The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-10
CONFESSIONS
Of A Wife

A COTERIE or DESTINY'S
CHILDREN

am also going 10 see Harvry's
mother. little book. II possible. Her
boy im really not TO blame. VI. II
tn. victim OF his parents srlfishness
and vanity. Even under IN. circum'
stances under which | saw him. !
recognized hin charm. have not
the slightest doubt OF his loving Al
7 ie. devotedly She was just enough
older than he 90 hav. awakened In
him great admiration as well an pas.
Kionat~ devotion.
IL IL futile. little book. TO rumlnate
on tn. might have been" but ]
can't help thinking Of Alice as the
wife OF that boy know that she
would have been bored IN death II
she had married him. 40 many mar
ricd women. little hook. settle down
20 boredom. with what little az con
ten, they can muster. tina; marvel
at H. And yet. | suppose men are
quito as much bored with their
wives ar tho wives are with their
husbands.
can say this for Dick. however.
that. whatever else he has been or
has not been 10 me thru tho years
we have b.-n married. h. has never
bored me. There has been nothing
monotoHous about him.
know. little book. that you arr
smiling. I can almost hear tho pa
per crsnkie at the idea Of my beard
ing tina, old bear in his den. rath.
er enjoy tho notion. for think IL
al. -. 81 .s4lA VI
torian period 10; Of good to get 4
EiImncr OF the fac; that their reg.
inc In over.
am afraid that Dick win object
TO my going to rec Donna. but I
intend 90 be gone only n couple Of
days, and he canno, object very
str~nuousiy TO that. Dick In stili a
little grouchy about the check. and
as soon as I get the money from
Harvcy's father I am going 10 let
him take II and invest u as he
picaaes
Jim IL coming TO dinner with Dick
tonight He just toiephoned to tell
me. suspect that is n scheme Of
Dicks 10 have Jim pcrsuad. me to
buy the stock. III Just Illustrate
any business talk by inviting the
whole crowd 20 meet them.
Moilie and Chad taitho I'm afraid
they won't GOMEZ. Eiienc and Harry.
Pat and Alice. Annie and Tim. and
Dick and me-there. little book. In
that small cotcrie n the whole
world OF men. Mollie. the suffering
mother. Chad. the artist and aesthct.
&c: Harry. the reformed rake: Elisne.
the patient. forgiving wife; Pat.
the scif.made man: Alice. tho self.
supporting. sclf.respcctinE woman
who has risen from ilfe's hardest
experiences. Annie. always sensible.
who can nii the highest or the low.
est position with dignity: Tim. n
product that only democracy could
grow; Jim-dcar old Jim--who nj
ways strikes me as n looker-on:
Dick. the average husband. and my
self
There f. no need, little book. TO
look beyond ones closest friends for
all that earth contains of tragedy
and comedy. OF dignity and sordid.
ness. Of Joy and grief. Of laughter
and tears. OF hope and despair. of
hypocrisy and sincerity. Of literature
and life.
Those who write the books. the
poetry and the plays are only those
who see and take the time TO put
into words the pictures that are pho
tographod on their mipd's eye.
when | invited Pat and Alice. I
told them 81 was little party OF
conEratuiation to Harry. Pat said
that he would be glad TO come. and
that he also wanted to talk to me
about some letters he had received
, lately in regard to the Paula stories.
II hope. Margic." he said. that /
can persuade you to let me have the
contents of your little book In the
near future for publication"