The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-21

had cast the remainder Of his life Skill
full potter that he was. his life lay in atoms
OF crumbling clay before him. No one
who saw the startling demolition was more
surprised than Robert Edeson.
He had felt as secure as Bob Clark, the
hero Of his play. shows himself in this
dialogue in the first act Of Loves Light.
ming:
Clark shall sit in solitude and moral
lie on life and woman. shall remove my
collar. smoke my pipe and have my eve
ming paper all to myself You blithering
idiots will shave, put soft powder on your
chins and spend your evening lying TO
women.
Professionalism you've never done,
suppose?
Clarke-Something I've always done.
Lowell-Then why have you never mar
ried?
Clarke-When wanted a wife couldn't
afford one. When | could afford a wife
didn't want one.
Langston-Why don't you get a wife?
You'll have TO, or wake up one OF these
days a grabbed old bach, all stomach and
no hair, unlovely and unloved. an argu-
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nuisance to the servants and bore to the
members.
Clarke-And If | should marry l would
spend my days. as other married men do,
flirting with stenogTaphers, talking house
hold economics at home in the evening. Go
to bed when am wide-awake, and get up
when am dead for sleep and rush to the
Office as the only relief from the monOtony
of the matrimonial yoke. Nope. May the
good Lord preserve my hair. my figure and
my single blessedness. Amen.
LOwell-And so we must leave you to
the yellow peril of a jaundiced life and
Japanese servants.
Clarke-Better jaundice than marital in
digestion. I'll be the comic relief for all
your household. and you'll all be fighting
for me to come and spend the weekend
and tell you what's going on in the world
you closed your doors on-that is. If you
don't sneak back. Men are all Of one
mold. I tell you | don't want some one to
have to care for and protect-to make
clothes horse of, to parade around and
show my possession.
There we will leave Bob Clarke, secure
in his determination to lead a bachelor ex-
istence, serene, undisturbed and wholly
satisfying, and return to Bob Edeson.
Yes" he would say to guests at Strong
heart House. my lines have fallen in
pleasant places. | love Sag Harbor as
James A. Herne, who named play after it.
loved IT. With my home, my wife, my
friends, what can a man want? Two
things-a baby and an income that will
permit him to retire and enjoy the home"
One of those good things came. There's
a baby. Roberta. named after her father.
She has attained the age of seven. Like
wise a proud position in a kindergarten,
and a pony cart. With This wish embodied
before his eyes Mr. EdesOn had one wish
left. 81 shall retire early from the stage -
he said. "Fll leave it to the other fellows.
Through my investments and my writing I
shall soon be able to leave the stage"
Sag Harbor was delighted by this prom
lse of its leading citizen. His opening of
1 garage in the village yet more deeply
rooted him among them. He was no mere
rich Summer resident. but one OF the local
business men. Publicly and privately the
town oil the Sound rejoiced.
Does Fate resent the cocksureness o.
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