South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-06
Revelations of a Wife

81 ADELE GARRISON

tremen pretty and her costume is
Granted au Of that Dicky rec
t0-ted testify. eff b. were question
az taking her t0 dinner and the the
after 3 arm not sure thai j wOuldn
jump at the chance. but ass model.
t4at pirl HASN'T the first qualihca-
N0n her lines aren't right nor her
hands nor feet-aud shed never
learn how To- pose-she's taught
school goo long been too much abso-
lutte bo~s-she might try Go make
her muscles obey but she couldn l.
-he ISM plastic enough. Aside from
those tu0 qualifications either OF
which ls absolutely essential for
model. she's perfectly all right
Dickys voice was heavy with sar-
casm. knew he meant 10 be per-
fecf'v crushing and I tried 90 keep
my sccret jos out Of my face and
$50 look properly impressed.
elm awfuIly sorry Dicky" ] said
meckls But really i didn't mean
t0 annoy you To all started as the
interest jest. ] admired her costume
immensely and told her so. She
laughinely said she would ike to-
have Friend husbands artistic APP
prevail and I :oId her that YOU
would want 90 put her ON a cover.
"Aud then she made am altitude
record ot course my husband re-
piled. with touch Of arrogant COM
piaDeuoe boo ms voice which ] resent
cd but which / knew was justified
hE his experience. wish / had a.
hve spot for every girl who has ask
ed to goo nn one of my magazine
covers. We'd circle the world I'm
IuNury the rest Of our days. old
girl"
The words were "a reminder of
the thing which sets Dicky apart
from most husbands. save those who
are feuow-artists. musicians or ac-
tors and makes unusually difficult
le Wifely task of managing or hold
ing him-the fact that countless silly
women. of am degrees of pulchri-
tudc and purse bcsiege him by let
ter and personal interview for the
chance 90 Joe a part of the girl
Illustrations which are fast bringing
him to the top of his profession
AIy common sense tells me TO
share Rory O'More's philosophy that
"there is safety i'm numbers" II re-
minds me that Dicky is far less apt
90 faI "a victim of the charms of
some pretty girl than would "a man
who rarely saw one. but where did
% young woman ever have common
sense where the affections Of her
husband are concerned She may
pretend 90 have, may conceal her
jealousy $50 admirably that no one
ever gucsses it, but it is deep i'm her
being. a very part of her. ready 10
spring into flame at the striking Of
match. ID takes the wisdom and
cooling blood Of approaching age
to Danish jealousy and with Harriet
HraithWaite fresh in nay memory /
ann not even sure of that sedative.
Funny thing about models. ="
Dicky stretched himself ln loung-
ing chair. and took out a cigar-he
knows that love t0 have him smoke
when hos talking TO me. and ne had
talked himself into "a good humor-
there isn't one girl i'm q thousand.
BETTER say 20 million. who has all the
qualifications for perfect model
Tho only absolutely perfect one ]
ever begging your pardon.
my dear for bring up am unpleasant
-uhiect-was the Draper. Cad, that
ei'l had every thing down To- the last
. bone oi her little finger, and vital
ity, She could keep pose longer
than ana body ! ever saw.
GIVE cot book ON now that I'm
tempted 90 turn back. simply be-
cause can't lind anybody 10 fit
the text. 10 dear Oracle weren't
deep in dungeon celr ] believe I'd
send for her. even if had 90 throw
"a Gordon OF police around the studio
tp Keep her from starting "a revolu-
zion IF she happened to think OF it,
~afzburg. now 1pc and two FOR
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