Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1922-01-06
AS OTHERS SEE US
BY JULIET PORTER.
B iSsi. by Mcclure Newspaper syndica

O. 1891. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.
DRAMATIS PERSONAL:
Mrs. Carter, widow.
Dick Appleton, recent college
graduate.
0Mrinda Fame, poor but honest.
PLACE: Anywhere in the United
States.
TIME: Yesterday.
CLARINDA, (tallSing to her friend,
who has run In right after break
fast, to talk over the news): Eat last
have a dress that am not ashamed
Of. 1t Is made out Of two old ones
Aunt Emilie's gray satin and Nelrs
blue crepe de chine. 1t is in the most
stylish colors, and modelled on one
exhibited at Celestine's. That awful
spot on the front breadth Of the satin
Is concealed under the back draperies.
l shall never turn my back to Mrs.
Carter, for she might detect 1t, though
no one else would. Yes, am going
to the fair this afternoon. A circular
was sent to me, though cannot mag
Inc why, as everybody knows that
we are poverty stricken-have to
"skinch and skanch' to get three meals
a day, and positively have nothing a
French orphan would look at twice.
"Of course Mrs. Carter will be there,
as she is rich and goes everywhere.
She must be all of thlrty-five, and
she is actually setting her cap for
Dick Appleton. 1t is simply atrociousl
And she has taken such a dislike to
mel But this afternoon / know
shall look all right.
"Yes, am interested in Dick APP
pleton myself, and l think he is in
terested in me. He takes pains to
find me, and we talk over the days
when we were kids In school. We
went to college the same year, but that
was before dad lost all his money.
Dick is just splendid; he was on the
football team in college, and graduated
cum laude," and now has that offer
from the st. Louis Construction
company. His sister told me all about
IT,"
MRS. GARTER (writing to her
friend, who needs a secretary: II can
think of no one but Clarinda Fame.
have been observing her ever since
knew you wanted a secretary. The
Fanes are all nice people, and Clarinda
IL the flower of the family. She is nat
urally bright, has fair education
appears well, and If it were not fol
her clothes would be an ornament t.
any household.
"But I like her, she Is so gay ant
friendly, and frank, and original with
out being caustic.
II have to go to fair this after
noon, and the most conspicuous thin
there will be Dick Appleton, chasin
after Clarinda."
DICK APPLETON (soliloquizlng)
IT shall have to go to that beastl
fair Just TO please the mater. 1t
rNs}ly her fair. and want 1t to be
sdccesS The mater wants me to b
specially polite 10 ail the old ladies
the wall flowers and the sldn6ints, an
suenlike folk especially asked me t
be nice 70 Cla.nda Fame, or it WI
look snobbish. n~ed 20 try 10 av0
her when we were kin, for no b
likes these Intellectual girha.
II hope that divine Mrs Carter
be there; she cannot be more \
twenty-six or twenty-seven Hog ai
truistic Of Mr.. Carter to make Hol
widow at the most fasc. at
ing age l wonder why she wears
those mosquito netting dresses, inter
spersed with lavender2 Can 1t be
half mourning? If she would only
take lessons of Clarlnda Fame In dress
ing she would be quite all right"
TIME, late afternoon.
CLARINDA Ceiling mother about
the fair): "The very first person ]
saw was that stylish Mrs. Carter, and
she had on the loveliest dress II
was black with lavender faclngs, and
she wore amethysts, and black
picture hat with lllacs.
II could see that she liked my dress
and could not have suspected that It
was made out Of Two old ones that
have been to every social function for
the last two years or more. Dick APP
pleton was there, too, but did not
happen to see me until was about
ready to come home. He heard me
tell Mrs. Shelton that had to leave
early, or would have fingered longer"
MRS. CARTER Ito her frlend) :
II saw Miss Fame at the fair, dressed
rs usual, In an attempt at the latest
style, fashioned out Of two old dresses
we have all known for several years.
She has never had a fair chance, and
with a little preliminary oversight,
Will make an efficient secretary. A
chance for one Of the family to get a
decent salary will be godsend to
them ALL"
DICK APPLETON (soliloqulzlng) !:
"Well, that's over, praise be There
was only one redeemlng feature about
the whole show-Mrs. Carter. If she
had been for sale would have bought
her outright. She did not seem to
know was there; l was just a Gus
toner. But l had one piece of luck,
as managed to avoid the ever-pres-
ent Clarinda and only told one very
little, very white lie to do It, She
had on a stunning gown; from the
color and style 1t must have been a
new one, and costly, as well. wonder
how she does It."
Time, late at night
ALL THREE (drowslIy):
toa Cal a