South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-28
BY ANNE o,KEEFE-

Julie La Shire sat in the dimly
lighted study where her artist hus-
band usually worked. and gazed
hxedly at the glowing Goals in the
open Fireplace.
Gee" she muttered aloud, Il
never thought I'd be this lonely. it's
awful. Money isn't what it's cracked
up 10 be. Here / am with every
thing my heart ever desired. and
here l am as lonely as sin"
She arose. walked to the window
and looked out at the myriad motor
cars passing below in unorganized
streams. Her eyes roved toward the
slowly moving river on the east.
I'D like to be out there-some-
where - doing something - any
| thing" she said aloud with an i'm
patient gesture, I'm getting sick of
staying in and being fancy all the
time"
In the next moment the telephone
bell rang and Julie fastened TO an
swer it.
Yes, yes, all right, come right
around. I'm all ready and waiting"
She hadn't the slightest idea of 60
ing out but somehow when he called
and asked if she wished TO have him
bring the limousine around. Julie
could think of no plausible excuse
| why she shouldn't go out in the car
at this most fashionable hour.
Where? She had no idea. Out
! somewhere. away from herself so
that she could be on the move and
relieve herself Of the restless mo-
notony which seemed to be eating
into her very existence.
The whole trouble was with jules
point of view of life She had been
81 ldenly thrust into the world of
idle pleasure from the world where
work is the pleasure and recreation
OF ALL The shock had been too
great for her. There were plenty
Of women in the circle to which
jules artist husband belonged but
somehow they didn't interest Julie.
She didn't understand half the time
what they were talking about and
the ether half of the time she spent
in miserable silence wondering what
those side long looks meant-the
ones she caught being thrust at her
every time she blinked her long
dashed violet eyes.
1t was not question OF money
Julie would have married him If he
had nothing at all TO live on. She
would as she told many of her old
acquaintances at the art studio. even
have kept on modelling for other ar
fists had Cameron needed her help
financially.
Then one day. just before they
were married, his latest picture in
OIL had made a decided hit. They
were rich now and Cameron was
one of the most sought after artists
i'm the great metropolitan city.
OF course. they had TO live up to
the old proverb Of being a Roman
when in Rome. and so it was. sud
denly without the least graduation
Julie found herself established in
this most palatial hotel apartment.
1t was furnished in dainty gilt furni-
ture and delicately shaded pink
hangings. 1t was all very beautiful
T Julie soliloquized as she gazed around
: for the millionth time. but her
/ friends She needed human COM
panionship TO grace these beautifully
furnished rooms, and that was wha-
; was lacking.
Julie had approached her husband
on more than one occasion with the
suggestion that she take up her
modelling again TO vile away the
long hours.
turned when he had heard the story.
I couldn't afford TO have my wife
= doing anything like that. 1t would
ruin me. IL isn't the way we do
things here in the big town. You've
simply got TO play butterfly now and
let me keep you like a gilded bird
in a gilded cage. Then everyone
can't help but know how prosperous
am" Cameron had explained time
and time again.
And according to the big towns
way OF figuring. Cameron was right.
, il was taking a man at face value
! now as always and Cameron realized
it. The idea of Julie going i'm for
[ any kind of remunerative work was
absolutely taboo.
Since then Julie had made the
} best of it, Today all the old longing
: to be doing something, making
: something, anything to be busy, re-
b turned TO her with renewed force.
: She took a short ride through the
park. When they stopped for a few
, moments, she watched the little
squirrels How busy and happy they
were gathering up bits of food for
- their winters supply Even they
= were busy, doing something con-
structive-and happy in the task.
Julie returned home. She had
l been sitting idling while the maid
prepared dinner when her husband
= burst into the room folding her into
: his arms. and kissing her greatly.
: nIulia dor haNn Won hearl the