Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-25
The
Marriage TrnRr

barbara Knight. the most popular
ID IN me younger set, md,Tfes Keith
pnranf the most eligible man OF The
ssosor re Is a dtting cnlmindtton for
her. career, dnd sho p,ans & q ooii',gri ~ shis
fgsn she does Of the problem, OF mak-
INA Keith happy. aud so she ou'fes
hsr real self under a Oenoer OF
socioI polish. she Is y, The real sense
Of he word not q ,oite. not the ktnd
a marriage trifer.
,,ATuERINE NEwBERY had been
n in Keith's office for two years. She
uksd Keith, but there was nothing TOOL
isb about her. She had her own friends,
and they were all optsiae , on ,hnt sne sa,th I,h
Was TO be married, she was Interested,
MI lust mildly so. She was more IN
tsrested in Barbara and the KIND OF iite
Keith would lead, than she was inter
sst.d in Keith personally
Katherine was intensely interested In
,ife, She had number OF friends who
mad fallen into the habit of dropping In
on the Nswberys every Thursday eve
ming. Most of the women were as ag-
or two writer's, several successful busi-
ness women, and the men of the little
noterie all looked upon the women as
nails, comrades. Katherine had no use
FOR woman de who eS,n eST,d ,tb nN1 nave nan per-
cool, detached. well-balanced feeling that
had nothing in II that was not platonic.
She herself had never been touched
IN any way she was heart-whole and
fancy-free. She rather looked down upon
he domestic type of women who were
the humdrum home makers. This was
not because she was light or selfish
II was because che was young, because
her emotions were all asleep as yet.
toI x,,it ,,f-
look on life. the fact that she was a
successful business woman and had
risen above her sex.
Although Katherine herself was blind
to it, there. was, one man Of the crowd.
were anything but platonic. Bob Craig
was city editor Of one Of the big news
papers. He was the typical newspaper
man, cool, composed. keen OF eye. and
crisp of speech. He was ten years
met her cared nothing at all for women
Not another member of the interesting
little group knew how he felt toward
Katherine. He himself was quite well
aware Of the fact that she cared nothing
for him. but he contented himself with
knowing that she cared nothing for any
other man. He was willing to wait,
hoping against hope that some day
things would come out as he wanted
them.
Katherine was intensely curious con-
cerning Barbara, and In her heart of
hearts did not envy Barbara In the least.
She did wonder, though, what Barbara
thought about, and whether or not. bur-
that coated her so thickly. Barbara was
not a real girl. Quite the reverse from
Barbara Katherire's thoughts were a
great many Of them expended on mar
rage. She could never have married
without giving marriage a thought as
Rarhnra had To her. marriage n
thing to be. gone into warily One had to
be sure of many things. To Barbara.
marriage was the ultimate, the end of
things, the natural elimination of a
successful wofnan's career
II was a casual question on Keith's
part that awakened an unexpected bond
between himself and his secretary, an
interest quite apart from anything Keith
was prepared for There was no per-
sonal attraction In It. Keith loved Bar
|bara just as passionately as he always
had, but that friendship, that exchange |
|of thought, that voicing Of ideals that
Ia man tells only the woman OF his heart |
|was gone, Something Of this ne felt
him with calm, level eyes and spoke to |
him coolly and sensiblS on things that
| interested him. W ".'
It was ons afternoon after he had |
closing her book and was about to leave |
VIXEN he startled her by asking her a |
question on marriage. /
Katherine dropped back in her chair
land for the first time looked upon him.
rs she might have looked upon one Of /
the Thursday night crowd, with simple
friendliness The interest with which |
he asked the question could not help |
evoking interest in her own heart, and |
she responded eagerly. ....H
Tomorrow-The beginning Of q new
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