Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
SOCIETY HAS BEGUN
KNOCKING AT DOOR
OF MASKED WIDOW
Brother Forbes Tells of Tele-
phone Invitation From Main
Line Denizen Who Insists
on Entertaining
DRAWING ROOM TO LOOM

Society has begun to knock at the
doors of the masked widow. at least so
she and her brother announced TO-DAY from
their suite at the Continental Hotel
The widow, otherwise known as Dorothy
KensIngton who said she came to this
country masked in order that she might
hide from society, and mourn unmolested
the loss of her soldier husband who fell
i'm battle at Yprcs, Is very much per-
turbed.
Il appears that the summons from soci-
ETY. came in the shape OF telephone
call from a well-known woman on inc
Main Line, according to tho widow and
her brother Forbes The solicltous woman
was much grIcved to hear that the WHO
of an English officer should desire 10 re-
main i'm scclusion, and to dare lhlnk OF
working in a mill at SL75 per. why she
mustn't entertain such a thought Tor the
fraction OF a moment. Furthermore INC
widow Dorothy and brother Forbes sim
ply must Journey out to Bryn Mawr for
the weekend.
There will be motor at the station
and they will be whiskcd off to the manor
Immediately and there will be exclusive
dinners and rides around the Bryn Mawr
"mountains'' and a round or two of goli
and "all that sort of thing, don't you
know"
At least, that's how brother Forbes de-
scribcd it In a decidedly bored manner.
It was with decided feeling of ennui
that he even delEncd to mention 1t MS
he extracted n Notwithstanding cigarette
from his glitterinE silver case. lie admit
ter that sister Dorothy didn't go to the
uptown mill where she was offered an
opportunity to work Il fear II Would
have been too much for her. You know
it's long distance from the drawing
room to the loom"
After contributing this gem to English
lao rruvpA ptt tho window,
Then Dorothy, who was fussng with
her chops impatCntly, suddenly an
nounccd II have an idea
Her brother looked alarmed but quickly
composed himself Ignoring the jolt she
had caused, the masked widow then said
with emphasis.
you know | have voice and If the
worst comes to the worst"
But brother Forbes OWNED the uniin-
shed thought
"You will forget your pride and go out
bravely and sing"
Dorothy sighed and nodded her head
in perfect resignation.
"You know" said Forbes, II would feel
almost despicablc were | to allow my dear
sister to work in n mill at Si,75 per week
when she has been offered the comfortable
figure of $500 week to sing in public.
The thing has been haunting me all night.
| could not sleep when ! realized that we
had refused IT. It's true we spoke ABOUT
being independent. But don't you sec. it
would he just as independent TO sing in
public for money as it would be to toll
i'm mill"
In the midst of his enthusiasm nc sud-
denly offered the caller n cigarette.
The Widows practical brother then took
an inventory of his wallet and saw with
horror that its contents was getting thin
ncr "You can see we are bound to come
to the end soon if We just keep on spend
ing without replcnishinE-so it looks after
all as if Dorothy will have to do some
thing desperate"
Yes, viii sing" said the masked
widow.
Then they plunged into a typical Eng
lish luncheon Of chops and turnips and
pudding, a pot of tea and other things
to match
This afternoon they received mys-
terious telephone call and brother and
sister, the latter still concealed behind
her mask, left the hotel quickly and en-
tered a big brown auto. Brother Forbes
intimated that they were going to
music studio.