The Washington herald., 1921-05-29
By HARRISON RHODES

In the accent Tbsrs v.s seDsfhtns % pasas
ant In the vay she addresssd hrse6 % our
little partyi A. earlier the magic a mare
had made her fatrer. % now thts
friendly courtesy. this poor little inAsrns-
tonal amenity. made her younger. Tbs hind
Of life she was lesding ases women sud
denly realized that she had been not % lons
ago . stri-and lovely. Perhaps vhsn inn
had been-
Il love my love IN the sprtnst1ms-
she began The pronunciation Of the o's w.s
odd. But her voics softensd from In habitual
rasp and . little Of thu tsndsrne@ of the
hackneysd hal1ad vs. IN her tntrprstaf3on
Even the srssss MsfkoAs and lEonsssw 10
Toe gave hn . neCiiesnt sftsnfsen Bvun ]
was for . momsnf trsnsportsd h.1k scru.s
the Atlantic. p~haps nst su1ts 10 osso. -
- . simplicity which for thss nnmsnf
stripped my onsmspentsztm from M md
ths sophissoat,sa which I - octa fun61
imagined vas NINA Almost uncsusrsoUey 7
turned TO ths laAy Il eur paru. shs 9a
smiling at the stas~, bsr syS rspt md
tender. yet down her chee,., 20 fssnuy pink.
frank and una6ashsd tear slevty flowed
sAe put her hand affectsenatsly On my arm
and murmured sof1y
Jim used to sing that % much BE hah
Q lovely voice.
.Ah, had het" and L perhaps 70 hide my
srnotion, turned back 10 the lady on the
stage. The song was nni.hsd and - man
ased to make Q small tumul of spplans
which might almost have recalled the nns
days Of the ceba,e4 Ko~doSa when MICA
iarkish, khalt-ciad boys had sat vhers We
now were and cried for more
II learn - song from American po1s,-
she announced She smiled shook the over
eolden hair with eoqpetry. and waved her
hand Eayly at the -American poi1u,s coD-
patriots. Yet was I mistaken! Did . tear.
also frank and unab&shed. Gov sloviy down
her cheek. 20 brasenly redf
II wonder n she'd sit At our table said
Mrs. Stanley n . clear. low voica You
could order bar . Eiass of bser. - Or and
she smiled At ma -vh.tsver queer thing
that IN you havS-
Two fat local rentlemen made rbs gtd m
equally handsome effer. II h TO be presumed
a she emerged from the rttle door AZ ths
side Of the stage. but she came straight %
Us. almost a. n she knew that ve, too, would
pay for an American Erog she liked
You Ike ne sonEr" she asked
Yes. liked the song said Jtms mothsr.
Il want 10 ask you . question she went on
I felt. and I imagine her husband felt. that
matters had been taken out Of our banda
Did you-do you know my SOM
The girl looked puzzled She turned TO ma
who translated Mls Sunshine Eavs . light
laugh. She shrugged her shoulder.
How should I knowf- she asks6 Il
saw 20 many. knew 20 many
He sang that song bes.n the eaoe
woman. II his song she went on ustns
the pathetic broken English which ve an
suppose makes the matter easier for foreign
ers And to my astonishment she began and
sang softly with . queer old voics the md
line:
I love my low
But she could not 20 on Slowly she opened
= netted bag Of black and drew out . picture
II vas In . sman silver frame, and the faith
full American Gag IN cheapish enamel vss
draped At the top. Jim looked At us cheer
fully. Miss Sunshine stared At him What
she felt 1 could not have said. bot fen
something icy eiutohins At my own heart
n etait potre flsf- asked ths Eti
slowly She sounded calm. even hard-G
brave, was III saw heT hands tighten On
the tables edge. She started to rise. then
changed her mind Something new svept
over her face, over which % many emotions
had already sureed
-votrs nls." she repeated. slnost snerfy
now. He Is in America 5e suppose
In America Jim's mother made . funny
helpless little gesture with both hands, -
IL to indicate the black she wore.
IN est mort" found myself saying. and
then. quite preposterously. as Il needed 70
translate IL, He is dead
The blonde girl caught the photograph
again and stared at it half dazed for . SEQ
end. and then suddenly bent over II on the
table and broke into fierce tempest Of sooaL
It was not opportune for Monsieur Tc!Too.
who was at that moment recountins In song
the adventures Of a portse oo-rt bourgeois
who had taken q trip from Paris TO Dieppe-
He hesitated and then finished his couplst
and stopped-we were never to know to what
point the liveliness Of Madame E-oichs led
her. For an instant there ws an en-
barrassed silence in the sale. Ther the
1rosse kathiide got up-she was not % bad
after an-end put her hand on her fellow
artists heaying shoulder.
what can / do for you. dear onef- she
asked. What are rivslries 70 artists but
things to forset7
The yellow head was raised q little Ia n