Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-22
THE GIRL WHO
SMILED THROUGH
Nv Marion Rubicam-
Coryricht, George Matthew Adams.
QUEER NEWS.
Matthew Adams.
Chanter &c.

1napttE A.
Several weeks passed by. Ahee t,ieu
hard To ge. back into her old NE, puV
somehow she codld not manage 70 ht ~
The evenings tired her by their unevehI-
fulness. the days dragged IN spite oi 'no
things she found to do. r.
There's more than enough work ior
evervone. il they'll look around for It.
her mother often remarked. Ana Aiice
found that was true enough.
She started again at the Settlement
un,,sc over in the foreign section oil
Tho city They were delighted 70 have
brr for-as Is the case with SO many
nriyatelv started philanthroplcs- thus
excellent work had begun WITH mare
ri enthusiasm and had settled down 70
al incfiicicntly run institution
The girls who were so crazy to come
horc I'M the time and work, have been
ton busy gong to dances and trotung
of to the city for theatre parties, 70 do
ANYTHING worth while, one OF the women
When we began this, you couldn I
keep them away from here, and every
dirtv faced little urchin that came was
an adorable darling, she mlmck'u
the girls manner. Now, they, say 'ic
children 5 hand mark up their silk dresses
and they make the rooms smell 50 oi slfl'"
that my aides cant stand It.
Alice laughed. She had come over !"
take one Of the afternoon classes y
n'nnId break into her day, she thought.
50 She listened with sympathy Whlie the
woman talked on. 81,
WHY don't YOU have my friend Clara
Iovcc come and take the sewing classes
she suggested "She sews heauIiluilN'
and she's learning designing as welt !,
..Clara ,Ioyce? Oh YES, she the glii
that has been making those lrenchy liitie
frocks for children. I've seen them. ne
women here arc buying them up as iaSV
asshe turns them out The woman though
awhile. .'Of course, she wouldn come I'M
less we paid her for her tlme-lt Wolidh
he fair TO ask her otherwise, ~
She sat looking at Alice awhile. hen
she seemed to have an inspiration,
"Niy dear. why don [ you take charge
Of this settlement house for US mean,
on salary? The committee has been tax
ing about getting in a regular charity
worker. but the good ones ask more thaa
we can afford to pay. imagine We could
offer SIS a week That's not much, ouI
its a fair average of wages IN TINS sInali
town, and your hours would DC easy
Alice looked her pleasure at the idea.
"All the committee would help one
member would be here each day-bit
We need someone to oversee the Whoie
thing. 10 organize classes, help teach'
keep books, do nelghboThood Nlsllhs
YOU know, you did II last summer
81 Il was finally arranged Nice was
yIsd to have something that compelled
her to think Of Others for q certain number
II hours dav. She had had no training
- charity worker. but she had something
hetter-a broad sympathy and gooG t'al
III common sense. Both qualities were ee#-
"a in her dealings with the poor q A9
Peppita vas delighted to have her
beloved Alice 50 near her, and came
every day again, an Invaluable aid IN
the work Clara came too, and gave
her services without pay one afternoon
week, teaching the older girls me
ewing and dressmaking And the wealthy
women Of the town were oelgh5ed 70
ave a reliable person Ill charge oi ihelI
lct charity
This happened little while after Alice
one back She had led this position noW
IT several weeks ald except ior the
nonotonv of the evenings when she
wasn't working. she Was little more con
Christine vrote her faithfully every
week from the CITY. and perhsps. BY
her vivid descriptions Of the college
life. She made Alice isolation and lone
Illness worse.
II saw David Thorne. she wrote q
week or SO after Alice had come home.
He hunted me up, no less, to ind out
about YOU. | was furious-why had nj
he sense enough TO stay away YOU
didn't want him about Why should
II BE you that had to % away, lie might
have done il, | think 80 ! told hlm iottlly
I believed YOU were TO be married al once
You told me il was 70 be summer. and you
we're coming back In the fall. but / thought
Id make It sooner and tell David 50.
This meant nothing 70 Alice 1t thf
time. She felt sorry for the pain engaged
IL would do no good to tell him she hac
broken that enga cement She did however
tel Christine, and received 2 long Iettel
IA return III which Christine scolded heI
for Welding again to her old love,
Then one dav, several weeks attel
her return, when sse had settled dow1
into the work 1T the Settlement House
she found another letter from Chrlstln'
She had come back from Ter work, ant
opened the letter eager for news q -
city. The first words were.
Guess what David Thorne VII
died vesterday-he sent word he couidn
lecture because
But the rest of the words blurred Ahct
stared, uncomprehending II that hrs
sentence.
Monday y-Expectatlons