The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-11
TEDDY
 ~1 By JANE OSBORN
By JANE OSBORN

Mariana, in moments ol pa-
 Naei torvor thought of herself as rlous a,.s the perils of the ocean ana eia','s ,las her bit in France 1t was always Oois ' omhulance driver, than as .s,,osd aa nurse or an office worker. The us,r ass0n was not far to seek. Mariaha' 'sasOu s,0ca she gave up riding side sad s's' ~ and , equipped herself for a cross 2, '.ade a had been quite taken with her Au',' snnearance in brooches. When .ss ,'as,sd aif her prettiest In filmy ruffles .,s .ad sutrancing furbelows for a dance ~s.,sna % hesitated before her pier sas,' ''ass long enough to see that she had sssn s.sr properly hooked up and that she M sss ,orcotten no necessary accessory, ss. 1s wbpn she was dressed in her riding .srs M she stood long and admiring be- ~se w the mirror studied with infinite ..ts,sct,on the straight line of her ,.sihar legping, the neat juncture or ,h,t logging with her tan boot, the im- m,culate trlmness of her white pique s,ock the severity of her plain sailor hot that hid almost all of her pretty m,s and the well-tailored severity of thp eoat that extended from her slight shoulders to her knees. She did not admire the image because it was the ,aaectIon of charming and graceful voung girl, but because 1t looked to her ior all the world like young boy. For Mariana was at the age where the rsatest compliment anyone might lave paid her was to tell her that she vas not feminine. that she thought Ike boy and that she was free from any of the foibles of sex.
 The very first day she met Dixon James he had been fortunate enough to pay her compliment of this kind. Hs had ridden across the country with Der brother and reached the Burden house just as she was mounting her own horse for country ride. So Dixon and the brother remounted their horses and started out again with Mariana.
 You know, l have never enjoyed riding with a girl before so much as have with you" he told her. Tn fset you don't seem like girl. You're more like some awfully nice kid brother
 Mariana had treasured that compli- ment. It was worth more than dozen d the usual sort, and ever since that day Mariana had grown more and more addicted to the boyish costume ana more and more rebellious against sklrts. She had never been convinced one way or the other on the suffrage quesuon, but when she learned that some Of the early Suffragists had re- oellea against skirts, she had declared aefself a decided suffragist and rode VIII her fair hair streaming. fin n coat VI aee mail. to represent Joan of Arc ~ ne next suffrage procession.
 men slle bought pair of homework V'e'ds and went about her own he'd '''m and little sitting room morpings .ss sSsuus ana putting things to rights fin ,.s s. ,Os.ume. Her mother positively '0'Oaoe her going ont of her domain @e costume. Of course all her s"sees .ss < were cut on pajama lines sA.' inconsistent as was if with bor ,sa aase conventions, she fancied that ls.. M "Oula like to be a Turkish woman 'Nsuse ss Of the boomers.
 K. iean do almost anything.p she told ,s,.. ,uunl one day, If I am not ham ss. snsu With petticoats. I'm sure if T M s |. make a name for myself if will hmsowo oD.,,eeches-riding ~, brooches or that sortn "S' or something of nesspanasa os'iie the war and illustrated si,h 'paper p, supplements were flooded fseo,r p'V.ures U. N of dairy girls in breaches condpc.es. s"'s Tn oyeralls and street cor |pnIto,n0 '0's > in suits like the soldier.s |fal thu, .a Mariana felt devoutly thank. sAs la, nIsst sae rasi had lived in an age when ass ,sa Ill like poor Amelia BIoomar a not .ns De st .~asa, D,ner worthy plop ters in natt,l afa hs m emancipation. Sh, The oues,in, in pe..l' '.l ntes sA,Sn sSnnlh line of emancipated o"cn, @~s, be ide, ~ s.S ue an ambulance driver. but @ Psrueseaars''nr ea struck every one as ansupa ~%' rlh her to .. uld Dixon James plead
 Tn Y, ,hs ,0 abandon this project. p'eau Asvs ,on ns ! first plsce. they won,,n,. ssAtespp' p'' .ns he told her. You're n1u,uns on,r As up ~nst ~,,a d, You know t about uarnea m,Ti
 s,v ven, a',A lot of rowdy y'Su, solalars, %ls, Hsat some want war girls like youmthsr l1s, nd sas s,.s hand 1i to lift1nn %masons that
 You 'sst has nerves like I,rs'cSers pon %as
 sash noss "ssr child, you'd have uafse, to So RIsa,n 'e hOrrOrs ne o eV