The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-15

l never appreciated how lucky was
10 have a girl with imagination and
lively feet TO play with. So
Could YOU maybe run away and see
the South with mef ~ you wanted
10. you could iuat--you could just
pretend you were my sister and --
III get an extra nurse for Hugh IN
&c, the beat dos rene nurse tn wash
ingtong'
VII
n was in the villa Marsheri,a. b.
the palms OF the Charleston Ea.tety
and the metallic hArbor. that her
aioofn~ss melted
when they sat on tho uprer bal.
cony. enchanted by the moon glitter.
she cried. 'shati so back TO Gopher
Irairio with you7 Decide for nc
I'm tired Of deciding and undecid
ing
'So. You've go, 70 do your own
deciding A. o matter Of fact, In
spite 81 this honeymoon. don't
think want you TO come home. Not
set"
She could only stare
Il want you 10 be satisfied when
you get there. I'm do everything !
can to keep you happy. bat IN make
lots OF breaks. 40 want you 20 take
time and think Il over"
She was relieved. She sttil had
chance 20 scixe splendid Indefinite
freedoms. She might ro-~ah. shed
sec Europe. somehow. before she vas
- -.
firrnsr respect for kennicutt She
had fanci~d that her M. might make
story. She knew that there was
nothing heroic or obviously dramatic
In u. no magic ~ rare hours. nor
valiant challenge, but u recmcd 20
her that she was % sofnr Significance
because shc was commonnlaccnesa.
the ordinary life 81 the age. made
artlcnistc and protesting. II had not
occurred "a her that there was also
q story Of VIII Kcnnlcoit. into which
she entered only 40 much % he en-
tered into hers. that Ire had bcwildcr
smcnts and conc.sincnts az intricate
as her own. and soft treachcrous de-
sircs for sympathy.
Thus she broodcd. looking nj the
amazing sea, holding his hand.
VIII
She was In Washington: Kcnnicot,
was in Gopher Prairie. writing "a
dryly- NJ ever about ater.pipes aud
goose. hunting and Mrs. Fageros'
mastoid.
she was taking a, dinner TO
generaliHsima Of suffrage. Should
she return7
The leader spoke YEARLY:
MY dear. I'm perfectly selfish. !
can't quite visualize the needs %
your husband. and Il seems 10 me
that your baby will do quite a. well
In the schools here as in your bar.
racks az home"
Then you think ia better not go
back" Carol sounded disappointed
"Irs more difficult than that.
When I say that I'm selfish I mean
tina, the only thing I consider about
women IL whether they're likely 10
prove useful in building up real -
iitical power for women. And Jour
Shall 7 be frnnk7 Remember when
I say YOU don't mean you alone.
I'm thinking Of thousands OF women
who come to Washington and New
York and Chicago every year. dis
satisfied AZ home ana seeking sign
in the hcavens--women of all sorts.
from timid mothers % fifty in cotton
gloves. 10 girls Just out Of Nassar
who organize strikes In their own
fathers facforiesi All OF you are
more or less useful 10 me. but only
few OF you can take my place.
because ! have one virtue tonly oneE
/ have given up father and mother
and children for the love OF God.
Here's the test for you; DO YOU
come to conquer the East as PEG.
pie say. or do you come 10 conquer
yourself7
TITS 80 much more complicated
than any OF you know--so much moro
complicated than 7 knew when put
on Ground Grippers and started out
10 reform the world, The final com.
plication In 'conduering Washington
or 'conqucrinR New York n that the
conquerors must beyond all things
not conquer n must have been 50
easy in the good old days when
authors dreamed only OF selling
hundred thousand volumes. and
sculptors OF being feted in big houses
and even the Upiifters Ike me had
a simple. hearted ambition to be elect
ed 20 important offices and invited 20
20 round lecturing. But we meddlers
have upset everything. Now the one
thing that is .dlsRra ceful 10 any Of us
Is obvious success. The Upligter who
Is very popular with wealthy patrons
can be pretty sure that he has soft.
ened his philosophy TO please them,
and the author who IL making lots
Of money--poor things. I've heard
'em apologizine for II to the shabby
bltter.enders; I've seen 'em ashamed
Of the sleek luggage they got from
movie rights.
"Do you want 20 sacrifice yourself
In such a topsy.turvy world, where
popularity makes you unpopular with
The people YOU love, and the only
failure ia cheap success. and the only
indlvidualist In the person who gives
up all his individualism 10 serve a