South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-27
REVELATIONS OLA WIFE
BY Adele Garrison :

ton OF eyes and hair"
ITS her features and figure that
get me. I'd like 10 get a glimpse OF
her hands and feet. Perhaps she
Will sit near US in the train. II she
does, I promise you I am going %
stare at her numerically"
L tried 10 think of something 20
say which would not betray my
resentment at his open admiration
Of this girl. But no words came %
my mind. / saw, however, that 1t
did not matter. Dicky would not
nave heard anything I said any
way. He was too absorbed in
studying the girl. Nine-tenths OF
the men in the station were doing
the same thing
Most of the women were looking
at her also. some with hostile
chances. others with a critical sur
vey, while a few were honestly ad-
miring her
l had to admit that her clothes
alone were well worth looking at
Either she or someone for her. had
carefully designed them with bit
one thought. that they should sui;
her. She Was so very blonde IN
hair and skin, so regular of feature
that she really would have been
lacking IN color except for her
clothes.
But the small hat that sat 50
prettily upon her head would have
frightened an absolutely colOrless
woman IT was made Of cerise vel
vet with a band of brown fur rest
ing against her fair hair. and gera-
mum blossoms so exquisitely fash
toned as to appear real, scattered
carelessly around the brim. The
brown Of the fur was like the
brown of her eyes, while the darin,;
color of the velvet and the flowers
yivifed her face.
Her gown was a tight-fittlng, Sc
we're. one piece gown of velvet, OF
a blue so lark as TO be nearly black.
The neck was cut in the "V'' 10 be
found in almost every gown, and
there were touches Of the same
cerise velvet that her hat held in the
piping of the bodice and sleeves.
Her coat was a handsome one OF
pony skin. long and fitting her like
a glove. l mentally appraised il
as having cost more money in it
self than every article / had on, fufe
and all.
When / first looked at her
thought her to be a woman of
wealth. But more careful scru-
tiny told me that her clothes were
two or three years old. carefully
made over and disguised. Long
years of turning and twisting my
own wardrobe, for I am a fairly
good neediewoman, betrayed to me
the secrets of this other woman's
makeshifts.
She had made her hat herself. 7
was sure of it, and there was
place in one Of the breadths of he~
skirt showing where the material
had been pieced. That breadth
told me the story of the gown. II
was an old one ripped and sponge1
and pressed and made up again.
Then the sleeves OF the pony coat
had been made over. L could see
where a difference of cut at the
wrists and collar had been hidden
by bands of the same fur vhich
formed the foundation of her h9r
had a sudden sympathy for the
girl. She was making a gallant fight
against bad luck. From the texture
of her clothing one could see that
not very long ago she had been pos.
sessed Of money. I wondered how
she had lost IT,
The train announcer came into
the room. calling the stations of the
train which was made up.
VALLEY Stream. Lynbrook, Long
Beach, Rockville Center. Patchogue,
wav stations 10 Babylon. Express
to Jamaica"
Come on" said Dicky, jumping
up. "our trains ready"