The sun., 1919-03-09
making instinct of woman without COM

making instinct of woman without CON.
plant.
Demonstrates" ! said. 1.
"Oh. everybody knows about Lona
Island, for instance" Arabella settled
herself comfortably. the maps In her lap
Part of Long Island Is almost like
town, part OF II Is almost country and
part of it's the real thlng-real country
mean. Then take Westchester. You
oan live In n regular city like Mount
Vernon or New Rochelle, or In purely
residential place like Pelham Manor OF
Larchmont, or you can penetrate fur
Their up to White Plains. If you want
to go up the Hudson you can go to--say
Croton. II you want to try New Jer-
sey. there's Montclair, and Elizabeth
and Plalnfleld, and then, OF course. more
rural places-and seaside places"
setting Arnbeila Right.
but this is nothing but glitterlng
generality. Arabella; It's just saying all
Gaul 10 divided into three parts. Admit
my dear, that you really know nothing
of these places. They're undiscovered
territory"
Arabella looked thoughtful. followed
up my advantage.
Although we have inherited the
earth. Arabella, we have n ridicuously
prejudiced attitude toward 1t. IL you
were an honest woman you'd have to
admit that all you know about Croton
is that Aunt Sarah's cousin Jane died
there. And all you know about New
Rochelle is Fort Slocum and fog. Aud
you suspect Pelham Manor Of being ono
mass OF week end parties exactly like
the one you went to once. Every virtue
and vice OF every locality is wrapped
Zip In some tiny impression you got
somewhere. All women's instincts for
places are just that and nothing more.
Admit 1t, Arabella =
well"
ITS true"
II propose that we just casually take
an unprejudlced inventory OF. say,
Westchester county as a residential
place. We can just level the spyglass
Ut our Joint intelligence on it--and see
what's in It. And then New Jersey,
and then, say Croton and then Long
Island"
When can you go on the first yoy-
age of exploration" Arabella was quite
gay at the prospect of a days freedom
from town.
'How's Toby"
Better"
Saturday then--for Westchester"
Declaration of Independence.
1 got up TO go about my business
mans day. Some of the maps and
things fell on the floor. | felt little the
way one does when one braves the tailor
and insists upon selecting the material
for ones own suit ones self. l ignored
thom. l was not going to consume any
predigested idea on country life. / am
an independent American citizen
You were wrong about one thing
anyway" said Arabella as she kissed
me.
What was THAR
''It wasn't Aunt Sarah's cousin Jane
The rush of farewell demonstrations
from Robert and Arabella the younger
prevented me from rejecting on this.
But in the bus. as ] looked over my
fellow passengers, l wondered how many
had been guided to their present abodes
by the death or birth or marriage OF
Aunt Sarah cousin Jane.
Every one has always said that have
an original way of planning my life.
proposed 10 pl ove II.
There Is a certain place from which
can look back and see our windows from
the bus.
looked.
There was Arabella. as always. with
Robert and Arabella the younger.
They waved.
WAVED.
It's a regulation ceremony with us.
Ny responsibility for the concerted
originality of my family's actions came
home to me.
can remember the day when