Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-14
A SWEETHEART AT THIRTY
The Story OF a Woman's Transformation
BY MARION RUBINCAM.
Protected by George Matthew Adams.
cyNnpSuC OE TIE STORY

SYNOPSIS OF THE STORY.
| In the little old-fashioned village OF
! Henly Falls, Connecticut, live the Haines
| family-Mr. and Mrs. Haines, their two
| daughters. Laura, inclined TO be fat and
| phlegmatic, and Violet, slim and vivacious;
| son, James, whom no one pays much
attention to-and Aunt Enid
Aunt Enid, younger sister OF Mr..
! Haines, is 35 and unmarried. The villagers 1,
| consider her hopelessly ION the shelf. ="
| They speak of her past prettiness, her
present wrinkles, and mention an unhappy
| love affair. That Aunt Enid should ever be
ANYTHING is something that never occurs
to them Her few attempts at looks or life
are smiled at and discouraged. i,
Violet graduates from high school ana
| demands to be sent to New York TO collage.
| One reason is that she is more or less IN
| love with George Pearsoll, who, hnding
opportunities too small at home, has gone
to the city to make his fortune. wi
wants to be where she can see him.
But tho family will not allow her to
| live alone In the city, even in girls
| college. and no one can go with her-until
suddenly Aunt Enid says she will go. She
| has inherited few thousand dollars,
and saws she will spend it sending Vi
through college and ohaperoning her.
Eventually they arrive in the city, as
hopelessly old-fashioned pair rs ever
| came TO town. There is much gossip about
| il in the village, becarNe Aunt Enid s one
| time fiance, Mark Upjohn, had come back
| to Henly Falls and had called on Enid
several times Why, ask the neighbors
| should she 90 away now when she might
| catch" him?
The mistakes and adventures of these
| two souls from the country form several
! chapters 4 tiny, inexpensive, inconven-
iently located fiat is found. They begin
to taste CITY life, and TO wake up to the
possibilities of living. Then Aunt Enid :
great awakening begins. They move
| downtown to a better location. Enid
studies STYLES, learns how 70 dress her hail
| becomingly finds out how great a friend
| Of woman is cold cream~and an interest
| in life In short. she blossoms out like q
| flower in sunlight.
George finds their small home delight
| full and finally brings his employer tf
| coll on them Francis Meade. The college
term over, Aunt Enid and VI return tC
Henly Falls for the vacation. The family
and the village are dumfoundcd at the
| change in these two, especially IN Aunt
! Enid who looks only 80 when she haC
| looked nearer so. Mark Upiohn becomes
| openly attentive, asks Enid TO marry hin
| and is refused Mrs. Haines worries about
/ this Enid should take this sole chance
| at matrmony. she thinks.
They return TO town for the second
/ term. George has gotten in with wild
1 crowd Of people and Violet Is worried about
| him. She can only afford this year at col
| lege, and she feels that George needs her
/ Francis Meade becomes steady visitor
i Aunt Enid coutinues her marvellous trans
| formatiGn. growing young and prettIei
I and brighter under the influence and th'
/ admiration of Francis Meade. A very
| charming romance goes on. smoothly ans
I haDpilv, IL contrast to vi, who ia miserable,
/ over George career
/ Several thousand dollars which Georg,
was carving from his office TO the hani
are stolen from ham on the street Ii secmi
10 be part Of an organized scheme of steal
ing money ami bonds, which the polio.
have found has been facilitated becaus
the messengers have been in league witt
the robbers. and have been well psid 70
being knocked down and robbed. V
knows George had been going abou
with the men suspected of the robbery
and Is torn between the feeling that sh
should tell what she knows and her desire
To save George even she half believes hin
guilty. though she still loves him.
At this point, when Vi IS down IN th
depths Aunt Enid and Francis Mead
become engaged vi persuades Mr. Mead
70 try to help George he had been in
clned To suspect him and between them
they succeed in proving the boys IN
nocence.
Aunt Enid and Francis Meade ar
married Meade promises to send '
through college. and have her live wit
them meantime. George and Vi are en-
gagged, but plan to wait until the girl ha
finished her education and he earns
salary large enough TO take care OF her
\ Laura, meantime, has married prosper
Gus Young farmer, and James, whom no
body ever paid any attention TO. continue
: TO plod along helping his father on hi
Iarm, and dreaming the wonderful thing
he IS going TO accomplish when he ca
get around to them
The contrast of the story is betwee
young love and mature love-and tn
moral. that woman is never too old {
claim the great gifts of life. But she ~us
make an effort to go out and get them,
Enid did, not stay in discomfort and dis
couragement. A woman can be anything
she wants TO be, If she wants it hart
enough and if she tries hard enough-an
age Is no barrier
This is written frankly TO encourag
the thousands of women past the fats
30-year mark, WHO think that the 10
of life and the sweetness of love end wit
the early twenties, and that before ther
is nothing but stretch Of barren year: