The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-10-13
Genius
at ca Making
By MARTHA MACWILLIAMs.


| G. 1921. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
| No debutante was ever more ex-
| cited over her coming-out tea than Mrs.
| Penley Bradley was the afternoon
| shortly after her marriage to Penley
|. Bradley, when she undertook to intro
| duce Mr.. Bradley's tWenty-year-Old
| daughter to a little group Of her own
| particular friends whom she thought
| it would be desirable for her to know.
To understand the confusion one must
understand the Penley Bradley me-
mage. 1t was located in an apartment
hotel-the apartment was the same
that Mrs. Bradley had once occupied
before ner second marriage. 1t had
been changed only by the addition Of
hundred OF the books that Penley
| Bradley could not be parted from, q
pipe or so, new chiffonier containing
his raiment and, on occasions, Penley
Bradley himself. He had hoped that
when he married the brilliant and eff
cient Mrs. Duane he would persuade
her to give up her work at BurtOn's
and the $4,000 year that went
with it.
Bradley had dreamed of house in
the suburbs, gardens and lawns, and
room enough for a thousand books in
stead of the hundred that seemed to
crowd each other in the living room at
the apartment hotel where they lived
instead.
And now the new Mrs. Penley Brad
ley was giving little tea to introduce
her new daughter to some worth
while people" She was frank about
it and Alice, the daughter, came back
quite as frankly. They did not in the
least dislike each other.
"And now, Alice" Mrs. Bradley
called from her room where she was
hurriedly dressing after speeding
home from Burton's, lille Alice was
arranging flowers in the reception
room beyond, nov, Alice, expect
you to fall in love with and captivate
ore of the three men I have picked
ont as eligible for you. They will be
hnre this afternoon. Roger Steele
could give you all the money you
could dream Of, and he is quite a nice
sort Of stay-at-home, fireside-loving
creature besides. Tom Greene hasn't
a cent in the bank-never has, but
he makes a lot and he's brilliant.
You've read his plays. And there is
Harry ainbridge-awfully English,
over here studying silk worms or to-
bacco, or sailboats or something. I
don't remember, but I've heard all
about him. He's quite a catch if you
can impress him, and" Mrs. Penley
Bradley looked at her watch and in
terrupted Alice, who had framed a
protest. "What do you suppose has
happened to that maid? / told them
to send her up by half-past three. The
lemons aren't cut, and I don't believe
there is any sugar They were going
to send the things up from down
stairs, but dear knows what's hap
pened."
II wish you had let me get things
ready this morning. mamma" scoldad
Alice. 81 knew it would be too much
for you"
81 couldn't let you be worried"
Mrs. Bradley was trying to get a tele-
phone connection with the pantry in
the hotel dining room below stairs.
'It really is an awful job getting up
a tea," and then, to the steward down
below: II wish you would send up
some other sandwiches. ordered
watercress and they sent lettuce, and
there isn't any butter on them and
and will you hurry that maid along?
Our guests will be coming soon. There
will be about twentyS'
When her stepmother was through
fo1nnhnninp Alice Cnr0Tnnnn6 90
to say:
"You didn't send cards to Morton
Gray, did you-mOther?"
"Of course not" came back frankly.
Morton isn't in a class with the
people I'm asking today. He's nice
enough in a way-Alice you don't
mean to tell me you care about him?"
The frankness of this query rather
took Alice's breath away. She was
not as frank in her rejOinder. 81 only
thought he was an old friend. It was
through him that you and papa met.
We ought at least to feel grateful"
ooh, if that's ALL won't argue
with you. But you see he's just gen.
eral business manager at>BurtOn's. In
a business way he may be a genius,
but the people I'm asking this after
noon are different. They are the
people want you to know"
would you be ashamed to intro
duce him to these people-Roger
Steele, Tom Greene and the Balm
bridge individual, I mean?"
Don't follow me up So" came mas
tily from Mrs. Bradley. Don't you
see that I'm all upset over the re-
freshments? They haven't sent the
maid and there isn't a speck Of but
ter on those sandwiches No, you
can't go and get things; the guests
will be here any time and you must
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