The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-09
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will all he over. and | must simply
endure u until that time comes. Ldfc
ls fun OF trouble. anyway
Life was full OF trouble. she saw
IL on all sides. Hut " hat trivial mat
tera they were, after all, that
troubled f.llnor and Vera and Judy
Moran' Vera was etcrnally rushing
into fresh. furious Inequalities. wei.
coming hordcs OF men and women
she scarcely knew Tito her house,
chatterink. laughing. drinking: flat.
tcring the debutantcs. screaming al
tho telephone. standing paiicn,
hours under III. dressmaker's hands,
never rested. never satisfied. never
stopping 10 think. Judy Morap-
trouble was that she was too fat,
nothing else really penetrated the
shell OF her indolcnt good nature
Kenneth might be politely dropped
from tho family firm. her husband
might die and be- laid away. her
I brothcr.inlaw commence an ugly
suit for the reclamation OF certain
jewels and silver tableware. but all
these things meant far less 10 Mrs.
Moran than the unfiattering truths
her bedroom scales told her every
morning. She had reached the age
OF nifty without ever acquiring sur
ficicnt self control TO rid herself OF
tho surplus forty pounds. yet she
never buttcrcd a muffin at break.
fast time. or crushed French pas.
try with her 'ork at noon. without
an inward protest. She spent large
sums OF money Cor corsrts and
gowns that would disguise her I'm.
mensc weight rather than deny her.
self one cup OF creamed-and. sugared
tea or one Dor OF chocolates. Aud
she suffered whenever casual
photograph. or an unexpected
glimpse OF herself In mirror.
brought TO her notice afr~nh the
dreadful two hundred and twenty
pounds.
/ And Eiinor had her absurd and
unnecessary troubles. rich mans
wife as she was now. and firmly
established in tho social group upon
whose outskirts she had fingered no
long. Tho single state OF her four
sisters was n constant annoyance TO
her. especially AZ Peter was not
fond OF the girls. and liked 10 ailud.
to them as "splnstrrs- and "old
maids" and 10 ask more entertain.
Ing and younger women 20 the
house. Elinor had never wanted a
child. but In tho third or fourth
year OF her marriage she had b..
gun TO perceive that I, might be
wise TO give her worldly old hua.
band an heir. much better that, at
any cost. than TO encourage Mis-
fondness for Barbara ELEPHANTS boy.
his nameaak. nephew. who was an
officious. self-satisfisd little lad OF
twelve. But Nature refused to CO.
operate In Eiinor's maternal plans
and Peter Junior did not make his
appearance at the big house on the
avenue. Eiinor grew yearly nosier.
moro reckless. more shallow. she
rushed about excit~diy from place
to place. sometimes with Peter.
sometimes with one OF her sisters.
not happy In either case. but much
given 10 auarrcisorne questioning OF
life. II was not that aba could no,
get what she wanted 10 much as
that she did not know her own mind
and heart. Whatever was momcn.
tarily tircsome or distastcfui mus,
be pushed out Of her path. and M
almost every friend and every
/ human experience came sooner or
later into this category. Elinor
found herself stranded In the very
center Of life.
u Alice had her troubles. too. but
when her thoughts came 10 Alice.
Rachael found certain envy In her
heart. An. those were tho troubles
she could have welcomed. she could
have cried with sheer 10y AZ the
Thought That her life might some
day slip into the same groove as
Alice's life. Rachael loved tho at.
mosphsre OF tho big. shabby house
now: IL was the only place 10 which
she really cared 20 20. There was
In Alic" Valentines character some,
thing simple. direct. and hlgh.prin.
cipled that communicated Itself "a
everybody and everything In her
HOUSEHOLD A small girl In her nur.
very might show symptoms o.
diphtheria. n broken tile on the root
might desuRe the bedroom cellinra
an old cook leave suddenly, or a
heavy rain fall upon a Sunday pre-.
destined for picnlcklnK. but Alice
Valentine. plain. slow Of speech. and
slow OF thought wrnt her serene
way. nursing. consoling, repairing
readjus,ing.
L She had her cares about George.
but they were not like Rachael'p
cares for Warren. Aiic. knew him
90 be none too strong. easily tired
often discouraged. His professional
successes were many. but there were
times when the collapse OF n tins
child in n free hospital could bio,
from Georges simple. big. tendei
heart the memory Of a dozen achieve
ments. The wife deep In the claims
Of her four growing children. some
times longcd to put her arms around
him. TO run away with him TO some
quiet land OF sunshine and palms
some lazy curve OF white beach
where he could rost and sleep. and
drift back 20 his old splendid onerg,
and strength. She longcd TO cook
for him the old dishes he had loved
In the early days OF their marriage
. 10 read to him. to Jet the world for
get them while they forgot IN,
world.
Instead. hundred claims KEEP
them here in the current OF affairs
Mary was a tall. sweet, gracious cir
Of sixteen now, like her father. .
pretty edition of his red hair and
long featured clever face. Mar,
must g0 on with her music. must b,
put thru the lessoning and groom
ing Of gentlewoman, and take hel
place in the dancing class that woult
DO the Junior Cotillion in a ycni
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