Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-28
A SWEETHEART AT THIRTY
The Story Of a Woman's Transformation.
by MARION RUBINCAM.
THE TURNING.
Projected by George Matthew Adams


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washed up tho dishes and Strengthened
the living room. Helen showed me how tc
manicure nv nails the week before, and
I wanted 10 do II myself this evening.
noticed the Improvement IN my hands
from the first week or so IN town. had
hecn doing bu, little hard work, and in
addition, | had learned TO protect my
hands Now ] was learning how to care
for the nails-the little details of creams
and pumice and bleaches for stains and
other things that most women know, and
that do count tremendously IN improving
their appearance.
Helen came in later, when her restau-
rant was closed for the evening.
"Your hands do look years younger,
she commented approvlngly when l
showed her the results OF my home
done manicure. You know, I've a theory
that the various parts of our bodies are all
separate individuals and die of neglect.
n YOU neglect your hair it falls out; if
YOU don't take care OF your skin, 1t shrivels
M: and If your hands aren't treated with
proper respect and attention, they grow
old before their time.
She held out one of her large, bony
hands and amined II.
You have pretty fingers and a nicely
shaped hand she went on. 1T Is soft
and feminine and shows all the sweetness
and refinement that you possess. y ow
my hand shows my awful common sense
and my intensely practical nature.
Where's VIZ" she asked suddenly.
told her.
What bad crowd for her to be
with she smmented. ''They wont
affect her, she's too sweet and sane IN her
point Of view But they will make her I'M
happy and they will affect Bud.
Her words increased my own fears.
Violet, like most women, had an
infinite capacity for sacrifice She would
give up everything, even her point of
view. for the man she loved. Against her
instincts and her better Judgment, she
was accepting these people whom she
dlsliked How faI would her love carry
Der, against heI common sense?
was to find out that night.
For ] was so worried over the whole
situation that could not sleep. went to
bed and lay there reading for a while. en-
loying the wonderful luxury Of a book and
bed and q reading lamp-Esther would
have considered such luxury positively
immoral. The door INTO the living room
was not quite closed, and the light there
was turned low
Presently | heard them come in.
knew something was wrong.
! mean that. ! simply went 20 out
with those people again.
Niolet's voice was low and excited. In
spite of her agitation, she remembered
that might be asleep and did not want to
disturb me
But Vi they're perfectly all right OF
course 1OOts hash I any brains, but she's
a good dancer and a good little sport.
shes rude and vulgar and"
And Petes all right You can't say
a word against him. He's put me on to all
sorts Of good things"
He makes you spend more money
than you can"
"HeNshows me how to make more
money, too" Bud was trying to be pa
tient, but his voice showed he was losing
his temper.
Il don't mean his extravaganza. Nor
yours, for yon can do as you like with
your own money. But it hurts me to see
YOU waste it and I'd rather you did not
waste Il on me, that's all" / could guess
the strain the girl was under.
But that wasn't why YOU broke I'M the
party tonight. What if / did have nv arm
around Toots in the cab? 1t meant
nothing, and she's-well, she expects that |
sort Of thing. Really, it didn't mean a
thing TO either Of US
you kissed her"
We'll, / know. / didn't want to. But
she was sitting next TO me and we were ali |