Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-08
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T wAo W -, ,cuns. At least they were
4 ~ n years, though compact OF tne
a "a virtues Of the age, tine e.
Il A, -. - to speak, Of the fruit Of .ne
~ cider Of life, favored rather
~ tne h the vinegnr ~ experience.
n @y VIII ..s. the o ..agonal terrace
wv 1ee R.cho R.a.Sh NJ Country Club on Long
tns tSe season early autumn, tue
- ~ fhc approach to the nlns'
4 ~. Sc,s. in which the elect con.
.ssS hw devious ways to defeat tns
II girco .,cy. W Of the Eighteenth Amend'
\. ~ ~ -. Girls Of the party were not
y. ..s;c,,v beautiful, nature had en.
ni thsm craciOusly ep0ugh: anu
INss rstnre had neglected art mad sup.
y,3 srS was even at the very m0ment
~. ~ act Of supplying. for vanity
ssd mirror were constantly 10
J. .si.nce. Pouting lips were Cein3
I, Nh daintily and small noseg HspUso us
sS time to time with tiny wnlte oDs
" ~ which emerged ana d!sa pp,S.es
+ - mysterious recesseS rSa.. ~. rsSr"
Esaters or elk waists. tnsse srs Were
v S.1SIHs more deprnved than an intense
s.;sy seeking expression In this foru,
4 u y!'sisx, s.asx,,.try which said, II am lovely.
mi / am not lovely enough, behold !
- .,9ss ne Re;Ss r you 'HI like. but at once
Ssii"nse and q reproach to those mem.
~ n The other sex who amusedly
SSfched the proceeding.
MA men sat at q table near By,
~ 6nishing an atrocious mixture OF
S,:aparilla and lime juice. The older
~ vith more humor than delicacy
fsS averred that 1t tasted like the
IA family tooth .brush.' But the
siteynoon had been warm and their
SAirst had been impelling SO that George
fvr1ft composed himself to cigar,
IA blithe optimism triumphant over
N enforced abstention: Lycett was
n me banker type-bald, anable and
Sighly colored, Of the age which young
people call old and old people call
5euns.
To set the age Of his younger com.
< vanion Ia q more difficult matter, for
{heush certainly under thirty his tor:
toise. shell spectacles gave. Dr. David
Oangree an air OF owl.iike sasacity
which went strangely with his boyish
smile. iiis eager eyes were, at present.
scsnnins the party Of young people
y vbich he found both colorful and In.
farming, Neither OF these men spoke.
fn6eed had they been In the mood for
conyersatio the riot Of laughter at the
adjoining table would have made
thought impossible.
The center Of interest in the merry
sroun was a young girl In n crimson
svrsier. She was fine creature. too
sSrsecus 10 BE- called pretty. and too
sjImrins 10 be called handsome. She
- fsil and we'll made. but the fine
rscportlons OF her youthful figure were
semewbnt marretl by the slouching posi-.
ticn In which she held her body. !.
I Her hair was a ruddy brown. bobbed
vsll below the ears, over which her
keoad .brimmed hat sat at n raktsh
i hnsle almost concealing one eve. Hut
~ oruniscience seemed to have lost
Sothius BY this handicap, for, II Argus.
keasted of n hundred eyes, Cherry
Hohun looked a hundred ways with one
~ and q half. Like her sisters she
~ daintily tinted. but her nose was
iust trine straightcr, her lips more
aellcately chiscled, her laughter more
blessing. David Sangree caught the
blue fash Of her eye for q second In one
0t her Argus glances which passe6 on
to the young man by her side. whose
entire happiness. 1t seemed, was hanging
on her smile. And, MS the visitor still
looked, the girl crossed her knees cure.
lessly, revealing in the act the fact that
her stockings were rolled down, boy
scout fashion. from her kness.
GanGree stared. while Cherry Mohun
tapped her cigarette on the back Of her
hand and lighted it carelessly from the
match her companion held for her.
1T seems said DR.. Sansree, THAT
senae water has gone under the bridge
Stnce was Inst In America
I.ycctt smiled. ''Quite so. Much
water. And it's not even the same
bridge. You remind me. somehow,
Dahgrcc. of Macaulay's New Zealander
casing on the ruins of London
George Lycett was satisfied with the
eptness Of his figure Of speech. for
David Bangree had been out Of America
Mars.
The younger mans gaze was still
sufned toward the young person who
Dad Attracted his attention.
Rather splendid ruins, Mr.. Lycett,"
ee said with laugh. "Who IL she?
I mean,' he added. ''the one with the
crimson sweater and the big hat"
oh, that's Cherry Mohun." said
Ascett, daughter Of Jim Mohun."
Vn, you don't mean the Mohun
Precisely: Jim Mohun's daughter"
I'm. Debutante:"
TO be-. This fall"
typical. l should say, and quite up
% the minute" replied Saneree dryly.
,.aas. aoa mean the cigarcttc--the i'm.
Il didn't wish to INFER
NY dear Dayid. when every
{ees 'mmodest, 10 ones immodest.
Aooesty was an early Victorian
eoAvsntion which exaggerated the inn.
Hcttance OF the .unrevealed. When
~ hidden Ia put In evidence IL
Cases to be interesting. Hence calves
!ess instead Of pantalets; hence the
UEsst, instead Of the cuirass of steel
sac ~. oons sometimes known as tile cor.
vsvid Sangree mused a. he listened
uatmehts OF speech from the adjoin.
~ 'aoie. 1T doesn't seem as though
si,h.. M conversation came in pantalets
f,.,Hnsy Hna YET you can't help adniring its
David David sansree unused for a moment,
s..r,.S ~ Yea table OF my younger days
slowly. '''u' aua'r' ne said
~soise Lycett laughed. "AIy dear
S"so. S~.ent' he replied, "the ten of com
tce no ut drinl; for tho yoinacr
s'es o. Nineteen Twenty.
"A, Hhmorosia hn!.,sia FOR them. born of a Ther.
pn"..% STtIe which your IIcbe has inst
IN ssm '"'o the teapot at the angle In
~. ".,, III. IN short, the innocent tea
M ,Ssnn ,Sn you observe contain nothing