Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-31
4 DELIGHTFUL Euening

After an GmicGbe dtoFCt' M -
suit Of three years o. mar'Tugge y,Ho"
Iona are free 10 seek out romunCe'
Diana makes The separation octUto"
them stu more definite oy %sappe"
ina from the old crotCd. az" ta"y.g '
nositiou as designer tCtth dress
making establishment AHtr nna.i
other men begin 10 make an dpped'
70 her. FtrSt there IS Dan BIShop,
inc cdrerrdn type. trhtch hns o"eap"
jntcrcstcd her. A. close range. hooV-
crcr. she does not care tor, coteman
methods duy more than Julian cares
IA, Nar0ery WeStotPs type o. peued
Oirihood Then comes reuHhy W'u-
o,,e1. from the West, dnd nt me same
tine Juddn is attracted og horEsns" npom
LereW. successful business ioomnn'
Giru,es Mditby and his daughter
Glddus. take Diana out for dinner
~ A wav Gleaves Maltby admired
l. Diana because she was clever JiS
himself was clever and ne appreclateu
brains in others. above all IN women.
10 had amassed a great deal OF money
,bro,,rb sheer clevernGss, but II wasn't
until he came TO New York that ne reai-
ized how the women Of the country had
mobilized in the rank and ME OF nusI-
ness life since the war. GIeaNes .hat-
hy's idea OF women was not compre-
bensive He had never been really IN
love, FOR his wife had been rather stupid
and they had never met on the same
mental plane. His daughter ne loNeo
but he knew that she needed something,
and he had not realized just what that
something was until he had met DIANA
Diana was clever and she was not
beautiful exactly but quite the mosI
arresting and disturbing woman he had
ever met. She had that much-to-De-ue'
sired quality called breeding Her clothes
were not so expensive as they were
chosen with exquisite taste. and she
studied her type. Diana could takt
Gladys and make something OF her
Maltby was sure of that Ana yet Una
wasn't the reason he wanted her Tor
her. something that vaguely disturbed
him. No woman had ever made MN lee
that way before
Diana ordered the dinner with fiat
tering. deferential appeals TO ner nos mos'
and II was quite perfect in every way.
Nothing that she did escaped IN
eagle eye of Gladys, who realized
vaguely that Mrs. Long had perfec
poise that everything she did wa wa,
over she had decided in her own minc
that Mrs, Long must have seen better
days, that she had probably beer zee
wealthy at one time in he" lire. Ih'
thought that Diana might work be
caUse she wanted to work. and tha
there we're women all over the country
working for the love of the thing, neNel
occurred to Gladys. In all her proVih
Cial mind the end of the war had put q
stOD 10 such nonsense. OF course, dur
ing the war IL had peen quIte lashloH
able 70 do war work
We are going to see Lady-Fingers,'
said Maltby, as they came out Of tn
dining room into the lobby Il hope yol
haven't seen 1t
Diana shook her head. II haven
gone to the theatre great deal thi
season"
the boards" said Gladys, in her higl
/ treble and with an air OF what she in
! tended TO be sophistication.
How dreadful" said Diana, but he
quick smile robbed the words OF an
sting, although Gladys looked at he
| suspiciously
They had a box, and Diana sittinl
near the railing under the soft lights
drew many eyes to their party Lettinl
! her eyes drift idly over the house con
( sclous that she was attractive and well
dressed and that an interesting looklnl
man was paying attention TO her, wa
| verv satisfying. She felt thrilled an
| exhiIarated as she hadn't been in yer,
| long time.
For the first time she felt that strang
! sense OF freedom that she had hopel
! would be hers after her divorce iron
| Julian Gleaves Maltby was responsible
| for this, for with him she did not fee
| helpless and unsOphisticatGd as she hat
with Dan Bishop, but Independent ant
fascinating. She felt that her very in
| dependence cast mystery about her
| and that this very independence wa
what attracted Maltby to her. In thi
she was quite right.
Once. as the lights went down and th
| curtain up. Diana, who had turned 1se
head TO hear something that Maltby IA
saying. lifted her lashes suddenly ant
met his eyes. IL was close, lntimau