South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07
REVELATIONS OLA WIFE
BY Adele Garrison

has a trick at mimicry. but ! was
bitterly offended l wrenched my
self free and stood up.
"Will you kindly tell me why YOU
should expect ms 10 show any
courtesy 10 your friends when you
sheer at mine in such brutal fash
ion?"
What do YOU mean" Dicky
sprang to his feet in amazemenL
Then a flush spread over his face.
oh. 1 say, Madge, / didn't mean
that as any reflection on your
friends"
You said you had 10 laugh at
the idea Of those women wanting
10 meet my friends"
Dicky grinned again. "Madge, If
YOU could hear the venom drip from
the words. those women you would
agree that / had cause for thinking
you were insulting my friends. in
stead of the shoe being on the 9th
or foot"
First, 1 apologize for everything
said, or didn't say, for what l
meant or didn't mean. for living,
in fact" began Dicky playfully, but
as he saw my face he quickly chang
ed his tone.
Please. sweetheart, don't persist
in being angry. / know I'm in bad.
but I'm going To crawl out some
way, and I'm eating humble pie BY
the painful.
Il didn't mean anything parucu-
lar about their meeting your friends,
that just slipped in. The idea is
this They are both very busy wom-
en-. each is at the top Of the heap
in her particular line you know. and
neither Of them does much playing
around I've heard both of them
complain that they never could keep
up with the plays they wanted to
see. or the books they wanted TO
read. when Bess has a big piece
of work on hand. she axes a reg
ular recluse Of herself. not to be
seen or disturbed for days at a ZINE.
When she does play she comes 10
some OF the stunts OF our OH crowd.
We've all known each other for
years. shared each others nickels
when We were broke-and We were
always broke in the old days. Sinoe
Lii married Harry she trains around
a little with that theatrical crowd
he affects, but you can ina CINE
neither Bess nor Lii cares anything
about making new friends Incl
dentally neither of them cares much
about public opinion. They don't
defy it openly. but they don't con-
suit il either"
Il suppose / ought 10 be fiattered
that they accepted our invitation"
| said.
Dicky looked at me quizzically.
There are women who would give
their ears for a chance to entertain
either of them" he answered. and
all my pride and prejudices resent
ed his tone. I suppose my face re-
flected my feeling, for Dicky sud
denly sprang up and Selling my
hands swung me so that I stood fac
ing him, his eyes close TO mine.
Let's clear up one thing" he
began. IF you have any kind of
idea floating around in that noodle
of yours that either Lillian Gale or
Bess Marsden fills the bill as my
ideal of woman you are very much
mistaken. They are big women
both of them. in every sense of the
word They are dear old friends.
and l like them immensely. But !
have an ideal OF my own. and you
ought 10 know who answers the de
scription-unless you go smashing
il with all sorts of foolish little pref
udices."
His tender voice. his ardent eyes
pointed his words with meaning.
Woman-iike. much of the bitterness
I felt began 10 melt away / asked
myself fercely, and with a sense
of humiliation if the real root of
my prejudice against those women
might be my fear that Dicky admir-
ed them and wished that / were as
brilliant. as attractive and as un-
conventional as they.