The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-05
REVELATIONS
OF A WIFE
~ ADELE GARRISON
Why Robert Savarin Said to Madae
''You Saved My Social Life"
and Disconnected DicLcY

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and Disconnected DicISy.
shall not soon forget Robert Saw
arms return to the world of little
formal dinners. shaded lights and gay
chatter.
| With an understanding of the social
handicap under which he must labor
after the terrible years of Darkness
which had been his, I planned to give
quiet little dinner in his honor al
orr own home before he would be
compelled to face the ordeal else
where.
want to have but six at the table,
the Durkees, Lillian, Savarin and our
selves. Marion begged so hard. how
ever. to sit up just for this once. "
that Dicky and l. abetted by Robert
Savarin, overruled her mothers re-
quest, and the little maid was wild
with delight.
The small girl had made a complete
conquest of the famous artist before
she had known him five minutes. Ever
since her arrival they had been in
separable Perched on his knee, she
had prattled Of all her childish affairs
and questioned him naively as to his
life in the Catskills and his work, and
she had dragged him with her to see
the chickens and the barn cats, the
two great attractions for Marion
which our country home possessed.
Dicky and I, usually prime favorites
with Marion were set aside complete
ly. Dicky grumbled and pretended to
be wildly jealous of the famous artist
adding greatly to Marion's glee there
by.
Lillian's eyes followed the strangely
asserted pair everywhere. And in
them there shone such an anguished
recognition OF the contrast between
Savarin's treatment of her little
daughter and that given to the child
by her husband, Harry Underwood.
that my heart ached for the misery
that was hers.
How Madge Helped.
PurposeIy / made my little dinner
as formal as possible, for knew
that as soon as his return to the
world was known, Robert Sayarin
would be deluged with invitations, and
I did not wish him to face the ordeal
of being entertained until he first had
had a chance of attending q dinner
in the quiet, friendly and uncriticaI
attitude that knew would permeate
the atmosphere Of my dining room.
I did not fully realize his dilemma
however. until just before dinner. when
missing him, / found him standing
IN the dining room. unobtrusive1y
studying the arrangement of the sill
yer. It flashed upon me that he was
not sure what fashions in serving had
changed since his time. I managed
to withdraw without his seeing me.
and when we were seated at the table
I took great pains to pick up the
particular piece I wanted before the
Others, so that the artist who sat on
my right could follow my example
without embarrassment.
He got through the dinner without
the slightest gaucherie. and in the lat
ter part OF it delighted us all with
his "reminiscences Of the rich past
which had been his before the tragedy
which had shut him off from men.
Like a Schoclboy.
could see that when he was him
self and could rid himself of his shy
ness he would easily dominate any
social gathering Diclzy and Alfred
Durkee were like schoolboys at the
feet of the master in their reveAence
and admiration Yor him Little Mrs
Durkee and I, of course, were rather