The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-25
REVELATIONS
CHAPTER 81

SAdpICI VI
George began,
Gloria says you have the inferiority
complex, and l must help get you out
of it,"
Pan laughed.
Whats that?" she asked.
Its a highbrow way of saying that
you aren't conceited enough, that you
under-rate yourself"
Il know, Gloria tells me that too.
But l don't see what you are going to
do about it If I'm stupid enough not
to be able"
"Stop-that won't do. That thinking
your stupid,-is just why you never
will amount to anything. Besides it's
not true"
Pan began to defend herself or rath-
er to defend her old ingrained point
of view.
But it is true. Look at the way
Gloria talks. She knows about every
thing ii seems. She talks about pic
lures like an artist she seems to have
seen all the god ones; she talks about
music like a musician, she's familiar
with everything that's played. l can't
tell Stravinsky from Beethoven with
out a program and never heard of the
modern movement in music until
Gloria told me of it."
Pan made little gesture to silence
an interruption.
And books! At least l thought I'd
read. But I've read only the old stand
ard sort of things, which all of you
have read and forgotten. There's a
modern movement in literature that
know nothing of, and writer's of good
things in the past that l never dreamed
about
Gloria knows every character in
history-or almost everyone it seems
to me. She knows about old books
and old china, and old furniture, and
medieval architecture-you all do.
Don't you see why feel so tongue-tied
and out of it?'
You never had a chance to know
these things-and Gloria's chances for
learning them were exceptional -
George answered.
Not only that-she and all her
friends know everything going on
every day. They know why the Re-
publicans are going to win at the next
election, or whether they are going to
lose, they talk about events in Wash.
ington with an intimacy that astounds
mel read the papers carefully and
comes from what state and whether
he's Democrat-Gloria knows exactly
how he'll vote on the next treaty"
Hold on a minute!" George cried.
leaning back and laughing heartily.
IF Gloria and her circle knew all that
well, they make their fortunes in
other ways than being an interior dec.
orators and artists"
oRut-" Pan insisted ct don't knnW
enough about the present trend OF
events, who is who, and what has been
happening, to talk of it at ALL
That's just it, you don't-but you're
learning fast" George said.
Look here. child, l want you to ge;
out of your present state of mind
These things you envy may be desira
BILE but they are not essential There
isn't a woman in Glorias circle who
doesn't envy you with positively bit
ter envy"
WHY" the girl flung the word al
him almost like challenge.
Because you have something they
haven't and never can have"
WHAT" she was simply wonder
ing now.
Youth simplicity innocence
sweetness-and a great deal of sense
as well. And besides that, an eager
ness to learn that they know will get
you all the cleverness they build theil
own regulations upon"
i Pan began to laugh.
Il do feel like new person since
| came to live with Gloria" she saic
more quietly. A few months ago. il
the country. couldn't have talked like
this. | would have been so scared o.
you that l could not have opened my
lips"
George helped himself to another
cigaret.
Gloria wanted me to tell you wha