Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-16
SYNOPSIS

Virginia West when she enters
boarding school is a child. but asso
citation with Kathleen Foster. one of
the older girls, influences her in a
great many ways and at the Christ
mas holidays Mrs. West finds Vir-
ginia grown up. Both Virginia and
Kathleen have become interested in
two men from Grant College. In fact
Kathleen claims that she is engaged.
TIMMY ANDERSON and Bill Lyons
- accepted Mrs. Vests dinner invita-
tion with alacrity. Virginia was quite
wild with excitement, and grateful III
the extreme to her mother for planning
the affair. The afternoon before the
dinner Mrs. West went TO Virginia <
room directly after lunch and asked her
what she was going to wear. Kath-
leeu, who had gone out to lunch with
friend of her mothers who was in
town for the holidays, was not present.
''I'6 wear the little yellow dress IL /
were you Mrs. West said, smoothly.
But Mother. | look so young in
that" Virginia protested.
Don't you want to look youngt'
Mrs. Vests voice was amused. when
YOU get to be as old as | am. you II
want TO wear frocks that make you
look as young as possible. BY the way,
what is Kathleen going to wear?'
"I don't know"
"Well. l hope it is some thing simple.
Kathleens s taste is apt to run to the
extreme. That hat with the aigrette
is much too old for her. Why is it that
girls OF your age always want to make
yourselves as old as you cantH
''Why Mother. l don t think that hat
io tno old GofbInnY, 1noka stunning in
it, 1t just suits her"
Mrs. West laughed. That the hat
suited Kathleen, was no doubt true,
and il Mrs. West had known that that
young woman was planning to wear the
dress that had been forbidden at school,
there is no doubt Of the fact that she
would have been surprised. But, tax =
ing for granted that Kathleen would
have simple school frocks, and mas
much as the girl did not come in till
after 4 o'clock, Mrs. West made no
further inquiries and 1t was not till
she saw the girl in the living room
talking to Mr.. Allen that she saw
Kathleen dressed for dinner.
Mr.. Allen, taking advantage of his
old friendship with the family, was the
first to arrive, and Kathleen, in her
very extreme frock, had turned the bat
tery OF her eyes 1ull upon MIN. Nnen
Mrs. West found them, he was quite
obviously fascinated, and even Mrs.
West, in pink chiffon with her blonde
head carefully marcelled, could not cope
+ with this radiant young thing who was
youth personifed.
When Virginia came in she knew that
her mother was provoked at something
In fact, something had told Virginia
when she saw Kathleen get the dress
out that Mrs. West would not like il
and she had told Kathleen SO.
"You know they wouldn't let yor
wear 1t at school"
"But we are not at school now"
II know, but you look so old
Kathleen wideped her eyes. "Ant
why not if want to and don't mint
my age?" And she had laughed anC
had worn the dress.
The arrival Of the two other guest
gave Virginia no opportunity to speal
TO her mother, and besides she had eye
for no one but Jimmy when he cam
into the room. She did not even notic
until they we're seated at the candle
lighted table that Mr.. Allen was seating
Kathleen and that Bill was doing tn
same for Mrs. West. Over the bowl o
flowers in the center of the table, Vir
ginia saw her mothers eyes glin