Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-09-01
A SWEETHEART AT THIRTY
The Story of Woman's Transformation.
BY MARION RUBINCAM.
Protected by George Matthew Adams.
NEW ASSOCIATIONS.

Alter all though, there was nothing
we could do. We could be as nice IS
possible 70 Bud. We could make our
fiat so attractive he would not want to
60 elsewhere, and we could warn him a
little when we saw he was getting rest
less for the sort of company Pete offered.
And that was all.
And the question was, would IT be
enough?
After Buds confession. vi went about
rather quiet and serious. This was some
thing l hated TO see-yet something
| knew was inevitable. Vi was growing
up rapidly.
Sometimes think we grow up by hurts
and pains and little tragedies. Happiness
keeps US young-so sometimes if we have
too much of il, il makes US shallow and
thoughtless. But on the other hand, too
much sorrow may make US bitter-or
richly sympathetic. a
Such sorrow as Esther had suffered
had only made her more resentful. 1t
remained TO see what effect similar ex-
periences would have on Violet but |
felt sure they would not make her Bit
ter. Still, i wanted to spare her every
thing / could.
Meantime. as i said, there was moth
. ing we could do, except to show Bud
We cared for him
And | doubt whether that's a good
thing Helen remarked TO me one day
when she ran up for morning visit
Bud is already a spoiled child and Vi
only makes him worse. He's too sure
Of her, that the whole trouble"
You've had such success taking me
in hand" ] said, that if you want to
take hold of Violet, I'm sure you'll make
things come out as well for her as for
me"
Helen grinned, her delightful, humor-
Gus grin. She was sitting IN her favor
ite posture, on heap OF pillows on the
floor. and she had on the brilliant batik
negigee that had so startled Esther.
Lend me your morning paper" she
said. II want TO read up the latest news
and scandal and by that time I'll have an
idea"
| left her comfortably fixed, and went
on about my housework. The breakfast
dishes We're soon cleared away, the beds
made up, and the little bedroom made
charming again-Vi had dressed in a
hurry to take a college examination
early that morning and her possessions
strewed the room from end TO end
Then / Strengthened and busted the
livingroom, touching each of our pos
sessions with delight. ] never lost my
Joy in going about this coy bit of home,
set down In the middle of a still squalid
neighborhood
You've just the homemaker's TOUGH"
Helen said finally, dropping her paper
10 watch me Its something In the
way you settle things in their places,
as well as in the places you choos for
them"
II should say it was the things chosen"
/ answered, pleased at the compliment
That's part Of it too. But you have
the correct sense of things. You know
the quiet of a neutral toned background
and the restfulness of bare spaces. You
know the sort of bright color that should
break into AN otherwise monotonous
corner. You instinetively choose the
article that's plain and good in line
Listen 10 the girl, interrupted /
was still not too used 10 fattery.
Have you been taking your exer-
ciscs?' Helen demanded suddenly. i
flushed little
II have been forgetting
You've no right to forgetp she
seeded GROSSLY. "a woman your age
who wants TO keep her youth would
have TO do little work for it; woman
who has lived as you have, who wants
TO regain her youth, must work FIVE
times as hard. Here, III make you q
program to follow"
She went over to yiolet's pile Of school
books, took some paper and Il pencil and
pad and, sitting on the floor again, made
out my program"
You get up, when? All right.
put 90 housedress over your pightie get
breakfast and do yodr routine work
without corsets-and get as much exer-