Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-20
A SWEETHEART AT THIRTY
The Story Of a Woman's Transformation.
by MARION RUBlNCAM.
Protectcd by George Matthew Adams.
! AM AWAKE:

NNi NNANb.
Chapter NXNll.
We were wonderfully happy, those
hrst few weeks in our new home. Every
day | did something To make IT more
delightful, joyful at finding so many new
and wonderful things that | could get
TO put in IT,.
We were down in district of quaint
little shops, and they fascinated me.
Aud they educated me. talked with
the girls who kept them young girls
usually. with ncrvously intent faces. m
tclligcnt eyes and early wrinkles iound
out quite marvellous things.
! found. for instance, that all needed
on the mantel shelf of our hvingroom
was two brass candle-sticks, and between
them stra OF Japanese brocade, tackled
against the wall The whole cost me
Sand | could have gotten cheaper
things az that and the result was de
light IN its simplicity and richness. AT
home, we would have loaded the maptel
with bric-a-brac. and the effect would
have been n discord. not a harmony.
found that lengths of Japanese tow
cling crossed on the table were prettler
than tablt linen and cost a trIfle found
that single shallow bowl of brilliant color
was all | needed 10 brighten one entire
dtngv corner oi the room indeed 1T
would take pages To tell the many things
picked hp around the Greenwich Village
section, costing almost nothing IN them
selves, but all combining To make a cheer
ful and artistic little home for us.
All this took two weeks. Then, hav-
ing made our surroundings all we could
desire. ! turned my attention TO our
selves
Violet was as wonderfully happy at
college a. | WAS let free IN the city She
worked hard for her training had not
been adequate and the new studies re-
qulred all her powers The only thing
that worried me was that she seemed TO
make no friends OF course, Bud came
several nights "A week and almost always
spent Sunday afternoons with us. And
Violet was the picture of clated happiness
When he was near her
How about the other girls IN your
Clhsscsf ! asked one night Violet curlCd
up on the couch in tho hvlngroom. study
rnV and was setting the table for dinner.
She looked up. httle guilty expression
On her fac.
The, r. All right. like them. she
shd
WHY don't YOU invite some Of them
down here
She sat up, closing her book
Well, 90 tell tho truth. Aunt Enid,
haven't tr,cd T. make friends with any
uf them. luu see my clothes, our clothes
well, We 10 dress differently | expect
Wc do look queer
But cmd YOU don't mcan-has any
one madc fun 81 vou''
w that ls. no one has said anv-
thing The, r. an nice girls But thdre is
we'll clothes make a difference
7 should have seen Ia that first Sud
drulN ! praspcd the humiliation the girl
had been suilcnug AL these weeks, con-
,olnu~ d. only Young girl can be Of the
vast difference between herself and her
classmates = superficial difference based
on nothing hut few wards of material
und a manner ol cutting and sewing, but
keen IA us effect on the glrl herself
That evening thought ont a new plan
tins time concerned with clothes, rat her
than the house. \ woman FIRST instinct
4 usually her personal adornmCnt: MANY
indeed, sacrifice the home To that But
m me the homc-makiug instinct was
strongest. Clothes, of course were things
ha,i had httlc 10 do with Esther had
bought my clothes with hers and made
them like hers
Next week ! bought some good blue
serge aud made Violet simple little
dress cut on pattern bought IN a good
store u was hard 10 make 1t up. Our
clothes had ALWAYS been cut and Scwe
after one fashion "A gathered skirt and
fitted basque waist But Il was finished
after a while and indeed the girl did look
different IN Il She became suddenly.
city girl. she belonged AT once in this
new and delightful home OF ours And
when she was stared at on the strict, It
was look OF admiration. not Of surprise
OF amusement.
ha
love it, she said when she tried it on.
And felt more than rewarded
Then ! began on myself | bought n
jar Of cold cream
What a friend 10 woman Is cold cream
II l. not the virtue II may or may not r.
have in itself. Its physical worth is its
effect upon the woman mind. Ii makes
her wish 10 be beautiful it makes her
mind dwell upon youth II reminds her
not 20 frown II keeps her from growing
careless 1t makes her want to better
herself
Nery timidly one dav | forced myself
10 enter beauty parlor. felt ridlcu-
lous | apologzed to the superrilious
girl who waited on me. ] felt in my lou
that Esther must know what was doing
and must bc calling me AN old fool.
Nevertheless, had my hair shamppoed
and had my face massaged. And asked
questions at every step Presently the girl
warmed a little to me, and gave me a
great deal Of advice on stimulating the
skin and cleansing it and patting in soft
creams 10 keep II smooth.
I went home and looked closely in the
mirror.
! did look younger There was hope
after all
Tomorrow Bud Does Not Come.