Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-06
"CindereHd,s
Daughter"
SYNOPSIS
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELoR
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mother goes through her moneV, and,
although she has erpected Tirginio to
recoup the family losses BY Wedlthy
mdrrioge, Virginia is thoroughly in
tore With and determined TO marru
Jtnlmy anderson, man she has met
tehHe stiH in school Kathleen is en-
goged to Jtmmy'S trtcnd, Bill Lyons,
9nt breaks her engagement because
Btt has 30 money Virginia is mar
rted to o'JimmY at the anderson home,
and nrs. West is unable to be pres
eht because Of her OlCn marriage aud
departure for Japan. Marriage ,cith
Jimmy IS not all that Virginia had
imagined, as she discovers rery soon
after the ceremony.
VIRGINIA learned from that one
experience that, although Jimmy
really loved her and she never had any
doubt of that, bis love did not
excuse those faults in Virginia which
his mother had never possessed. He
did not take into consideration yir-
ginia's youth, Virginia S rare sweetness.
her inexperience or anything that might
have far overbalanced her thoughtless-
neSs-in housekeeping. He expected her
smoking and on time, with everything
uniformly good. He expected his home
to be in apple pie order when he re
turned to it at night, with his dinner
ready for him and his wife ready TO
minister to him. After that he wanted
Virginia to be attractive. and charm
ing, but if it came to choice between
the two he would have preferred her in
bungalow apron rather than any com
promise as to his creature comforts,
Virginia never forgot that night when
she returned home late, intoxicated with
youth and the excitement of the day.
eager to tell her adventures to her hus-
band, and Jimmy's reception of her. He
treated her like naughty child and re-
fused absolutely to meet her mood, He
stood over her while she washed and
put away the dishes, fixed up the bed
room, and then helped her get dinner.
His manner was utterly uncompromis-
ing, and if Virginia had not felt SO en-
tirely in the wrong, she would have re-
belled at his superior attitude. She was
proud, she had never been treated this
way, and if Jimmy had but known it
he developed in her that night hard
ness that had never been in her heart
before.
She was very quiet during the meal,
and once having punished her, Jimmy
was ready to make up. He questioned
her about what she had done during the
day, and Virginia raising her eyes to his
face, answered him without rancor,
but absolutely without enthusiasm.
Afterward he followed her out to the
kitchen, and helped her with the dishes.
He felt vaguely uncomfortable. He
would have preferred Virginia to storm
at him, rather than treat him with
absolute silence. And yet in thinking
it over he felt that he had been entirely
within his rights. If he had not put
his foot down in the beginning Virginia
would be running off at tangent like
this every day. Yes, the more he
thought of it, the more he felt
that he had been absolutely right. Vir-
ginia was sulking now, like a child who
has been reproved. And yet, deep in
his heart Jimmy could not feel that yir-
ginia was sulking Her manner was
| subdued, not stubborn. He wondered
what she thought of him.
! Virginia was very quiet for several
days after this. She stayed at home
and made every effort to give Jimmy
what he wanted She made mistakes,
but they we're the mistakes of ignorance,
not carelessness. She loved Jimmy
thusiasm of youth, but her ecstatic feel
ing toward him was dulled. He was
not her knight in armor, he was a very
human man with his mother S faults in
delibly stamped upon his nature. If
Jimmy wondered what she thought
about when she brought his dinner to
him, he would have been surprised to
know that Virginia was treasuring
that day spent with Kathleen as some
thing bright that she could cling to and
remember. 1t came to be one of the
wishes of her life to have another such
day, only this time she would be more
careful She would leave behind her nc
evidence of hasty departure and she
would get home in plenty of time to
have Jimmy's dinner ready for him.
If only the place weren't so ugly
Virginia would look around after Jimmy
left in the morning and wonder what
she could do to make it more attractive
Money had begun tc worry her too. Hel
small allowance went such a pitifull!
short way, it seemed to slip through hel
fingers and there never seemed to bt
anything left for clothes or accessories
Of any kind. She wondered what sht
would do when it became necessary tC
buy clothes. She had plenty of every
thing just now, but when her clothe
became shabby, what then? And he
heart would sink,
1t was Kathleen VINO, running in on'