Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-28
SUNLIGHT AND SHADOWS.
Chapter LyI

VVknl III mum lAe, -
that affected evcrythirg-cxcept the
old heart-hungry feeling that came
when she thought Of Tim.
The day Of the phone message hutn
locked up the office early and walked
over TO the factory. She WAS glad Tor
once that tho real estate man PAD SO
little attention TO his affairs, so that
she might give herself this half hour
holiday without any pangs OF conscience
about it,
She went, as directed, to Langley
Nilhsm.'- temporary office. And pres,
entity the factory owner himself arrived
and for an hour the three talked about an
indoor playground for the children, 10
take the place Of the open air one IN winter
a room To be used after factory hours as a
! gymnasium and meeting places Tor the
factory workers.
Ruth felt herself too ignorant to give
idea. about this sort Of thing, but while
they waited for the owner, Langley VIII
lianls told her briefly that she knew lot
md to use her ina gination when her facts
ran out. and 10 plan the thing as she would
want II.
So the girl gave all the ideas she had
, read up in books and articles on social
work. and then began planning the place
a. she herself would want to 1t be. :,
Every one hce ought to have hall
an hour Of exercise IN the middle OF the
dav." she said, trying not to be as timd
MS she felt "You see, ! worked here awhile,
/ and | know how my back ached bending
over all the time, and those girls are bent
! forever over their tables"
So the talk went on, and IN the eno,
the factory owner decided to clear out
a large warehouse and install gymna-
& (,~ hn<h yha rhflHrpn
and the men and women Ii his factory.
Ruth went home and thought about
{, and when she next met the man In
Williams office, she had new confidence
aud many ideas
Il can't give them drills and s,rch things,
for I'm not teacher, she said when that
position was offered her. but you can
get a competent person from the High
School / know that their gym instruc-
tor can come here for the half hour drill
for the workers during the day, and in
the evenings for those who want TO JOIN
regular classes. Basketball courts can be
put In, too, without much cost.
And 80 it went. And IN a few weeks,
Ruth saw her vague idea blooming into
realty-the children delighted in the
new warm place to play. There was a
woman 20 oversee them and TO teach
them games and give them simple exer-
cises The gym teacher IS Ruth predict
ed made an arrangement with the school
10 conduct DAYTIME drills and evening
classes. Bent shoulders were Strengthened,
aching spines strengthened and hollow
chests developed
Meantime the winter was we'll on its
way. And meantime, Ruth and Lang
lev Williams had taken several long
frsmps on Sundays, and Ruth had de-
lighted in his broad outlook upon life.
''Of course, the factory people will pay
YOU for your work on the gym, he SAID
ono day.
But I don't want pay" Ruth was
almost scandalized. ~ think it was a
privilege TO be able to do it, and an honor
to be asked"
'NIy dear girl" Langley said with
alightly ironical infection, ''the way to
get along in this world is TO do good work
and receive good money. You've done
great thing for the workers IN that
factory m there TO put the place On
an efficient basis. The first thing did was
20 improve their lighting and their ventila-
ton. so the physical conditions while
working were ideal. The true efficiency
goes beyond that, though. You must see
that the worker has ideal surroundings
even W l4tll flt AS4l Nu4 A4SAe . NAAN
benefit Of the factory as well as the worker
since the factory gains by the larger
amount of better work,
Ruth nodded. She was getting lot
cf new ideas, from this man.
'I saw what you were doing for those
you n gsters-I mean, / saw that someone
vas doing for them, picking them up out
Of the gutter and giving them fair
chance TO use their limbs, and something
above ordinary ughness 10 look at IN the
way Of trees and grass IN their playyard.
] asked who did it and was told your
name. / always knew you were the only
girl in this town who had common sense >
Ruth wondered whether this was a
compliment or not.
You're evidently fitted for that sort
Of work, Langley went on-they were
,striding over a long hilly road that after
noon You'd better drop your clerical
work and take it up. I'll get the factory
people 10 give you some money for what
you We done II wont be much, though
be Thousands in increased output"
Ruth wondered how little the amount Of
money would be, but said nothing. She
would gladly take any SUM. Indeed, she
asked nothing more than 10 do what she
had done. It had been such fun, and II
was doing the factory help 50 much good.
In this pleasant frame Of mind, she
turned into the street leading to her
home. She and Langley were on their
way back from the walk. They passed
the Weeds house, and saw Mr.. and Mrs.
Weed getting intoa carriage. A suitcase
and trunk were put in and Kenneth. in
his best suit, climbed up by the diver.
They went off without seeing Ruth-drove
IN the direction of the station.
Suddenly Ruth lnew-they were go
ing TO New York on the night TRAN
That meant only one thing-Myra's
marriage to Tim. She walked on quietly,
but when they reached her house, Lang
ley was alarmed at her dead white face and
was afraid he had asked her to walk too
fast.
Tomorrow Shadow Turns Black.