Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-26
The Restless Sex

BY Robert Chambers, Author of I"
| copyrighted 1913 by
1T it?" inquired stephanie of
, Cleland. II forget"
Yes" he replied, "if you don't
draw too much hot water.
Take your first Helen" she
Take yours first, Helen" she
and gossip with Jim for a while"
She unpinned her hat and flung
1t on sofa, united a large box
of bonbons, and careless of her
charmingly disordered hair, vault
ed to seat on the massive centre
table--a favorite perch of hers
when a young girl.
Helen fingered to raid the
bomb rs; Cleland Immediately be-
gan his pet theme:
why do Americans eat candy? |
Recause the nation doesn't know
how to cook! The French don't |
stuff themselves with candy. There |
isn't. in Paris, candy-shop to
the linear mile! That's because
French stomachs, being properly
fed with properly and deliciously y
cooked food, don't crave candy. II
But in country noted for its
wretched and detestable bread"
oh. you always say that" re
marked stephanie. Some dav
TT go over and find out how much
truth there is in your TRADES.
Meanwhile, I shall consume candy
when you go over" he said.
you'll go with me-" His voice /,
was low. Helen had strolled into =
the best room" and was standing
there with a bitter chocolate be- Y
tween her fingers, contemplating a
the old-tme furniture. =
When 1 go over to Paris" >
said Stephanie airily, II shall in :
vite whom / choose"
who will 1t be?" :,
"Oh, some agreeable young man =
who isn't too bossy," she returned =
airily Somebody who doesn't "
try to place me in day nursery :,
while he goes about and has his y,
t'ng. But of course, that doesn't ~
mean you. You've had your fling, =
haven't you?" /
Not too violently" he said.
That is your story. But / think
I'll investigate it when l go over,
md tell you what I've found out
when 1 return"
Helen finished her chocolate la
md came back. II
Where the dickens is that un- cl
happy cat do you suppose " she 81
inquired. X
"oh she'll turn up at dinner nj
ime," Cleland treasured her. "Do dt
ou know where you room is, bi
ielen?" be
How should ~" returned that da
oung lady, never having been O.
a the house before uT
Dear, forgive me! cried Steph- ma
ME, jumping from her perch and lo'
assing one arm around Helens sig
houlders.
They went away together, the
orm'r waving a saucy adieu to
leland behind her back, without 4
lrning She did not return. =
So he concluded to get himself
ITO fresh flannels, the late af-
srnoon having grown very warm r.,
nd promising a close and humid y
gening.
But when he descended again "a
'om his room, he found nobody =
Ncept the cat, who, sadly dis
CURED by coal-dust, advanced
ward him with amiable inten-
on.
Very fine, old girl" he said. m
Dut you need a batf too" So
; rang and sent for some butter.
'bbed a little on the cats nose;
I'd in ten seconds she had begun y
thorough and mil ute toilet,
eatly TO Cleland's edification. Hi
Keep it up" he said, much
terested. watching the pink tom
lie travelin COVER the fur, and
e velvet paw scrubbing away
iustriausly. Good old cat! Go
~ Take the whole course
assage, shampoo. manicure,
.sSrrs ironed! By Jove. you're
ming out brand newt" :
he cat paused to blink at him,
III for a moment some faint
rtumc OF distant cooking, un-
ticed by his less delicate nostrils
IN she settled down to the busi-
IS in hand. And when a cat
rs that she feels that she is
i~ely az home.
Not until maid announced
'T 7Frcar III
n arrayed In that filmy and
fs wly apparel suitable
y TO youth and freshness.
nad maps" remarked
phanie shamelessly and with a
ihtly malicious humOr in her
'c for she knew that Cleland
expected her 70. return for.
' isr-aiinutes. gossip she had
gested.
lie shrugged; N
You should see your cati She's