The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-05

Monday, August 2.--Still whirling
about furiously, although for divers
reasons 1 managed to do several
weeks cartoons ahead, and deposit
them with Mr. Reade, dear creature
that he is. l declare I feel quite sad
at the thought Of leaving him and the
newspaper, honor bright. have learn
ed so much from my chief, and in such
a short time.
However, as he points out to me.
I shall know much more when l re-
turn, and I shall be much more val
liable to the paper through this new
experience Of mine. This thought
cheers me up.
Like the darling that he is,
Mr.. Reade presented me with check
ahead, for the drawings that turned
in to him yesterday, and the check
was a substantial one, and made me
feel so independent about sailing, and
all that! There is nothing so wonder
full as the feel of ones own money,
made by ones very own self! l can
hardly bear to think of cashing some
of these, my first checks. Somehow
or other, it seems like sacrilege. How
ever, the times demand that one down
any such sentimental ideas, and keep
abreast with progress.
Mother and I had an argument this
morning about that adorable scarlet
evening dress of mine. She was all
for my not packing it for the great
trip and I stood pat for its going along
or Lindsey remained behind with it!
That's firmness for you, Ell?
Well, Lindsey won out, and the
dress went in. Why, goodness, I ex-
pect to fairly dazzle some of those
self-satisfed Partisan danes in some
of those famous cafes in Paris with
that frock, see il l don't.
Mother asked me if would miss
my Jack terribly while in Europe,
and seemed somewhat scandalized
when l told her Eyes and no."
There is certainly, no use to try to
understand the young women of to-
day." said she despondently. To
which l answered that she was quite
right about it, and that they were SO
easy to understand really, if one was
in sympathy with them, that 1t was
not necessary to try" as she put it.
There was no effort needed in that
direction. Ma always thinks me pert
when I say these things to her, and
yet heaven knows l do not intend to
be. | only hope to clear up things for
her in my own way. While she was
absorbed in trying to straighten me
out, slipped a new thought magazine
in with the pile of new stockings, thus
avoiding a useless argument, for
know that mother would have fifty
fits if she knew that I possessed such
a magazine. Jean gave it to me the
other day and asked me to read it for
my own good. | intend to do so at
the very first chance, for Jean usually
knows what she Is about, and no doubt
hopes to help me in some way by
this book. In any case l have an open
mind, and do not hesitate to read all
and any literature that processes to
have a purpose, and this does, know
While l was in the midst of my
packing, at about eight-thirty this eve
ming, Jack called and l told Molly tC
show him up to my room. l had tc
finish this packing, and yet I could
not bear to disappoint my boy; SC
be came, beaming furiously and bear
ing a huge armful of roses for his
Lindsey.
told him to find room on the couch
or the bed, if he could, and stopped
long enough to toss aside a pile OF
lingerie, so that he might sit down
sniff at the lovely roses, and then &C
on with the deadly business.
How he laughed at my way of toss
ing things into the drawers. 1t was
such fun. really! Look here, Lind
sey, l can pack those ribbons and
hankies better than you can" said he
and he did! He is a handy man, is
Jack, and will certainly be an addi
ton to the family as well as to my
disordered life, in more ways than one
Like everything else, two heads are
better than one, even in packing, anG
with Jacks help the work got well
under way. At first it looked so hope
less, and yet when he began to hand
me things I found that l saved evel