Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-02
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO CHANCE
nv Marian Rubincam.

M tfiANtfl
That was the thought which kept
running through Ruth's head all the
vay home irom the station. No chance
She had M chance to make good, To
chow tho world the world being her
family what she could do.
A. made her silent az the dinner Ia
RI put Mrs q Neil felt that Ruth
ras aenreSScd over Myrs's absence, so
md nothing. And MIR, o'Neil had his
meal served 10 hun IN his room
The only mark of sympathy that her
uothcr showed directly was 10 insist
on carving Mr. - Nchs tray mp 70 him'
You hooked tircd, and haven't been
do,ng much TODAY. she SAID ana went
out a., tho room with the laden tray
And Ruth sat staring INTO space
NaplrN she saw the Ing dining room
6lled with great pieces of dark walnut
t,,vn,t,,r, With "A sldchoard covered
with carved designs and boastlng three
+, f,ur n,rrors Lace dolhcs covered
"a marble tons and the numerous shelves
that ran NJ the sides, and on Cach do'lE
rcDosed "A piece of gIlt-and-color CHINA
or snmr fancy niece oi silver
Inc DINING table WAS built IN an age
-, b,sn,talty was morc lavish ar
when families were more numerous. ~
could hr made 90 seat 30, and at us sinai
lest held ought llut the tahl'c'"thS re-
onr,,d tn cover such AN eNpanse oi w"oH
Nerc lar too costly for the . Neils 10 ~
tnrd and too hard 90 launder as wen.
~ Mrs O'Neil set the table Tor the tilre1
a. on. end of the board. with small
-, And these were made from her
h,g tahlccloths, cut down ana henli''Vu'
v'th a.. vnrn PARTS cut away.
=, Ruth AT and stared Her dish oi
.n,,l, sauce the cheapest dessert 10
Isr, was untouched Tier ewes were
s,,,r,3 somewhere bevoud the edge "i
white cloth. ON the polished dark surface
al the hare wood
\o chance
What could she do What was there
~ her ii Narkctown
Shc went over each poSNhlh'N 81
wnrl. wondering how much Week Sno
could make on each. and what me lu'"'e
wt. \anr 81 them seemed very a''iNct w.
Vl,cr,,s Il She were IN the CITY there
vas a business school SCNcrM. ~ laCl'
,Lcr, fb, srer,t 81 success was taught
~ar,N Il could not I've much ~ tearh
N,I .bc won the puzc for qWCkncsS ana
..boisv,ht,, a school she could have ne
a,+p.alt. ri.kirg NJ thls II her mud COM
rrsbeoa,d drad LATIN. certainly y w"'gd
gr,.n tl. h,lnE language "a po'h"'GS
fhyf -t,nagraphrr~ made ~ t'S4N. =
.Ler.tII ~, fh,. class lu algebra. certain
b.,lI,.i,,,r would oflcr no trouble
And Without tins training. 81" cou'd
81 nowhere
rn mother came hack the tray lad
,.n WITH half-cmpticd dishes
or father h'panf much appet'W;
s,a rrnark.d CASUALLY gong on ~ inc
Lreh.a R,h followed her large inquire
utb hrr tNcs
~ course 'hcrc was that e marry
t,t.c + family and groW stout w 70 do
that III pavtrt, and aa hecAS' Sh'
lacked T ia, huadrei dollars q give hcI
,hr rcvdcd training
NJ chance,
MECHANICALLY shc cot I'M. and gath
erred IN, dishes from the ta.ie M'ch-
sn,eauv sh, dred tho cnp~ a,d lAalc>'
.tarktus them neatly. then LOADING
,rav IS a. 10 make ono tr.p ~ 'hcm 70
10 dining ra0n cupboard kAth had been
taught cthcicutly a. iar As househe'il'R
went
''no YOU want n g AZ an1d 81 Win
vour father for a whilc MIS- 8 N'H
askea rrnslng the dish towels out 10
Rot watc, a. shc finished he'f Work
"All night in a msnuie
II Vss thc least enthusiastic response
she had cvcr gwen q such SUGGESTION +.
Unusually the mes wher h'r .athcs vas
100 m ~ leave has room wcrr Io~lui> 81
5.hel, ~ Rutl Far II one with Inn With
ans he INTRUSION ~ the world ana -
pefty problsms She could entc- TIC vague
'lreen cat.utr, b which be lived halt The
tirne II was + country peopea hN Inc
character trom lls books, anc the Silll
move delightful characters from h'N own
rlfnd "A cnuutrs Whcre IMAGINATION was
e,,~tfhlrr and money plavcd 10 part