Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-04
Ry HAZEL DALE.


Janet's invitation to Barry Neil to
have dinner with them in the studio
had done several things. IL had
| brought back to Janet the wide diff
ference between the men she used to
know and the men who went to make
up the little set in which she moved
now. Not that Barry himself was so
different essentially; he had enjoyed
every minute of the evening, Janet
knew that, but the atmosphere about
him was somehow different, and even
if he became one of them, it would
take a time to change his ideas OF
life.
Then his visit had assured Janet
that she had not lost her men friends,
and the conversation that had ensued
concerning the relations between men
and women had in way conceded
with what Janet had always known
Life is no different in one city than it
is in another. Human nature is just
the same everywhere. Janet might
just as we'll have lived in any other
city in the United States, as far as
a revelation of human nature was con-
cerned.
In every city there are certain
phases of life viewed in a different
manner, certain problems that come
up for discussion and that are decided
differently according to the individual
York, like every other city, has it's lit
tile cliques: the people who live in one
part of town live different lives, and
outsiders do not realize this until they
come in contact with some one outside
of their own circle.
Janet had discovered in the short
time that she had been married that
everything interesting in life came
through the exchange of ideas. She
and Jarvis were always meeting inter-
esting peopie-no two were the same
but the friends that they had were
easy-going people, stanch as to friend
ship, free to praise or criticize, and al
ways ready for something new.
1t wasn't until Neva had said so
plainly that even in her code of morals
men and women were no different, as
far as Platonic friendship is concerned,
that Janet realized that basically
things were the same in any society
they simply differed on the surface, or
according to the life of the individual.
She felt little bit ashamed of
herself. and she realized perfectly we'll
why Jarvis stuck to his belief He
considered women mentally, or from
standpoint of outside interest; he did
not consider that his love for Janet
could be questioned. Therefore he be-
lieved that, no matter how many
women he knew, 1t would not make
any material difference in his life, and
he was right to certain extent; but so
was Neva.
Jarvis was no different from any
other man. He was upright, and
true, and had high ideals. and he
was very much in love; but let Janet
differ materially from him in her man
ner of living, let her have a different
set of friends, make it impossible for
Jarvis to go to her for advice and
counsel, and substitute another
woman, and where would Janet be?
For a time, perhaps, old ties would
hold them together; but there would
soon be change. Subtly things would
begin to be different; there would be
breach between them, and soon the
Platonic friendship between Jarvis and
the other woman would be only n
cloak to cover a feeling that neither
dared to acknowledge. And thus did
Janet realize that love is made up of
hundreds of different angles.
For the first time Janet realized
herself apart from THE Honeymoon
House." and the sight surprised her.
Her business was to keep Jarvis
against every other woman who ever
existed. And how was she to do this 4?
BY developing herself, by keeping her
self always fresh, by giving him from
herself what he needed for the days
battle-to meet another woman's
weapons with her own fully ready.
Janet must always be a hundred
women in one, and her personal charm
was her greatest asset, unless, perhaps,
1t was the fact that Jarvis loved her.