New Britain herald., 1917-06-02
Why Madge Tried to Follow an Old
 FOlble Nol nuian's Younger Days.

Why Msdgo Tried to Follow m Old FOlbleN Nof IAIlian's Younger Days.
 The thought of Katie's evident misery, with her refusal to tell mo anything of the cause of her sorrow. s2octuAlly spoiled tho nap which tried. to take before dressing to re- ceive the guest Dicky was bringing aorns for over night.
 Whether am entertaining at my own home or being entertained ct the domicile of someone else. I like to take . warm bath and . nap before dcoosing. It is . symbarttic little luxury of mino in which I have al- wnxs indulged myself when possible. And no mattor how nervous or irr1- tahle I may have become in my pgapaIa&ions. rise refreshed from my sleep. with all the kinks ironed esst of me- as Mrs. Stewart the deSr a3d woman with whom I boarded in < my teaching days. used to say.
 But I do not think I slept 10 con- nocutiyo minutes of the hour had alaoeted myself. Katie's tear-wet face was before my eyes. her quivertng voice in my ears. What could be the trouble?
 The Gown Problem.
 g. It was no quarrel with Jim. Of that I was certain. l1Arlier in the day I had heard him soothing her with comforting words. assuring her III right But what slse besides trouble with her husband could % distress my usually chsery little paAid!
 When my tiny clock finally chtnned the alarm which told me that my rest hour was over, I resolutsly put Katie out Of my mind and dsvotsd naysslf to tho pleading task of making myself look snice as possible in order to reflect credit upon Dicky in the eyes of his now acquaintance, of whose critical faculty he appeared to stand soaAewhat in awe. I had ordered . gown just before my, accident, which had been com- pleted while Dicky was in San Fran cisco. I would have refused to take {. ies if I could have done 90 honorably. for 1t that time of our arrangement the last thing to stir my imagination sWas . beautiful dinner gown. But now. after completing all my toilet except the gown. including tho coll ing of my hair in the simple coifture which always affect, and which Dicky prefers to any other arrange mAnt, took down the gown from its hanger, unpinned the sheet which shielded 1t from dust and slipped into ft with genuine pleasure in its beauty.
 For 1t waS beautiful for all It's sim plicity. Of gray velvet. made with the Ions tunic- Nike lines of mediaeval 2 costumes, and with wide bands of cautiously embroidered oriental stun In gTten and gold n its 9sole trim- isnting. 1t was . costume that suited my hair and complexion. . detail .;whtch had studied carefully when ! II ordered 1t.
 ;. It ~as cu1' low, and the sleeves were s,hut apologies of tulle. But 1t was modesty itself compared with most ; Fo1 the evening gowns I had seen when attending the theater or dinners with ' ,Dicly. 70 the. only thing which worried ni0 concerning 1t was the pos- ability that the faint redness. which Waa all that remained of the burns had received upon the night of Dicky.s birthday dinner. might be visible.
 put m extra power light into the electrical fixture. and then, with tho aid of hand mirrors and my own dressing glass, scrutini1ed every inch of skin that showed above the gown. 10 my great COnStofnotl0n saw tn0t two faint, irregular patches of color showed just below my collarbones.
 Tho Strange Temptation.
 suppose they really would not have been noticeable to any eyes but my own hypercritical ones. but fel, that could not bear to have Dicky who loves beauty and hates ugliness z. of any kind, cast critical eyes upon those relics of my accident.
 But what to do did not know. did not wish to take off the gown indeed, had no other real dime, gown modish enough for the critica eyes of tho man who was coming. tried powdering the places. but unles. put 1t on so thickly that 1t looked like sifted -four 1t was impossible te disguise the redness, or so it seemed to my inflamed imagination, fast be coming hysterical.
 tried to think. and then an idee came to mo which made me fiusl guiltily Carelessly put away in on, of my boxes was . bottle of tn, liquid stun Lillian Underwood hat used as foundation for her atroc1ou \ mask of rouge and powder, befor, she threw all such. subterfuges ava, for the sake of her child.