Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-27
"CindereHd,S
Daughter"
SYNOPSIS
nv HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
ropyrioht. 1890. bv Public LEDGER Co.


V;roiuia West is married right out
Al boarding school to Jimmy Ander-
w, n moor man. At school she has
f,come friendip pith Kathleen Fos-
Isr, a girl pho has totally different
Jens of life. Kathleen tries to per-
,vode Vir1inin not to do anything
Soolish. and she herself breaks her en-
oooement to Billy Lyons, Jimmy's
tsst guy'fid friend. because Bill has no money.
Tiroiuia Iedrsn Dhdt IL is 10 be poor,
and she is not entirely happy. Jimmy
seems changed. A sudden illness
uhich becomes serious, takes Jimmy
of suddenly and Virginia's baby is
born after his death. Bill Lyons has,
In the meantime, been left a legacy
and Kathleen decides that it Will be
north her ohile to get him back. Vir-
oinia is left Nth no money aud she
decides to make use of a talent for
acting that she developed long ago at
school. she asks Bill to help her.
Kathleen begins to find Virginia
foctor, and in order to prerent any
FERROUS complications, tells her that
abe and BIZ haze become engaged for
lie second time. Virginia gets small
part in one of the current plays, and
shortlv after the play opens in Nc,o
York, neps comes from her mother
IN. ln,o that the baby is verv III. Viz
aiaia realizes for the first time that
she should not hare left her baby epen
for q short time, and she ruskcs off
IN the night to find ,chen she arriucs
there that Barbara is better
WHEN Virginia left Crystal River the
w next morning she and her mother
IN law had better understanding than
ever before. When Jimmy had been
alive Mrs. Anderson had treated yir-
sinia like cleld who did not know her
own mind. This attitude on the part
Of the older woman might have gone on
indefinitely if Virginia had accepted the
position in the Anderson household that
had been offered her. Once ensconced
as part of the family. Virginia would
have been condemned for the rest of her
life to doing things as Mrs. Anderson
thought they should be done. Barbara
would have been brought up as Mrs.
Anderson had brought up Jimmy. But
Virginia had refused the offer of a
home for herself and the baby and had
gone to the city to find work. Mrs.
Anderson had objected strenuousiy to
the kind Of work that Virginia had OBJ
tanned. but this was natural She was
q minister's wife and the stage seemed
to her n place where ali women went
wrong, an inferno of glittering lights
and subtle temptations. But with her
disapproval there was also the feeling
that Virginia had become aswage- earn
er, that she was earning 500 week.
And the girls complete breakdown
over the baby's condition had done more
to bridge over the feeling of antipathy
that had existed between the two women
than anything else Virginia could have
done.
Virginia left late that afternoon in
order to be back for the evening per-
formance. Mrs. Anderson had prom
ised to let her know if anything went
wrong with Barbara. but the doctor had
assured both women that morning that
the child was out of danger. or Nirgisia
would have refused to leave.
She reached home at about o'clock
and Emma. to whom she had tele-
graphed. had a simple dinner ready for
her.
"Mr Lyons was here this afternoon"
she said as she placed the chicken en-
casserole on the table before Virginia.