The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-20

they finish reading about Marian Ran
dolph, will not call her successful,
even some of her friends are in doubt
as to whether she belongs in the sue
cessful class or not. Considering her
happiness, her share of the worlds
goods, and what she has accomplished
in her twenty-seyen years there is no
doubt but that she at least belongs to
the class of women who have found
romance in their climb up the famous
ladder to success.
The Randolphs all seemed to be dis
tincttve people, people who did things
differently from most ordinary folk.
Marian's aunt, Elsie Randolph, studied
medicine and then married a doctor.
and the two Of them continued their
practice.
Her uncle was a carpenter, but he
played in an orchestra and wrote
poetry besides, and her own mother
and father had married when rather
young and after scrimping and saving
for a few years they both entered a
university. Her father studied law
and her mother music.
Thus it seems that Marian was ex-
rected to do the unusual thing for
"she came Of that queer Randolph
family" as her acquaintance put it.
Won Scholarship.
Marian was not sent to school until
she was nine. Until that time her
mother taught her at home. When she
did enter she was put in the third
grade because she was so far adj
vanced. This was typical of her whole
life. She always had the highest
grades in her class and it seemed no
effort at all for her to get her lessons.
She studied music long before she
studied arithmetic and reading and
she was far advanced when she start
ed to school. Her mother taught her
music and Marian showed remarkable
talent when she was very young. In
high school she did excellent work in
all of her studies and when she finish
ed her studies there she took examina-
| tons and won a scholarship for col
! lege.
The scholarship paid only her tut.
ton, however, and so she thought that
she would not be able to go on higher
( after all, for the Randolphs, while
rich in knowledge, refinement, culture
and all of the finer things of life, had
very little money.
Marian finally overcame the money
obstacle by getting backward scholars
to tutor and teaching music to some OF
the younger children in the town. Her
college career was nothing short OF
marvellous. She took the four-year
music course in three and then was
graduated with the highest honors.
/ Her college life was far from being
g. dull one, even though she had to
work very hard, she attended dances
parties and other social affairs just
! like other girls. She went to football
= games and tennis matches just like
the rest OF them and it was at one OF
These school affairs that she met
Ralph Waite.
After she met him she became more
interested in football than in anything
else, for Ralph was the best player or
the team. And Ralph suddenly took q
great interest in music and all things
musical. Just as Marian never missed
q game, Ralph never missed a recital
or concert. Before three months had
passed they were engaged.
Ralph was impatient to be married
but he was studying to be a doctor
And he had four more years of schoo
before he could receive his degree anG
then it would probably be severa
years before he would be able to sup
port a wife-it looked hopeless.
Then he decided to give up hi:
career, but Miriam would not hear o.
it. Finally Marian hit upon a plan
She would marry him after he finish
ed college and then he would go or
to medical school and she would con
tinue to teach music. Ralph was as
tonished. He was more, he was hur
to think that she would even sugges
supporting herself after marriage
but Miriam insisted and of course il
was finally decided in Mirian's way.
A Modern Wife
! Marian finished her course wher
she was twenty-one. but since Ralph
was not so fortunate to finish his il
three years they waited until he wa:
graduated to get married. During
the year of waiting Marian went Il
I the large city near the college town
and started to teach music.
She was very successful, she hac
individual pupils at first and finally
she took classes and then she tauph