Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28
"CindereH,S
Daughter"
SYNOPSIS
i'y HAZEL DEfU bAICHELUB
copvrioht. 1890. by Public Ledger Co.

bycgbS her engagement because Blu
INNS has no money. She continually
rewinds Virginia Of her fooliShneSs IN
oo;rg through toith the marriage phen
Jimmv has no money either and Vtr-
0"ia has rather hard time. Jimmy
e iaken i'll and dies before the baby is,
harm. Afterwurd she decides TO iDork
yor herself and the baby rather than
N accept the offer of a home from
Jimnvs family. Her one talent is
octipg. aohich she has shocn at school,
and she obtains q chance to play a
sndU part IN one of the seasons
oiovs. Bin Lyons has been left
iegGcv and is doing ,cell, so 'ceU that
Kathleen, uho is IN Neio York study
ina designing, decides that 10 aCouid be
n good idea to get him back. He has
5ciriendcd Virginia out of his regard
for his dead friend, and the three arc
,brorn more or less together. Kdth-
leen has told Virginia that already
The old engagement has been rene,oed.
The question is, does Bill Lyons still
care for Kathleen? WIN he 90 back
10 his first Iope?
VIRGINIA fought shy of Bill all dur
Y ing the next week. She was trying
TO analyze her own feelings 10 under
stand why it was that she had felt SO
hurt and grieved that evening he had
telephoned, to her and had not come for
her as he had said. She remembered the
afternoon that telegram had come with
news Of the baby's illness. The flame
that had suddenly leaped up between
them and had been as suddenly extin
ruished. the urge she had felt in her
own veins and the light in Bills eyes.
What did all this mean? What was hap
pening to her? She had never felt this
way before; she had never thrilled at
Jimmy's touch of her. The romance that
Virginia had woven about love had been
shattered as soon as she had been
brought up against reality and Jimmy S
real nature. She had been too much of
a child to know her own mind. but a
certain passionate sincerity in her ma =
ture had prevented her admitting this
fact even to herself. She had wanted
10 love Jimmy, more than anything else
IN the world she had wanted that, but
his refusal to understand her nature
had frozen that side Of Virginia. AL
though she cared for him because he
was her husband, because she had mar
ried him. his lack of consideration had
prevented that deeper feeling from ever
developing.
In n weeks time Barbara was well
enough to travel, and Virginia went
down on Sunday morning and brought
the baby back to town in the afternoon.
She left the Andersons liking them bet
ko. @b,, e1, hoI Clio hoI nc Sf oI
upon visit in the near future. 1t
was one thing to have them come to
see her when she might have her own
way about how things were managed,
when she was at the head of her menage,
no matter how small. and quite another
to have Jimmy's mother attempt to run
eTerything herself. Virginia's indie
pcndence had brought her closer to her
mother in law in small ways than either
Of them would have believed possible.
Virginia looked absurdly small and
impracticable to be the mother of a
baby. She had Brought Emma down with
her TO help with the trip to the city.
and Emma sat in honest hearted ecstacy
with small brown Barbara in her arms
all the way up to town.
Emma from the beginning was the
babys slave. and it was astounding to
see how quickly Barbara fitted into the
scheme Of things And yet Virginia be
gan to find that the extra charge of tho
baby was very taxing. She had to
sleep late in the morning in order to get
the proper amount of rest. and now she
was always in the deepest sleep when
she had to get out of bed to care for
Barbara. Emma was anxious and eager
to do everything, but Emma had the
care Of the apartment and the meals. It
was all right to expect her to stay with
the baby when it was necessary for Vir-
ginia to be at the theatre, but Virginia
wanted to do things for Barbara her
self, She loved to put the baby in the
tiny tub to watch her splash and kick
and then TO dash the talcum powder
shakes. 1t was fascinating to slip the
fat arms into the tiny wooden shirts, to
put on the stockings and wee bootees
and then to choose the crisp little dress
from the chest where the baby's things
were kept scented with lavender. The
trouble lay in the fact that Virginia was
trying to hold down two jobs. She was
an actress, a woman whose profession
Is perhaps more delicately poised than
any other. Her slight part took a great
dea out Of her, and although she made
a fairly good salary it was not over
abundant. The apartment, in good
neghborhood. cost great deal, and
there were Emma's wages and the food,
and her own wardrobe had to be kept
In good condition. No, the $50 a week
was not any too much. and worrying
about burning the candle at both ends
began to tell upon Virginia. She used
up more nervous energy than she gen.
Grated, and she began to look pale and
dragged out. Her eyes were dark ringed
and She startal at every sudden noise