The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-21
JUST A GIRL
Blu JANE PHELPS
EDITH's ENGAGEMENT.
CHAPTER 10.


was awfully glad it was Gregory
Stuart whom Edith was going to
marry. 1t would insure her remain
ing in New York, and while didn't
care for Gregory like Edith did, yet I
liked him very much.
Edith is older than you are" dad
said when 1 told him she was engaged.
"Only a little more than a year.
'It makes a difference what you are
talking about how long a year seems
to YOU doesn't it?" roguishly asked
dad.
1 pretended not to know what he
meant. But knew he referred to the
time when I thought a year a long
time to wait for letter from Kenneth
Lawrence.
Edith being engaged made things in
our set even more lively. OF course
we all gave parties for her; then We
gave a linen shower, and teas without
number, it seemed to me. She was the
second girl in our crowd to marry
Rose Hartman had been the first, and
Rose was %. OF course Edith wasn't
married yet and wouldn't be for some
time, but being engaged was very eX-
citing and interesting, not only to
Edith, but to all the rest of US.
1 wonder why it is that being en-
gagged seems to make a girl so attract
i've. Is it because some boy or man
has found her so? Not that Edith
wasn't attractive before she became en-
gagged but it seemed to add immensely
to her popularity. 1 guess it makes
one feel important, too.
oh, well. suppose shall also be-
come engaged some day, after long,
long time. 1 would hate to be an old
maid-aItho it isn't quite so awful now
If you believe the newspapers, and
some of the stories you read, some of
them are quite happy. But think 1t
is rather strange that they nearly all
talk about men. 1 know because 1
belong to some charitable societies run
by them. And not one of them but
IL you listen-you can hear talking OF
the 'Sterner sex.
Mother was awfully interested in
Edith's engagement.
Gregory is a fine boy, and has every
thing to make a girl happy"
Meaning money!" 1 broke in.
Eyes, in a way. His prospects are
very good. His fathers business Will
undoubtedly come to him, as he is an
Carew, and has a private fortune also.
I consider Edith has done extremely
we'll"
Gregory is nice. mother. But he'll
never attend to business like his IA
Their does. He is too fond of dancing"
He won't have to. His father
doesn't either. only the older man has
the work habit-like your father-and
doesn't know how to stop. AS for
Gregory's dancing, he'll not care so
much for it when he is older. 1 no
tice men. as a rule, do not"
"Oh, I don't object to a man dane
ing! I only thought he was more of
a dance fan than most of the boys.
Why, 1 came near marrying Mr.. san
ders because he danced SO wonderful
ly. Far be it from me to say anything
against dancing"
Don't use slang, Zena. 1t is bad
form"
1 used to annoy mother dreadfully
by saying such things. and 1 really
tried not to. But some of the girls
were so careless. and after being with
them and the boys, found myself
almost unconsciously repeating any
new expression L heard.
well, Zena, one of your prospects
is gone 1 hear Dad said when mother
told him of Ediths engagement.
Yes, dad. Sad, isn't it?"
Every. I hope you will be able to
bear UP under it."
III try"
Gregory is a nice boy If he is a bit
spoiled. 1 think he will make Edith
happy"
That was the difference between dad
and mother-if you know what I
mean. Mother always thought of ma
terial things in those days; while dad
never spoke of them. He thought be-
worth more than anything else.
Mother thought of these things. too
but afterward. She couldn't help it,
tho. She had been brought up in So
ciety.
Tomorrow-zena's mother)