The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
PARENTSVEXED,O
BEAUTY LOSES
WEALTHY HOME
Rich Little Poor Girl" Awakens
To Find Herself Cinderella .
Reversed.

NEW YORK, Sept. s0.-Cmdereila |!
reversed! % 4
From Wealth and h4rury to pov-
erty and toll. (
From being the petted darling of
a wealthy old man and his chiLdlessl
toife to the life in the kitchen and
bGrnyurd of hard lOorking farmer. Z
From an Gristocratic home IN !
Verona, N. j., to an old fashioned !
community on the eastern shore Of
Maryland. ~, I
From round of attentions and I
gayeties among friends and admirers
to a neW life among strangers. To-, I
This is the surprising change.
which faces seventeen-year-old HiIda z
Shanks, who was graduated last
jane at the head Of her high school
class in Verona, n. j.
Until few weeks ago Hilda, who
has a deep dimple in each cheek,
whose retrousse nose shows roguish-1
ness, and whose hazel eyes beam life,
thought herself the daughter Of
Louis Shanks, of IA Chestnut road,
Verona, wealthy retired business
man. -
A Petted Darling.
AS far back as she could remember
she had called Shanks Daddy" and
his second wife. Mona, Mother" The
attic of the Shanks residence is filled
with the costly toys of her childhood,
great jointed dolls with real hair and
sleeping eyes. miniature baby car,
riages. sleds, sewing machines, rocking
horses and paint boxes.
Shanks had set apart the best room,
In the house for her Between its four
windows. looking out on a chestnut
grove, its walls are covered with pic.
lures and college banners. Costly silk
and chiffon dresses hang in her ga
cious closet. In the parlor Is ma
hogany piano, bought for her. For,
twenty-five years Shanks was Newsrk
manager Of the Western Electric Com
i'ouses in Brooklyn and Elizabeth. ~
Now II turns out that Daddy
Shanks is not her father. after ali.
Her parent is Edward Marshall. &
farmer Of the eastern shore OF Mary
land. where life goes on much az t.
did before the war;" On Sunday,
Marshall is coming to take her barlt-
to Maryland to help out on the farm
"And she never put her hands In the
water to wash dish all these years"
said Mrs. Shanks today. .'-
Great Blow to Her.
Hlda said:
It's been a great shock to me, III
admit, always thought they were
my parents" =
She stood self possessed in a tan
silk sweater and plaid sport skirt,
holding her bobbed head firmly erect
as she went on:
II don't know how I'll like 1t. II
reminds me Of the times I've been
knocked down playing basketball
and got up and went on playing
again until my head got clear once
more"
There was the residence and vigor
OF youth and energy about her as,
fhe continued: dr..
I'm so sorry there has been any
Misunderstanding. I'm not demon.
stratiye. Perhaps daddy and mother
expected too much from me in ex;
pressing my love and gratitude for
them. II had known that they,
were really not my parents, l might
have been more open in showing
them l loved them. But I thought
they understood ] loved them with
out my telling it all the time. T'n'
not musical. Perhaps l should have
played the piano more for daddy
when he was sick and helped mother.
more. though she never seemed to
want me to-"
Were Devoted to Her.
There were tears in the voice Of
Mr.. Shanks, white-haired and bent
with his seventy years. as he reached
into wallet he carried near his
heart. brought out little picture
Of Hilda and said:
She was my wife's brothers child.
Her mother died when she was baby
and her father was poor. So we toSk
her. We treated her better than my
"wn children by my first wife. was
then and 1 couldn't give
them the toys and the comforts and
the education that I've given Hilda.
When 1 was sick she wouldn't play
the piano for me, although spent
hundreds of dollars on her musical
EDUCATION. I paid for her education
in converts before she went to high
school here.
"All she thinks of is having a good
time. She goes to dances and parties
and comes home late and I'm old and
can't sleep till she gets in. I took her
In because I wanted companionship
and cheer in my old age. but 1t seems
was doomed to disappointment. q
Seeing she doesn't act like q
laughter to me I decided to tell her
when I got sick, and the doctor told
me ] would have to go away for my,
health. that she wasn't my daughter
and could go back to her own father.
Maybe she'll see when she gets there.
and has to knuckle down, what we
gave her here and she'll apprec.
late II.