Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-26

ss'gs,s,;, York ,oith her husband. sho
" Nsssre,1d ,poman. making the most
sr % PERSONAL accomp phshments aud
%oopscrance y "c to get the most ont o.
others Ethel = .ntroi em,,roW oger1m,; oo,,,,a,,;
sn.d and ideaiistic. atterly nrsophis-
o.rrnisS Their fathers death forces
LII 10 make her home toith Amy.
Eth' Tts ,onrnev 10 NeW York, the noD
sn,, and her sisters elaborate man.
aoi nv n Hving startle Ethel This tsa't
on I'D trane house %, M, ~ ynrs Gnio; ih,s u.s., Is
,dysg ysg 10 Iope u, Huin0 here" Amy
XIX XIX her. Ethel is a httle.startiod at
49, sisters vietCs Of sptdrrtdge.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
,YTs money, my dear, it's money
l They are the same women in Newport
.oc,ly--just like all the rest of us
~, thew are richer That's all--but II
everything. Put me in a big house
- ,bere. and my friends wouldn't know
Ia IN few years"
A cloud came on her face as she
boxed in the glass.
"Rut that's just the trouble. A few
cars more and I'll be too late. You've
III TO get there while you're young.
nd there's so little time. You lose
bur looks. It's all very we'll for some
omen 10 talk about ideas and things
nd travel and-and children. did,
N. I talked lot---oh, how / wanted
rerthing! But one has to narrow
Nun Thank heaven, Ethel. you've
rars ahead. I've got only a few more
film already thirty-one. And my
mo ages fast in this town, IL you do the
ings you're expected to do. But YOU
Ethel, ! want you to marry we'll
~ n millionaire--that's rather hard
od besides, he'd probably be too fat
n the kind who will be a millionaire,
ho has Il written all over his face and
axes YOU feel II in his voice /. Dent
II Yourself too cheap, my dear Don't
running about with men who'll keep
pu poor for the rest Of your days.
hey talk so well-some OF them do I;
od Il sounds so fine-ideas and books
Id pictures and-I knew one who was
architect. And it's all very well for
ter on, but what you've got to do right
the start--whle you have the looks
,d youth-is to find the man who can
ople will be tumbling tc get in--be-
use you'll have the money--you'll be
ble to entertain-and give them what
ey really want-in spite of all their
Sking."
Once more. with a weary sigh, she
Popped the religious intensity, and
niled as she wistfully added,
That's where some man can put you.
hey do, you know, they do 1t. Some
an does It every day. You can see his
me in the papers. Dozens Of wives
d to Newport each year. And what
they do II on? Money
That's romance enough for me. my
nd ~ NVunt UHrk md "a
reer, the most fascinating kind ] know
10 study the man you've married
Id what's holding him back and take
away-whats pushing him on and
lip it grow You've got to narrow:
You oYss msy % %an sorse lot 9p 3a
I've around. But you run a big risk in
at. could give you so many cases
others who have just dropped out. II
u want to really get on in this town,
,u've got to stick to your husband and
AXE your husband stick to you There
on enough. 1t comes 80, naturally
Ice you are in it--married, | mean.
rd that's your hold. T.,
and II you love him as love joe"
added almost in a whisper, you
ID It so easy that often you forget
>u're really doing 1t for. You're Just
ppy and you shut your eyes. But
en- you wake up and use 1t all-every-
ing-to drive him on. You can do
at while you are still young and have
hat he wants-the looks, ! mean
other men would be glad to step into
shoes. But you give them only just
ough to keep your husband from feel
8 too safe. You hold them off, you
AXE him feel that he's everything to
Pu II he'll work and give you what
ought to have And unless you're
fool you don't listen to this talk Of
Omens rights and women doing the
prk Of men. You keep on your own
Found and play the game. And you
ep making him get what you need
fore II too late J" All at once she
We sharp little laugh. ITS kind
The night after this talk Ethel lay
her bed, and tried to remember and
INK i out, How new and queer and
lzzng, So many vistas she had
Famed Of had been closed on every
ind.
What's the matter with me?"
The matter was that her old ideals
standards were being torn up by the
DTS, roots that went deep down into
sell of life in the town in Ohio.
But Ethel did not think of that. She
pEed and sighed,
Well, this is real I was dreaming
dlNtl All, lnlS IL lnucIl Tue SAINT
different In the way you get 1t. This
New York. One thing Is sure" she
|ded. Amy needs every dollar Joe
make-and she must not have me
ner hands. I've got to find what l
.y wanna job or a man-and be
cS about 1t !"
i threw a tnge Of uneasiness into
oSe breathless shopping tours. And
,aahged her attitude toward Joe. He
not counted for much at first; he
been mere man OF business and
slness men had had little place in her
sams OF friends In the city. But
ShIhg MIN now she changed her
Joe Laner was what Is called "a
yuatlve builder" He was an arChi-
OulIdlng contractor and real es-
SAMPLER al in one. He put up
Hunent buildings ION spec" build
OF lhe cheaper sort, most of them
.sun the Bronx, and sold them at a
TS-or loss. as the case might be,
raf ugsLt IN the rapidly shifting values
M sesSnoorhoods in the changing town.
sample IN 1t Is the fun" he re-
S W 10 Ethe one evening. Joe was
s Mnd of a man, as Amy had
80 ner SISTER, TO make a big sudden
r. ot mis- work. Unfortunately he
su 10 a partner, Nourse by name,
srI,, "eM nm back. This man Amy
ss ulsiiKed, She said that Nourse
tat,rdp perfect grind, heavy tlresome
srv,ns Ire who thought business was
Sytnlng in the world.
ItyonetImes to ! really believe he forgets
~ W. making money" Amy declared |
anxious about 1t as an old hen, |
ts,,s ns wants wants It steady as a cow. He |
came. me. as | do him. He has stop
tUOn t,.''ns here, thank heaven. And |
Ia "'Ie Ie Is not so far away when I'll |
ltner" ''a' mes got TO lose his |
Hce css 70 mage mage gained steadily in impcr-
be- AZ t''nel awakening eyes OF his |
moro man all that she saw made |
Il Olhe rUh, and more certain that Amy |
md 10 Joe was the kind who was |
rd his SasI succeed. He not only worked |
on smUIk smOIk was a passion. At night |
hours sunday mornings he could sit |
resi rI's absorbed in the tiresome pages |
lht ONT estate Ste news In his paper. lie |
kh he he 'or strolls in the evenings one |
IA bi"' asked Ethel to come along
ms talk to her shout huiIdInaS'