Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-18
Another Woman

Diana and Julian Long ditcr three
years Of married hje, decide that their
marriage has not been success:
rc naTs sss hss Seor h tTG p%Ta pGy f"e De
cause they haze knoWn each other
from childhood They decide 10 sep
drdte aud directly utterwdrd Diana
drops pnrposelp out Of the old l1e.
ing establishment. kept by an ola
friend, Rita Graves. toho has changed
her name to Madame Ealdi for bust
ness reasons. out Of the old croWd
tri,t. tChont, she pledges to Secrees. At
Alice's home one eUentng she mcts q
man. Dur Bishop. tCho inrites her TO
dine tCith him.
Tn THE meantime. Julian had settled
L down to a nondomestic existence
which he found very satisfying. Nothing
was required of him. He did as he
pleased, he ate at the club. saw rs much
as he liked Of the men and excepting
for the fact that he worried more or
less about Diana and what she was do.
ing life was entirely satisfactory.
It wasn't that he missed Diana, for
they had not taken their important step
without weighing matters carefully. 1t
was that, man-like, he wanted 70 know
that Diana was all right He wanted
the satisfaction of looking out for her,
providing for her so that anything he
might do in the future would be entirely
approved of his own conscience. In
Julian'S own mind he was through as
far as women were concerned. unless he
should meet the woman who could move
him so deeply that nothing else mat
tered. This he doubted very much. He
was curious about it. He wondered II he
could be thrilled TO the extent OF giving
up his nice bachelor existence Tor any
Now II Julian had any type OF woman
in mind he was unconscious OF II, and
yet the thought of woman nan, whom ,i,o he
masculinIty and enthusiasm was rather
a pleasant thought Diana had always
seemed so self-sufIicient: she had never
seemed exactly to need his protection
woman look up to him for everything
This nonsensical disappearance OF
Diana's had disturbed him. His pride
was injured because he had not dreamed
that she could get along entirely without
his help. In his makeup there was an
old fashioned attitude toward women
in spite of the fact that he had been
ready and willing to agree to divorce
between himself and his wife.
It was in this frame of mind that he
met Margery Weston, blonde, fluffy and
femininely appealing. He did not realize
that Margery was as crafty rs she was
blonde. as clever as she was fluffy, as
wise as she was feminine. Her method
was TO flatter a man first, and inasmucf
as Julian had been told how popular she
was with men, he was gratifed wher
she deferred 20 him with sweet little
autterings of her lashes in his direction
looked at him with appealing blue eyes
and smiled at him wistfully
He called on Margery, who knew al
about his divorce and was properly i'm
pressed by II. So clever was she tia
he did not discover through a who.
evening that she had not said one thint
that would require thought or applica
ton OF any kind She fiuttered arounc
a great deal, fiattered and cajoled him
listened charmingly; was in short just
| what she wanted TO be. On the way
home, Julian was sure that he liked her
He was ashamed when he remembered
| that he had talked about himself durinl
the whole evening and when he asked
| her 70 go to the theatre with him, h
| decided 10 give over the evening to en-
tertaining her. He actually looked for
ward to II. boylshly enthusiastic as n
! had not been for a very long time. Thi
was drifting again This was not some
Julian did not for moment think with
seriousness of Margery, but he was fiat
| tered a little by her liking of him, ant
this was his first tentative step towar'
! that romance ne had cravcd all his life
| He had known all about Diana, but Mar
gerry no matter what she was. was q
| least mystery to him. She might be tn
one woman or she might never be any
thing at all. II was the pleasure of no
really knowing that actually meant 81
much.
And so Julian had the pleasure of in
viting pretty woman to go to tn
theatre with him. Of looking forward T.