Evening star., 1920-02-29

says j, 'Dut -
DO you know" he breaks In. II bss
llevs l should like 1t. II you think
she's good looking now. young man.
you should have seen her at nineteen
at twenty-five or At twenty-hvA
What An ass l was! And now I sups
pose she's like 4 full blown rose.
perfect, sxauisite'"
"Oh. don't mean she's any ravfn'
beauty" says !. hedgin'.
You don't eh?" says he. Well. IA
just like to see. You may tell her that
will No. I'll phone her myself.
Where is she?" .3
And all the stallin' around I could
do didn't Jar him away from that
idea seems 10 Rave forgotten all
about this Mabel person who was go
ing to sing. He wanted to call up
Louise right away. And he did. =
So l don't have any chesty bullstin
TO hand Mr.. Robert whom / gets back.
"Well?" says he. did you induce
him to give the right answer" .
Almost" says /. Had him panicky
inside of three minutes"
And them" asks Mr.. Robert.
Il overdid the act" says l. Talked
too much. He's coming"
Mr.. Robert shrugs his shouldera
Serves Bruce right" says he. Y
wonder, though, how Louise will take
it,"
For couple of days she took IL
hard. Just talking over the phone
with Dick Harrington left her weak
and nervous. Said she couldn't sleep
all that night for thinking what It Y
would be like to meet an hubby
that she hadn't seen for so long. She
tried to picture how he would look.
and how she would look to him. Then
she braced up.
III 1 must go through it," she con-
ndes to Mr.. Robert, II mean to look
my best"
Isn't that the female instinct for
you?
AS a matter of fact I'd kind Of
thrown 1t into him a bit strong about
what a sumner she was. Oh. kind Of
nice lookin'. fair figure. and traces Of
a peaches-and-cream complexion.
There was still quite a high voltage
sparkle in the trustin' blue eyes and
the cheek dimples was still doin' busi-
moss. But she was carryin' more or
less excess weight for her height and
there was the beginnings Of a double
chin. Besides. she always dressed quiet
and sort Of matronly.
From the remarks l heard Vee
make. though. Just before the weddin',
I judged that Louise Intended to 70
the limit. While she was outdttin'
Polly with the snappiest stun to be-
found In the 5th avenue shops she
picked some for herself. under.
stand. too, that she was maxim reg'lar
trips to = beauty parlor. and all that.
How foolish" I says to Wee. Il
hope when you get to be forty you
won't try to buy your way back to
twenty-five. 1t simply can't be done"
Really says Wee, givfn' me one Of
them quizzin' looks.
And. say. that's my last stab at CIV
in OF the the wise stuff about the
nose powderin' sex. pos-f-tlvely. For
I've seen Louise turn the clock back.
Ch-huh! can't tell how It was done.
or go into details Of the results. but
when she sails into that front pew on
the big day. with Dick Harrinxton
traiiin' behind, I takes one glance at
her and goes bug-eyed. Was she q
sumner? I'll gurgle so. What had
become of that extra twenty pounds
| wouldn't even try to guess. But
she's right there with the sveIte Ag.
ure. the schoolGirly flush and the
sparkliu' eyes. Maybe 1t was the way
the gown was built. Fits like the
peel on a banana. Or the pert way
she holds her head, or the general ex.
citement OF the occasion. Anyway.
mighty few twenty-year-old screen
favorttes would have had anything
on her.
As for Dick Harry-wsll, he's
spruced up quite a bit himself, but
you'd never mistake him for anything
but an old rounder who's had q clean
shave and a face massage. And hS
Just can't seem to see anything but
Louise Even when he has to leave
and Join the bridal procession his eyes
wander back to that front pew whsri
she was waitin'. And after tie all
over I sees him watchin' har n sci.