Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-13

Of everybody-and then sometimes you
wake up and simply eat people raw"
Don't talk now, Sue" Jennie re-
turned. ''I want to think"
Though she had spoken composedly
enough to Gloria, that had been only
because she had learned the great value
and advantage of self control; within
she was blazing as 6ercely as OF that
day Of long ago when in unleashed fury
she had thrown Gloria to the floor of
the squash court and sat upon her stom-
ach. She wanted to strike-strike
fercely and hurtingiy! And
then in her swift thinking It came upon
her that nothing she could do, provided
she could do IT, would be such effective
and sweet revenge as baking Gloria's
engagement to Kenneth. That would be
wonderful
And then she saw another advantage
| in this revenge. II she should help
break the engagement, and do 1t in an
puobstrusive manner, yet so that Mrs.
Harrison perceived that she had done
it--why, nothing else could possibly SO
strengthen her position with Mrs. Har-
| rison
She was smiling half -humorously
when she looked again at Sue. II
don't especially blame you for not long
ing to have Gloria as sister in law.
AS told. you, I've never hired out as
a f1irt before, and don't believe l have
any special gifts for that trade--but II
| you still want me to try, I'll see what
I can do. ="
"Oh, Jennie--if you only will"
"Wait q second. There'y condi-
ton. Kenneth will have eyes and time
for only Gloria. l can do nothing II
try 1t all alone. You and your mother
| must help. Whenever Kenneth is at
home, you and your mother must man
age to occupy Gloria's attention from
time to time-that will create sort
of vacancy and make an opportunity
| for Kenneth to be polite to me-
Sue promised. That evening Ken
meth came home; he had arranged to
commute by the railroad until the Myra
was in active service. After dinner
| there was informal dancing in the iiv-
! ing room ! Gloria danced two numbers
with Kenneth, and then in most
natural manner Mrs. Harrison drew
her into conversation.
"You two dance" Sue said to Jennie
and Kenneth. TITS my turn to play"
And so they began to dance. Out
wardly Jennie was shy, even depreca-
tory; inwardly she was afre with the
/ UO Hlhht JltiNtli us uIth ~
tive as possible to Kenneth. She danced
with all her skill, oil her 1.-THE freedom
yet ever trying to give Kenneth the
sense that he was leading her. She saw
that he was delighted with her as a
partner, and glance from Sue spoke
eloquently of the contrast between her
dancing and Gloria's.
The one step with their interpolateo
variations at an end, Sue begged Jennie
to sing and Jennie, in her warm meEzo
which the really excellent master al
Braithewood had done much to develop
and bring under her control, sans
"Habanera" from Carmen, after
that Schubert's ave Maria. Sht
saw the baleful displeasure in Gloria
face, and that was inspiration for hei
to outdo herself. After "Ave Maria
she refused to sing again, and insisted
that the dancing be resumed and Of
fered to play in Sues stead.
Kenneth crossed and asked Gloria t.
dance, but Gloria's wild resentment
prompted her to reply, with a fairl!
well managed show Of indifference, tha
she was engaged in conversation will
his mother. So Kenneth danced agalI
with Jennie, and as the end of thu
dance brought them to the door, wid'
open to the night, Kenneth with
lets have just minute Of fresh air,
swung her through and out upon tn,
piazza. and drawing her hand through
his arm led her down upon the walk.
81 thought you were wonderful tha
night on the Astor roof he enthused
"but now you seem even more wonder
full You are the best dancer ! evel
danced with -.
''Oh, hardly that," she laughed
"But IL dance little better than mos
girls, it's just because ] like it littl'
better"
''If you like it that way, thei
dancing's one thing we'll never dis
agree about" He spS;c lightly, ye
there was real interest beneath hi
words. "But the way you sing
didn't know before that you sang. Yo'
could do a lot with that voice II yol
cared to- / know, for I've helped bacl
one or two musical plays-and, believ
me, no careful pawnbroker would LOAF
more than ten cents upon the voice
of most of the musical comedy print
donnas. You're uncovering new mar
vels each day. What else can yo,
do?'
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