The herald., 1917-08-30

''' Nd4 begun With l,
, yr.,.os short stor flsn %, Big ,.tsse,'
mag nIaE"4ia@S' a play or 50 oy s,s he ~
n 1o-I Sc, Seller. But now. ' ae. poS
he' very own little studio sa'c'ae
a a 'Lnsy New York siSs 'p "a
e c%n.,d i, herself quite qlas 'ss \
Ih@ anything at all, O'llnshNI
Of After bsI, the 81, rejection of tia, f..
taken tl 4'. ono the he. ambitious N I, =.
; Se,Is, . Sun She chose to Is SII
h,t,e craft in her own VAL Ss,! be-
had not been completely way az, '
IN spite Of the two ye, r,'e9 !.
work Mardy had spent i Il .. q
she had something Of tho . IA ae !. b!
c cence Of well,bred women V !. y,
against permitting the rnV " ae'
neT Photograph. She didn't tStD Sa'il
the idea Of appearing no,, GS.e
morning in some Western po T.a' Z
originator Of countless wsv r'p J.
q, cnheS' mullins, stews and nUt "a III
IKE Of which she had no; 's sra.
lot many a moon, But SIN " q y;
ed MaTdy' as she sat before s' \. ne
IN the apartment, II rpanr aa =
recipe lady" an /
So Mardy went forth ,oa
rapher'S one day and SAT t trs 20 pa'4
ture, and with the usual -, m,i o. ,
ana hoFefulness she waited A. .
Ing Of the proof. ue ny
|ardy gave one last llnge1,,
Mt the proofs and then orIts ' =. .
ateIy tore them in two. Tpt n ~'
the bill and then DESTROY tSs , y
she said. THAT picture won, h !. !.
have to buy a picture Of . ~ ~
does look as if she wrote rsc ~
SO 1t was that the picture NJ, .
peared with Mardy's daily I'm,
matters culinary was that Of -
eyed young housekeeper, and h. =
ers were delighted.
Then the editor man tO,d w..
mat he was going to New yo,t :
business and would call at he, "os.,
and from time to time on tba s,r a.
the editor was coming Mor5v =, :
minutes trying to remove tbs ~
touches from the little wOth,n
where she ground out her coUv a
really didn't want the man vss
friendship she had won thrOufs |,
letters to know that those room, vr
all that she knew Of home. Thar1,,
lady, OF course, must have home M
a kitchen, or how would she kuor,
much about cooking?
But even when the editor kpr,s
the old brass knOcker that MaEv NJ
fastened TO her studio door, Marty N,
not quite decided how she would y
plain about the picture. She turg
that she would not mind making ss
explanation when she saw him Z
the attachment that he had told hes
his letters he felt for her dependiu
the picture, rather than on her Gle.
letters, what was she to dol She km
hat she was prettier than that bN
.ure, but perhaps it was Just that TIP
If face that had attracted him
But before the first ten minutes (
he call, during which Mardy felt Af
'he had been becoming reacQuars
With her best friend-for such b,
writer Of the letters seemed to be-
iardy forgot the picture. Then 3'
aught the keen eyes Of the man stud
ng her face. She knew II was tR
or an explanation.
"YOu see, l suppose, that that pe
ure is a fake" she confessed. Td0nt
Ook like it at all, do /? had mypr
ure taken especially for you a'
aid, "but 1t didn't look the part
NO" he said; "yOu don't erArt
box like the staid young housewives
he picture. You're not that type a.
city. But where did you get thepe
Ire that you did sendf"
81 had to get something" Mardls
an her confession. $50 | asked u'
photographer to get q picture lnsI Wv
,ok the part. He had a hundrea "
D pictures-sOme Of them Of pFol's
onal models and Others pictures v
they had photographed ~
lid there was no copyright % wv
no I decided 10 take, so / didn't hss'
lte."
"No, it wasn't copyrighted SAID "
an. "You see l painted that pleIus
used to dabble In that sort Oh 'nlt
~ know. That was then to me pn
ire Of the ideal l had never me-
,usewifely sort Of girl that thoas,
lily of her own home. She WI. ~
V ideal when you sent a copy u ~
cture to 60 with the talks ~
'se the photographers got tne p1s
aph at the time my picture -
ing. Some of the papers wan"
took a prize or something al aDN
bit, l believe" ..,s
"And it is still your ideair 49, 80
nrdy. "I'm sorry that ! apprOp'N
very sorry" @
"NO, it isn't now" e1claim'S
IN, "for since l have known ~ "a
g letters and since l have seen , J.
re I have found new ideai-a
that has as many ambitions any, ~,
my disappointment as q man I M,
not that complacent, SNUG ga ~ =
usewife-though my ideal cT s M
that sort of thing, too, II SD. ~ =
But she has more spirit IN. D
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