiment of all projections;
she who had charmed half America be-
fore the cordial footlights OF home; she
who had grown tired of being acclaimed
the most beautiful woman In America;
she. the original and only Malvina found
herself being ill'treated for the first time
in her life.
She had noticed 81 FIRST going over on the
English boat. Even the oamaraderie OF
the sea was under war-strain. The Eng
lish people on board were already in
process OF solidifcation into the bomb
proof shelter known as the British Pub
lie" 1t would be necessary to snub a lot
OF their dearest friends, and they might as
well begin practicing on strangers. When
they heard the last two syllables OF NAL
VIVA Longfelders German-American last
name, they were not only bombproof;
they were the Rock of Gibraltar.
Ch0NA ahy bltACt AhiNlAo
would have sung paeans and danced jigs
of rejoicing Tin the discreet retirement OF
her stateroom) for sheer relief from
homage. But 20 have ones personality
obliterated by a syllable was rather bore.
MalvinA very naturally did the worst
thing possible. She refused ali attentions
went into a retirement that would have
done credit 10 Albion itself and wasted her
fragrance on the desert air.
When Maivina arrived In London she
was used to il. The patriotic scrutiny OF
the hotel clerk in her own pet little hotel
in Kensington as he noted the burden
some patronym did not even make her
vince. Il was not until she met English
friends among strangers noted the tinge
OF embarrassment when her name was
mentioned In Introduction. and saw Goo
Save the King" written on every coun
tenance. that she realized how mental!
embattled London village was and how
tight tight little isle" could be.
After that anything was possible. Nal