Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-19
Ey PEGGY LUKES
A wedding ring

pulled them rprNON>IN Oh. ''nIH ShP
looked n her wedding ring.
Morning has com" with IT, new h"-
ginnings. \ squire Of hlun sky shows
through the top Of 4 court window Il
slant OF 10 o'clock sun comes through
and skaters amazingly into gold. From
out of doors drift up cheerful normal
city sounds symbols Of day fresh
beginning
A days fresh beginning,
Catherine Roster comes out OF the
little door at the side Of the courtroom
and faces the second day Of her trial,
Now IS the stage completely set in
thts poignant human drama that makes
fiction seem pale tale of paper aud
stage plays themselves foolish tigments
of men minds.
Yet quietly enough Il takes its course.
Probing Human Hearts
In business like fashion the attorneys
fake up their endless task Of picking a
Jury. Smooth, suave. ever polite, they
ply at the ta,esmcn their set of stock
questions Quibb'ing absurdities they
have secmcd to me sometimes in the
past.
Now they are not
Carefully they ply their questions,
striving with faCile. trapping sentences
to probe the secret places Of human
hearts. This j. II neCPSsitouS course
John K. X Soft seeks married men
with children One cannot surely probe
the human heart, hut these are the beS;
to bank on. he deems for this girl with
the cond.elight in her eyes.
Assistant District Attorney Speiser /,
seeking bachelors. Strange lhIng, car
learns in city courtroom. where this
greatcoat OF life is tHrned inside "G,
and one may touch the seams, the rents
the patches.
Marriage and futhcrhood cngendpI
tolerance. mClluwE"Ss OF th" soul.
Wecps Only Once
Oscar Roster was married and had 4
little son. Oddly enough. one won Ter,
II the thought has hoated into the mind
of Catherine Roster, sitting there say.
ing no word to counsel. taking no al.
vantage Of her privilege to challenge t
juror, simply listening to it all
This girl-us still, as musklike she !,
today as yesterday. Only twice was
that quiet stiffness broken. Once >h,
wept frankly into her handkerchief foi
no seeming reason. Once she asked fo,
smelling salts.
Does it all seem a little foolish to her
this endless exchange Of tcChnicali
ties: Her mother contided Ia me be
fore the trial that she knew nothing O.
the details Of her defense. But some
tllnes, Wnen she raises mat SomeAo"
pathetic lI'tIe White handkerchief t" her
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o'her pI"Ses'
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