Evening star., 1922-10-08

"VEN il it. had not been set
- down in Holy Writ for a fact,
there would be no escaping
the truth of: ITO him that
hath shall be given" In our diction-
ary "him." of course, includes her"
Which is more than he Is able to do
outside the dictionary.
This Is a bit OF a story Of a her
that had-and therefore got.
Her father was SO stunned with
pride when he saw her that he called
her 'Peachblow." And with, good
reason. She was born just about the
time when the peachblow vase was
exciting the world. The unknown
genius who was the author of that
masterpiece never dreamed when he
put it in the fire that 1t would como
out so wonderful.
And so the mysterious Potter who
places souls in the furnace Of human
bodies was enchanted by the curious,
unforeseen unintended beauty of this
girl when she was born. They had
selected the name of Ellen Anne
Green for her before they saw her,
but afterward they called her Peach
blow.
Such a. peculiar luster she had, with
the glow of glaze yet the aura Of a
mist, that the Potter longed to show
her how he loved her by endowing her
with some Intentional gift surprising
even the fortuitous charm she brought
with her out Of the kiln Of mystery.
So he gave her a power he had
never even granted himself-that Of
annulling what had been and making
it as if 1t had never been. He author
lied her and empowered her to change
her mind and try again from the
start! She could rub out the past and
do it over again!
She learned Of her awful power only
by accident and not untn she had
passed through the animal whims of
childhood. and the parent-obeying,
teacher obeying. custom obeying
years.
Then she found herself in the world
Of grown-up women. They were
thinking mainly about matrimony.
Some were not married and wanted
to. be, but dreaded 1t and could not
find satisfactory mate. Mates were
admirable, adorable or advisable. but
rarely all three at once. The women
who were married seemed to be for
ever pointing out what martyrs they
were and how well they stood it; or
else were longing to try a new form
of martyrdom with somebody else.
It was amazing to Peachblow to
hear the women complaining of SO
many things in the welded estate and
yet all conspiring to decoy the un-
married ones into the trap that held
them-like captured mice; like misery
in love of company.
Peachblow vowed that she would
never get married at all. but after q
season or two of flying about with all
sorts of lovers, and involving herself
in various entangling alliances with
two or three fiances at once, she
began to long for that ancient form
of monotony known as monogamy.
She was good girl at heart-as
such a beauty had to be. For beauty
cannot last long with an ugly soul
fermenting and going sour inside. any
more than an apple can entertain a
blemish finally transpiring.
Peachblow longed for the joys, the
sorrows, the burdens Of home. She
wanted to do her share in the world
to multiply. and all that sort Of thing
Love is SO glorious a thing that
think Id like to be loved by the low
INCEST lover in all the world"
She cast about for the person most
worthy Of that distinction.
The man who seemed to be tho lead.
ing lover in respect to quantity and
quality was known to all the world az
Claude Winsor. So she said:
IT think I'll marry Claude Winsor.'
aloud:
But he's a movie actor and he's
married"
''The first argues SKILL" she unused
"but the second is an obstacle. dc
wish he had never been married"
There was an audible click and buzz
a peculiar jolt in the universe. = dizIy
feeling as II some one had thrown
the world into the reverse gear. then
set it back in high. The family said
That's funny! Did you notice any
thing?"
Then they forgot it and returned to
the popular sport OF denouncing the
motion picture people and creditins
them with inventing more novel sins
than situations.
Peachblow was blue for several
days, and then she chanced to read in
the newspapers this:
-Nr. and Mrs. Claude Winsor an.
nounced that curious error has been
made in the public attitude toward
their rslauonship.
/. '.TAAZ shaEs never BEEN married.