Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-06
And So They
We're Married
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
Copyright. 1919, by Public LEDGER Co.


"A n,o,o,, hao,, % soo,, and N tell him
A.. oh.
'hat she had decided atter all that e"e
didn't need anything new. But after
thinking thinea over she decided not to
=, .,,- .,n o.. .o,,,o-
Wv ''''s' out 10 save tne Wv ioi
tnlhs she needed some time "heh ''
did not feel like asking Scott for extra
,,.. c., -, H. ass,,r,inu
'''o'eE Sne ie' quite ssie :"
that scott would forget all ABOUT ''o
incident unless he was reminded OF it
, .o,,,o ,.o,.
~ 80 ,or.a %
Inc next thins 'nat
Ruth 20 make her discontented WIN hei
lot was perhaps more significant. Now
:. a., ..,,o ons,a home
10 o"o '''"e NV W ,.,..
furnished as beautifully as one oes"e''
MS, q, 10 oui,o ,no,her to live in tina,
- -, A., A.. ,a,ost and most
''''' " =, u.o,,
expensive clothes' OF 10 pes'' w
IL in shabbness. Not that Ruth's apart
,,or, ,o. shabbv. II hadn't been used
,,.o-o her
long enough LOT ''a'' i'O'
clothes exactly shabby, but she hauh
ho,sh, arytbin, new since her marriage.
ov,sids ~ qloyes or n waist or two.
Now she discovered In a queer way that
o.. ,bo eret time she felt not quite UP
20 tho minute
she had rather fallen out OF going TO
af,ernoon parties. but when Natalie gave
an afternoon bridge and invited RUIN
| Ruth who was curious about the rela-
tionship of Natalie and Jack Bond, de-
cided to accept.
Ruth wore an afternoon gown unoer
her fur coat, with a little velvet toque
/ he m u
beyy of smart young women, many OF
them newly married and in the freshest
OF ,rousseau toys No girl there wore
! ANYTHING but n straw hat, although IL
was still winter weather and many OF
them wore spring suits with lovely sllnky
chiffon things worn outside the sK'r'
and heavily hung with gold embroidery
Ruth was instantly seized with N,o-
lent desire for a spring suit and TOT
lust such a blouse to wear with it. In
her minds eye she knew just what sne
wanted, a smoky gray suit with suede
buckled shoes to match, and a gray
chiffon overblouse, with silver lace anu
| hints OF purple in II. A hat made AL OF
violets would be lovely to wear WIN IL.
She voiced her desire to Nata le as
they stood alone for rev h''"utea in
Natares paie gray oeu, Vo ,ha dress1
stood oeside RUIN. WY s"N
| Hs tuoio iNe - oro of those
sihpIy nues n.tIouas" she said.
,, new suns W.. Ma,si,s from the superiority
s,''u.ns ,ai vears Natalie had always
s,o,o y,ith The Younger set and Ruth
gone with lhe s,ar,. ,ye,I Natalie
mao never h'.o"n .i', od,,,,-ed Ruth now
had Always So go - with the secret
sne rather pt' want "a lack
oi s NV IN ber heart. an en-
oohu roNu 60 he announced that
sase'len' ss .ia. N,,o,Ia Wondered how
very 49,. o., ohout q, only a little
ruin "O -, p,,th had announced
over .n, q 70 thai same Jack Bond
NJ 80 had MARRIED Scott Raymond
aTtar ali Natalie did not know SO very
much about 1t, but she had heard all
,ha aoss,n there was to hear and al
though she liked Scott Immensely why'
every one knew he hadn't any money,
and Jack had 20 mucn. @ ~ u'o e', dtS 70
TO Natahe any n'o ,,at scott could
huth al ma unat " 80 Sress ruth as Jack
hardly anoru 10 ui.'e 20. ,,,ita so that
could anoro 10 oress no .',,nidata and
when itu,h wen. .,,tna gray suit
spoke uenhIeis ". osariy.
Na'a'o ,-,. ,o,,o,,, ,r o-a,, with
You ought 10 looh io,e.' s,,tas at
your hair SO" ner,act beauty
Crotts tne olnei 80 , ,.nt for a hun
In Just tne eo.ot ~"
oreo anu ."e'' .,,, ,.-
REALLY" Ruth returHeu, su"s s,an.a
face away from Na.aie unuor "a
of fixing stray loch' ,r hadr,, she
twenty-five aollaLs o,ors7 Where on
thoushl VI ,"o aat that much money
earln No ITO And that was just
10 spena oi ~ chose blouses would
tne SUI, ,htr,v or forty more, the
80. would be twelve and the hat prob
shI' twenty or twenty-five. Over $500
Sor n snrins outfit. II was laughable.
And Scott was making $50 a week! a
whole months pay for one outh''
"And know where you could get the
r,ost de,ectable blouse too" Natalie was
, amsh,ny on. delighted at being of serv-
,n putb RAYMOND Perhaps we
nar do shonpinx together some day."
e"m 49,. ,augbed Ruth Once
"N would NOT have been 30
impossiole' INC 49,. :. thsv w.ren',
, great oeal OF inone aiways held her
rlcl' puN ~ - 40 ,horo u,ara