Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-04
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Nv rs""S r~S switors who tcdnt TO morrt
osM ~ Ciorer dccidcs to marry 9
"A " - for convenience TO tend oo
Ss ksrpies" amd g'cxGs pvycHA MI.
SaSxJOR HARRY OaHM.um"iH;tU' is Ma..s.o.ai;tv
8sN War reterdn; nor sIyyed ~ ydy, :" "e,s
essiweer who hGs s.Vse"'eS .... n
Gssf finance Chscn 80 Syrns..;.
SIsssvs "s'ric''v oS""e'' p
ss,asrv.Py MEADOWS. Clover's
ssjr, . pretty girL q 'nc pe''OJi ~. A.,
n TRS, MEADOWS, osHt; O~S ~ ~
.SiSsjed Glover In her dey q "a
sssiiy and Tho Is "o~ '"0''e''" wv"
sSxNDAL, younger daughter, a DIT Of
!sy!Sf{v HoLT--Big good netsred chop.
i;ss1 Of Carmichaefs ana odsAJS"v '"
~ ~iik Rosemary.
Rosemary and Jim
7 RIM (still more gloomily). Looks
;.J Is IL there wouldn't benny hrc,
~. Seen the papers?
n Isterval Of fifteen minutes. Triple
iaIapce, Loco land. .Firemen's Union
.',H. funds, rumor Of Lloyd George
ss.,s, ,ent for the King. etc.. etc.
Va ras.mary pours out ten. This has the
~ q divertins his forebodinss but
~ Il lishtening his gloom. The hand
- raven crosks. as II she were PER-
s.ally responsible for her country''
l1.astic difficulties as well as for bis
: I'm (rebukefully). You women all
- to take these things 70 hippantly'
~. of you've got any steadine~s or
vsrpose in you.
j Inv "purpose' Of being nice to him
I. NV diving within her. From that
Netant chair Jim purshes:
n IN Why they should have given
~, r' the vote. the Lord only knows,
Rosemary. They don't give me one
uatii I'm thirty, and that's not for
1eafs and years.
Jim. Much good it'll do you. You're
tle worst judge of character, for in
6ance, that l know.
Rosemary. All. well as long az ]
I'm on the judgment Of some infallible
nan, / shall be all right, suppose
She is baffled, ruffled and chilled. The
Interview, which might have been rap
ture, becomes n half.suppressed dis
phy Of sex antagOnism and sulks.
llanclng at the mammoth wrist
watch, jim. rises, to make his exit be-
hind ClOvcr'S newest purchase OF q
Spanish portiere. which drapes his bod!
kfore he opens the door and gives him
tho look Of some gigantic Arab in q
bumous. \
Tim Ia muf,ed voice from behind thu
folds). Well. checr.o. III push on
There's man want to talk toN-
Curtain. Rosemary, left sitting IN
tie extreme corner Of that capac!Out
sofa.
You see the sort Of thing?
Those two had been going or thus 70,
slx months: seesaw love affair, on,
always UP. the other down.
But now let us cone to the occasion
that almost caught them both in the
same mind at the same moment.
1T was on the twentieth 0f January.
!PIease notice this date. because YOU
have heard it bcfore) and the auspici0us
Occasion was a fancy dresa ,innco M r
Nest End gallery, Jim and Kosemnry
acting Independently OF the rest OF tGc
Meadows party, had gone off early "a
zinc by themselves at 1.-The Tenlril. -
shall we." Rosemary had suggested,
''N allowed to dine there. i'm fancy
dnss!' ''
why not ?" with unusual Aour,us
d convention by Jim. "It's olwoys
fnll Of theatrical peOple. and they'll
showv ". or :" J"St l"pplhs :" ",tween
ins to manage it, ~"
He "managed'' it. n pood be,i,,,,,
nccllpntly followed nm Eor % ho kod tnt'
spnontd early for the best table In the
eom, and he hat, made up his mind
eHlMes what to order. without bother.
Pny Rosemary. For once in his life hc
slrained from. telling her that cook. .
as was thing no woman understood.
ae least of all. and from adding: "NNt
ssofs; Pet. are you, because / sny SOP"
urhtr. nc did not indulge in senti.
0sntai land audible) asides with the
sIssi,ns .Isa% with outward p"tienec nee at MA'iis his
Nh Int
With her fish before he utferei se Ten' siMsIs awIs
srsonal remark; and even then T. Ss vs.. 9
ssseiy an appreciative Very swish with With
tle rest said only by tho slomco IL vos v'
Ffaed on her ma maSuusroic ~' '' '""
Rosemary was going MS" nm ro.to,u
Fhycsirl: loose siikcn h"rom ' ,rN',"on, "Saruh
Embroidered bodice. t,owiny % vo;I ,'T.>rrS. I",.
E.shn9k >i" had Iof, T'E Off isr 'S,' ,hc me Mcr
nent, but upon her arms omI no",, ."J "'" n',
snkles there clushci the ", i;"h. "'ci si,,o, nm,
IsIiers aiers of serviludc more becS'n,,s com N"'S thnHS
Jim was a Sultan Of sort.. . ,,;,,,,
saarlet turbnn bound his ',s; ,Isi;k hvnm.a vW,n
Dove his eyes Of r;ch m," wa'I "arK orow''
rown; Golden rings % dan,l"d l%an;nowfr, t,n, n,
sn. Pearls and coins e" and aour urG"i ms
strings about his S colnmn,r mmn roral RAJ hnng
Ister his jacket of brocnI" M,ns'c, NECK ana
asy say, is bit of e"G; S"lion nvery h, nan.
eW t why is it as rule o%Iv s"tI thd at e' heart
Sr = masquerade:% % Tho s'% S.s.p ADOPT th:H
M Pirate" Of tho y. "a,, Suit"n, or
eeyltably tho n, ""m" ~ almost