Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-23

laurel Stone married Grdnunie
Burton because she loved him. She
oape up her newspaper toork 10 Dc
his ,oife. He gave ap nothing and
1nined everything, a mother for his
f,po iitflt oirIs and q beautiful mis-
fross for his establishment. After The
birth of their son she changed topdrd
him. Quite suddenly Grdncille found
him self madiy IN iove toith his pife,
and he discovered that she nds totally
Indifferent to him. Because she lored
him and felt that he did not looe her
she had gone bdok 10 her tortting and
TO the friends Of her old newspaper
htc.)
d ECovBRY is very quick in child
~ hood and the baby began to improve
Immediately, Laurel was never out OF
the house for more than an hour or so
at time, and she began to look rather
white and thin. Her eyes seemed too
large for her face and she spent a great
deal of time writing. Her manner to-
ward Granville was courteously gra-
cious, but every word she said to him
made him realize more clearly than ever
the fact that to her he was merely the
father of her son, the father Of the two
little girls she bad learned to love.
She had taken to running in on Tom
Benton to talk over her plots, and they
had lunch, together several times at n
little place near the paper. Whenever
she did this. however, she always men :
toned IL Mt home Once she said some L.
thing about il when Harriet and Fred
were present and Harriet arched her
eyebrows and looked at hcr husband
significantly. In IIarriet's set when q
woman saw anything much OF man
Who was not her husband there were al =
WAYS grounds for scandal. 1t meant
only one thing to the women OF the
smart set It meant that woman was
bored at home. and that she sought di
version wherever she could get it.
Harriet spoke Of il that night on the
yay home. and Fred laughed. This in
furiated Harriet and she famed out,
"You, men always take woman's
part IL she is pretty .'.
"And you women always knock the
regulations Of the pretty ones nc re
turned. good naturcdIy. Don't yot
know that IL Laurel felt that she was
really doing wrong she wouldn speaE
of her lunches before Granville!
ANYWAY, Laurel isn't the wife fol
Granville, Harriet snapped. changint
the subject now that she was corneret
in the argument.
"wby isn't she?"
well, she simply isn't our kind
She isn't content with her home, ant
her children and her social obligations
she must dabblc with this new hopo'
of hers, and ask the advice OF this news
paper man who, no doubt, is IN 10Y
with her. She should have stayed II
that set. and Granville should nav
married some one Of his own kind,
never believe in mixing things up.
"By marrying in his own set ! sup
nose YOU mean that Granville shoul
bove married some one like Mario,
Worth. I suppose because Laurel hel
down a good Job before she was marrie'
and got real money for it she isn't goo
enough for Granville. You women Ger
tainly are fair to each other, l mus
say
.Just the same Granville isn't happy
and you know it.
And this fact was true. Fred ma
noticed 1t himself. but not for the worl
would he have mentioned It or admi''e
Il to any ore, least Of all his wife.
"You. women would all be better o
IL you had some interest away trol
your homes and your children ana you
social obligations Fred REMARKED
"it's Laurel's activity Of mind thu
makes her so attractive, that gives HI
so many points Of interests goaAnd DC
cause Harriet felt this vaguely the SUB
ject was dropped.
Back in the house on Madison avcnu
Laurel and Granville were lett alor
ir the library for n few moments, an
neither spoke. They had been playin
cards and small table strewn WIZ
cards stood under light at one sic
of the room. The rest Of the room wa
in shadow.
Laurel rose slowly. She was ,tire'