The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-21
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[k!44 By Eledn0rHpO1ter AIl
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CONTINUED from yesterday
Father says Mary methev. Marie. and
ever, else say. Mary Marie. dt.
serve In the family hs. Mary Marie 't~r-
rihiy excited aud she d~sid~. 60 wrste
. book--~ hove st.ry--about u, eoiy she
must cali IL a aiar,. because father hates
novels. and she must live with father
half Ut csseh year.
Nurse sarah tells Mary Marie all abaut
things rsther thinks OF nothing but
tho stars. and mother. who is very young
finds thinKs very lonely aftev the first
did ferx-t everything for her. srandms
~hid-- her f.r distraeting fathew FROM
his work. for he 10 10 he pr~~id-ns es tho
coilcx~--shey hop~s Nethe~. In 81 ~
t-napt Ia make father t-spsaisx with the
.tadeut.. ~at-ss ain. . ist but fsth~s
and then Mary Mario h-~sr~ . word
--."divor,~f'--and mother tskc~ hc~ cut
Nc~1 where % decree 10 granted. and
they return Z. pack NO their thinas and
20 10 Re~tsa 20 mothers fsth~v.
In Boston Mary Mario h Marie. asd
she h-xsn- Ia find nfc v~y KAy and In
tc~~ysinG. Neither E~-. sbsos and hiss
x-ol tinss~ and Mari Mario stArSs "a
school She IL very busy trying Go sAr~rids
which Of the men mosh~s sos. gut With
that i'm the .tesy. and besid~~ sh~ fs~ris
that ssus<r care sbooid be taken In s~ieet-
log another father FOG hoe after the
ear~i~~~nc~s shown In the sns-s tiszn of
her first.
pE6rN uEKE TODAY
Wen. anyhow. he's the father rive
grown up with. and OF course I'm
used TO him now. And it's an alto.
gcther different matter to think OF
having brand.new father thrust
upon you. all ready made. as you
might say. and OF course I arm inter
estcd. There's such q whole lot do
Ponds on tho father. Why. only
think how different things would
have been at homo II my father had
been different, There w~re such a
lot OF things I had TO be careful not
tcr do--and jus, as many had to
be careful to DON account OF
father.
And so now. when I see all these
mice young gentlemen tonly they
aren't all young. some Of them arc
quite odd coming to tho house and
talking 10 mother. and. hanging over
the back OF her chair. and handing
her tea and little cakes. I can't help
wondering which. II any. Is going to
be her lover and my new father.
And am also wondering what I'll
have to do on account OF him when
get him. II get him.
There are quite n lot OF them, and
they're all different They'd make
very different kinds Of fathers. I'm
sure. and I'm afraid wouldn't like
some OF them But after all. It's
mother that ought to settle which 70
have-uot me. She's tho one To be
pleased. 'Twouid be such a pity To
have to change again Though she
could. OF course. same sz abe did
father. suppose
As ! said. they're all different
There are only two that are any
where near alike. and they aren'i
quite the same. for ones a lawyer
and the others in a bank But they
both carry canes and wear tall siik
hats. and part their hair In tho mid :
die. and look at you through the Kind
Of big round eyeglasses with dark
rims that would make you look
awfaliy homciy II they didn't make
YOU look 50 stylish. But I don't
think mother cares very much FOR
either the lawyer or the bank man.
and TN glad. wouldn't like 10 live
with those glasses every day. even II
they aro stylish. I'd much rather
have fathers kind
Then there's the man that paints
pictures He's tall and slim. and
wears queer ties and long hair. He's
always standing back and looking nj
things with his head on one side and
excialming. oh" and -Ah,- with a
long breath. He says mothers color
ing Is wonderful. heard him. And
l didn't like IL very well. either
Why. II sounded M II she put II on
herself out OF box on her bureau,
same as some other ladies' dol Stiil.
he's not so bad. maybe, though I'm
not sure but what bis paints and
pictures would be just as tiresome
to live with as fathers stars. when
II came right down to wanting a
husband to live with you and talk
TO you every. day I'm the year. You
know you have to think OF such
things when II comes to choosing a
new father--f mean a new husband.
q keep forgetting that it's mother
and not me that's doing the choos-
ing.)
Well. TO resume and 90 on. There
IL the violinist- / mustn't forget
him But, then. nobody could for
get him. He's lovely: 20 handsome
and ed-iooking with his
perfectly beautiful dark eyes and
white teeth. And he plays--weIl
I'm simply crazy over his playing. ]
only wish Carrie Haywood could
hear him. She thinks her brother
can play. He's q travelling violinis,
with a show: and he came home
once 10 Andersonvilie. And I heard
him. But he's not tho real thing nj
all. Not bit. Why. he might BE-
anybody. our grocer. or the butcher
up there playing that violin. His
eyes are little and blue. and his hair
is red and very short I Wish she
could hear our violinist piayi
And there's another man that
comes 20 the parties and teas oh
Of course. there are others. lots Of
them. married men with wives. and
unmarried men with and withou,
sisters. But mean another mar
specially. His name is Harlow