The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-08
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Standish,s Brother
~ Jane Osborn

81 Jane Osborn.
wfeht 1918, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
skrNAHsY demonstrations in the
H1a19ng Of sugarless desserts
and war bread Demonstrator
t.,sbeHe Snen. United States food
'dmialstzat3n. Next demonstration
Oeaock."
Hiif Burke regarded the sign and
10 looked 1t his watch, observed
~ e lacked but twenty minutes OF
"a hour and decided to stay-how-
- With guilty conscience He re-
coed 70 His comfort, however, that
4 Was really Laurette's fault. II she
you'd insist On sending him to house
Ioid furnishing sections OF depart.
lent stores where such bewitchinS
httoStad demonstrators as Clara
Smell performed culinary mir.
IeS "a the snticing background OF
electrically equipped, white enamel
Aehen: such as the one set up on
b Aamonstrator's platform before
81, then she must take the conse-
The TACT Vas that Laurette had
nj him on an errand some two
~ befor6-hadn't exactly sent him.
Z had Indicated that it was her
easuxe that be should go and buy
ne cooking utensils. had told him
70 to this particular department
6re. and he had gone. This won
ltfui Clafetta creature was just TN
hing ! demonstration On sugarless
te pudding when he came, and
awu by the magic voice. he wedged
! way forward among the listeners
10 sSathered around her little dem
Istrafton platform kitchen. There
Is 8 look OF yearnirg in his thor
sxhly masculine eyes. There must
We been, and Clarabelle must have
ought It was yearning for some OF
3 pudding, for when the demonstra-
IN mas over and he still fingered.
3 smufngly asked him il he would
rp,e il. And he did and fancied It
nbroc;a. though he really had no
st9 Tor date buildings. After thai
had taken turn around the store
i'd had come back Just to see Clara
elIe again.
kSow 10 explain Just why Bill Burke
rs so vulnerable to the charms OF
Ia whlte-clad Clarabelie Smell and
Hoover kitchen. Largely, OF
surse, & was because Clarabene was
saTiy very charming sort OF person;
~ particular charms appealed to him
eap-e OF the contrast they bore to
q woman whose personality contn-
I'D his entire ex:staoce. That wo-
IN was no less than the justly cele-
81 rcve;ist, George Standish. in
rivate life Laurette Burke, his sister.
aurette was some i've or six years
tkza he. Her, first successful
81 hal Eelpet h:m through college
By TIE time he was Srad''ated her
-wn an1 her income from E2r-
were phenomenal.
e needed manager, her bank
wSs n a hopeless mess. she.
s. mt endure to live alone. he:'
5.ssr eccentric Housekeeping NETT
- would hare been the despair OF
nv woman. who might have been
bed TO her, and. though she might
ays chosen a husband. she preferred
be iess binding companionship OF her
r -..--t Ee shared her literary tastes
re- her talents. he had a good head
81 hu- ness and was at least used to
- -s and owed her a rather deep
6ligas;cr.
50. last when he was trying to de-
fde Efat his choice OF career
Iiould he she settled the matter. OF
red him q salary that would have
- 4 Temptation to any young grad
and took him on as her MANAGER
~ choice Laurette showed that
s. 6nce she had managed her al
Iirs wisely. for with Bill as her con-
nj companIon and adviser she
Wv doubled her literary output,
Al new Inspiration and was re-
Ted OF all the little interruptions
n md previously harassed her.
Meanwhne; Bill had become nobody
the world but George Standtsh,s 8.
ofker he lived In her apartment,
~ her oddly chosen meals, crtti-
- vigorously all that she wrote,
~ between her and her publishers,
Sincidentally did such other not
II worthy tasks as going shopping
Ear. hiring maids when they lett,
vhen they couldn't be hired. shar-
With Iaurette the work OF their
aftfediy shiftless housekeeping.
= enStrgo It was not just the man
strong thing to do-to become SO
of6ad IN the personality even OF
Tiifant sister. But Bill felt keenly
o6ligatton, and he couldn't make
HI mind Just how he would take
nrsf step that would mean his IN
{ tines the whole thing really got
much On even his steady nerves:
morning OF his first vision OF
aheNeVas one Of these times, for
ISfte had worked all night in the
q OF . nearly completed novel
cane. To breakfast haggared but
lint ana FavenouS. It was In one
eookdass epochs OF their house
ing, 1nd what breakfast there
H@ had got; and Laurette, who
5Ekav6 been q very comely wo-
t1ud IA factwas 50 on occasions.
h4re eating the scrambled eggs
mn had made serenely unaware
fhey we're burned and cold. read
lfud the product OF her nights
new maid was promised Tor
afEncon: and to solve the dish
If problem until then Laurette
p1neetved the happy idea Of get
6e dishes and pans and hence
70 heeq dispatched to the store