Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
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MARGARET RILLERs married al
lvl right all right!

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MARGARET RILLERs married all
4V1 right, all right!
They all said 1t was pretty wedding.
Pretty tiresome, 1 thought. Still, after
they were married, things livened up
bit and we had real good time.
Mrs. Killer cried because she was
happy. Mrs. Rogers Chats Philips
mother for Margaret is Mrs. Rogers
now, too) cried because she was miser-
able. Can you beat it? One sheds the
merry saties because she's got a joy
jag, while the other does a wail-weep
because the glooms are in power. Gee,
women are beyond me!
Henry Boynton, however, put some
real kick into the affair He had them
all laughing about ten, minutes after
they came back from the church.
II attended much sadder wedding
than this some time ago." he said. Il
was best man at the wedding and the
brides brother played the organ They
asked him to play something appropriate
as the young couple marched up the
aisle.
HE was a married man! What do you
suppose he played? Unhappy Souls,
They Dream of Heaven"
II think he was just mean" laughed
Margaret.
Yes" Henry chuckled; but that
wasn't the worst of 1t, for just as they
were leaving the church a newsboy be-
gan to sing that popular ballad, oh.
gee, I'm glad I'm free! No wedding bells
for me -
| Margaret had gone upstairs to change
into her going-away dress. Very shortly
afterward she came down in a kind of
dark blue costume. 1 never saw her
loting so nice before. I was just think
ing that Philip ought to feel proud to-
have a wife like her when she came up
to me. slipped her arm over my shoulder
and said: well, Peter, here begins a
new chapter in my life, and you don't
know how glad am that so many of my
good friends are here to wish me God
speed. Some day you'll be getting mar
ried. I suppose"
"Oh. l don't know" felt a little bit
foolish somehow. because I had a hunch
what she was going to say. 1 remem-
bered all too well what she and her
mother said about me just before the
wedding.
You're engaged now. aren't you
Peter?"
; We'll, yes-that is-kind of engaged. "
What do you mean-kind of en-
gaged?"
We'll, we have-that is Rosie and L
we have kind Of an understanding with
each other-but-we haven't haven't
told my people about it yet"
, why not. Peter?"
"Oh, don't know"
Don't you think they would like
her?"
well, I don't know, I'm sure Dads
bit queer, and-oh, I guess they would
, like her all right, but
well, Peter, I do hope that you will
be really happy. Do know her?'
yes. you met her once. She is Miss
Lever"
"Oh. the girl from the department
: store"
,, could feel the disappointment in hel
tone.
, whats the matter with a girl work.
ing in a department store?" I asked. l
s made me feel bit veXed to see all thes'
/ felix's assuming n holier-than-thou atti
r tude. 81 guess a girl can work in {
t department. store and still be goot
enough to meet anybody I know"
Indeed she can, and better than most
because a girl who works in a depart
ment store is earning her own living
She is making good, and I have mucl
y more respect for her than for the cir
who lives at home on what other peo
pie give her. l am sure your mothe
will understand that, too.
: But. of course, you know, Peter
n some girls are nicer than others. evel
= though they work in department stores
: and some girls are better able to he'll
:, a man, whether they work in a store o
don't work at all. Peter, why don
y you write to your mother and tell he
l. all about it? Tell her you want he
g to know. and see what she thinks of it.
: What has it got to do with her? VIII,
t should / ask her what she thinks abou
it?"
I certainly didn't like the suggestion
that 1 had to ask permission to fall il
love with a girl.
You know Margaret. Tn the onl
r one who has to marry the girl, not m
family. Seems to me If I'm satisfied, it,
nobody else's business"
e You're quite right, Peter. It is no
8 body elses business, but 1t is nicer t
y feel that your friends are glad ratt
: than disappointed that you got m n
d ried" "
Look here, Margaret" I snapped
. IT don't think you have any right t
>, talk to me like this. l don't. want t
say anything to hur, your feelings, bu
/ know best what kind of a girl / wan
to marry, and if-er-Rosie Lever love
me, why-shell either suit my friend
n or else they aren't my friends. There
altogether too much twaddle talk abou
social equals and that kind Of stuff"
J. II beg your pardon, Peter" she sal
: tquietly. II wasn't thinking of you;
IS was thinking of your mother. I wa
= thinking how grieved and disappoin,e,
). she would be to know that you couldn'
: trust her. and that you contemplate,
n the most sacred act in your life with