The Press., 1922-12-14
The Real Thing for
 Happiness
By LILY WANDEL.

{ told fairy-stOrteS to her Slnali DFolleAS l and sisters and the inevitable O'Con- nor boys next door and perhaps l dozen others In the neighborhood she invariably ended the story with Ana the princess lived happily ever after 1 wards with diamond buckles on her
 slippers I'' She would then stick out
 a small dusty shoe to emphasize the fact. It did not make any difference to
 Emmy whether the story was Red Rld-
 ing Hood or Cinderella, the diamond ] buckles were never forgotten. To Elm my they represented the zenith of lux ary. good fortune and happiness. When i the others, perhaps, had forgotten all
 about diamond buckles Emmy still
 dreamed of the glittering ornaments
 and all the joy that went with them.
 Emmy" said her mother right in the middle of such a golden dream, ''Uncle Dave and Aunt Kate have writ ten-you'll never guess what! You're
 tc spend the summer with them at Bar
 Harbor! Emmy, Aunt Kate writes that | she wants to give you chance-a real ] chance! You're such pretty dear girl" i Emmy went about in daze or ! ioy. A summer at fashionable hotel with Uncle Dave and Aunt Kate! The :. proper clothes; bathing, tennis, boat ing and dancing every night! The younger sisters and brothers were awed and the O'Connors xt~door were amazed and delighted at such good fortune, with the exception or
 Johnny who turned sulky and had nothing to say. =. . "Remember," reminded Emmy's am bilious mother the night before she de parted, tits your chance! You are an attractive, interesting girl-mind that you attract the right man ]" She laughed as she kissed the happy daughter,
 | Just leave 1t to me, Mummie, dear l Il be coming home with diamond buckles on my slippers"
 Aunt Kate was almost counterpart of Emmy's mother. She adored the
 brOwn-eyed niece and was likewise Ambitious for her. She hustled about, tig,lratfvely cOllaring all the eligible young men and Introducing them to her protegee. Privately she advised Emmy which were the most desirable. ' Emmy liked them all and good naturedly followed her aunt's instruc- .tiOns She was just as anxious as her aunt was to write home that she was engaged to the son of the owner of string of drug stores or the nephew of one of the great oil magnates.
 "Emmy," glowed Aunt Kate one night in the girls bedroom, "you've been here a month today and you're positively the most popular girl in the hotel! My dear, Dave and worship you, and if-I mean we'll do something handsome for you, dear, If you make a good matchl"
 Emmy snpggled her arm around Aunt Kate's fat neck. 'YOu're both so good to me Honest, it makes tears rcome to my eyes-I'm not worth all this trouble. Pm just an ordinary little stenog!'
 / Aunt Kate gave her a hug and kiss. You're worth making very ,happyi Now, listen, honey; isn't that young Roger Abbott very atten- tive?"
 / Emmy blushed and nodded.
 q don't want to influence you too Jmuch, dear, and you must follow your heart, but will say this young man ,has wonderful prospects. His uncle is the immensely wealthy Thaddeus Abbott!" whispered Aunt Kate i'm. 'pressively. Goodies and oodles of money, they say, and young Roger Stands well with his uncle who Is un- married!"
 : Emmy continued to charm young Rodgers and delighted her ambitious 7aunt, but a greater surprise and pleas ure was in store for Aunt Kate, some Ithing that excelled her fondest and highest hopes. Thaddeus Abbott ar- rived, the typical sophisticated, rich sportsman, and almost immediately he tseemed attracted by the brown, eyed Emmy.
 Dave" gurgled Aunt Kate in the privacy of their room, 'I have to pinch myself to believe 1t is true! Thad- deus Abbott paying attention to our little EmmyI It's more than f1atter- ing-the whole hotel is envious. But. tell me. do you really think he is se- rious?"
 ! Uncle Dave chuckled. Hes seri- ous, all right, but is Emmy7 You know he is quite bit older and" You leave Emmy to me-she's very sensible! Imagine writing that news homeI"
 Two weeks later one night Emmy 'tiptoed in the connecting dressing room and softly called Aunt Kate, and when the kimonoed lady appeared flung herself on the ample bosom and cried joyOusly. "Aunt Kate, we're en- gagged. Look p She displayed an lm- mense solitaire on her finger
 "To Thaddeus Abbott?" whispered Aunt Kate, just to make sure.
 Emmy glowingly happy, nodded.
 But Emmy's cup of joy ran over when a week later 1haddeus Abbott laid in her hands small velvet box.
 'Not diamond buckIes!" panted Emmy, as she viewed the glittering lowered ornaments. "Ohf' and pressed the cold, dazzling stones to her warm ] lips. If she had had any mur- muring doubts now she was sure i that Thaddeus Abbott was her real prince for everlasting happiness. i She could scarcely wait to thank him and rushed 10 her room to snow Aunt Kate and Unclea Dave this em- blem of her happiness, the realiza- ton of her fondest dream, for they knew what diamond buckles had al- ways meant in Emmy's life. She has, tened to the connecting dressing room, Aunt Kate's name on her lips, but waited when she heard the word diamond buckles'' mentioned.
 You told him, Dave, what impor- tanee Emmy attached to themT' Ques- tioned her aunt, "and he laughed about 1t? That wasn't very nice of