Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
The
Marriage Triner
:, HAZEL pEYo BAToHEaoH nH1E 10
H H,n.ont, 1870. ov Public LEDGER co.

Bdrooingu. hit an unconscious one.
rage nJ.no,rg Iu.,u, a. aid the fact that she
HT stsn terribly spoiled hGd 9reass
soo, go, fo do Nth her seWshness, a" shn
.phsn sh she discovered ner W'ss1n ~, iii Iii,
yds vet,g IA ff moi drijted far from her;
kt"., III iorsd her pdsstondtely, dnd
He ~ smms,dship toith Katherine NetD,,
hs Vras b1sed merely on mhtudI
trv WHEN Barbara realised me
!o,s !oss she sa,c that ~ ntdrrdge o,,e
maT oive IN order that Que may tune,
sm say S sh9iioD aud that friendship
tsh ana because II asks too much.
ro sSao aces her sister, Eleanor, saved
Baroo," ioyriess marriage. bnt her
tom, friend, Leslie Gilmore. married
.o,.kappiiy for money. Shc dLso mas
W. sop,eshinD about the toorkerS, Jor
om oa,S III ,bs met Katherine NeUbery she
- chased all girl WorkcrS ~ ono
"roup ", beneath her.
yr WAS July, hot and screening IN the
l,w hut gorgeously lovely In the
AcMg, resorts where society flocked to
s.,,,ai s..mdie away the hours. Barbara and
TsIth Grant had made no triumphal
sotry into Newport as Marcia mad iond,
:" circle which Barbara had led SO
sSnreI,,,antly; sne, and society had never fin
,,bsd talking about 1t.
l'nyE Marcia, amazed and angry at first.
h.d already marshaled her forces and
was was busy making plausible excuses: she
siil hoped that IN m,o the ran ,,t sarpaIa nrsds
s0u sOulS come to her aid, and that, ably
Visited by her mother -in-law. she would
sssk 10 regain the little kingdom that
Sad once been hers
''S Sof course" she said to her husband,
wise old Jeremy who ,,k kept ms n. t,''r own
An, of his wife as he had listened ever
snse sv% their marriage, Barbara is young.
shs doesn't realize the importance OF her
nostIon, And then she and Keith have
Ken married only year. / suppose
TmIght have expected something like
his Keith is just like you. Jeremy; he
Sats, sl'p, society, and Barbara has foolishly
ryen way to him."
'Isremy said nothing, but thought
,rsat deal. He was not blind and ne
SaS seen things at the offlce-thinge he
never new spoke Of to any one: Once he had
seem Katherine and Keith leave the office
Nswbery and liked her. He kept quiet
.Sout it. confident that matters would
work out all right. And II Keith, through
,ny action Of his, had succeeded In
forcIng the chains of society that had
always kept his father tightly bound. SO
Mis- wife. He admired her greatly; but
he would have been happier with her
II early In their marriage sometning
could nave nappeneu 70 INQUIRY ner AM
billion. Marriage 10 MN nau not mean.
round OF s1cie.y any ,IoIe .nar Ill IL a u.a
10 Keith. his pl0ou nau once run req
IN his veins and 1,h ne had der Sraved for .,a the
Now. as he looked back. he saw that
Marcia could never have been happy In
the environinems ne WoTiu nave cnosen'
BARBARA was uiiLeFelt' Lnere was sorhe-
thing sturdler IN net na.ute ana, pc
sides sne oelongeu 10 announcer genera
tlon s oro ,rrnr,sos ,,o,
q. No o,e was ,io'e e., SUI s INA snah e.r, Us
lie Bennsm "hen sne neat1 Inat heltn
and Barbara had gone on somewhere
togeher no one was 9uite sure "nere'
she laugneu IN her priIliant way, con-
scious OF ner suaHe gouns psrtecIion,
wanted; And yet barnara mad some
thing that she could never nope to have
Ia certain roo 100. N H. hei.ms ehay eyes acne one
Mss Of purpose, the tnought OF which;
Y sne nau periIl'tteu such .mIns' wouIu
nave We brUusnn = Iuinp % e,t tes.,es tnroM, ~
baroasa 81. on hat rock IN tne
.asue .rnoon oi r,inS nnSe o'Iereeh pine one
s,al.s sntnvY" m'ie.,Is @ q et.e'; .neg mau
vTcnea .. % snesr tip camp pa aa & up III t the noum
.s,ns .ns.,n wneTe tney naa spens t"9se nrse
s1,ntVe sSnuerui WEEKS .i loSesher aha IN tneir
than had been there even then. Barbara
tst w.;,t an almost mo- passionate alteration OF
keith as she saw the change IN him
anu, Sra '"t,e vas so,ietn inS poisnantly
S.,rs. s"ee. ~ .ne coihpiete understanding
Vet"evd 4 evdas sneIi,, H.. h.our,.
vi,s 'auIen Iea s'.oui orousn. her 20 her Ieet
:, ~'iu ~ sttIa tuSp oi uer heart; keitns can
sns ae nui"xa,n Ia h ,r ,m co'oI 10 ner Iace
zone since morning on trip to town