The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-07
E.,ening Story
4 Scandal in Bohemia.
az FREDERICK HART.


They met in, the back room of =
little restaurant in New York's So
called Bohemia wore horn
trimmed glasses, q soft7collared shirt
and 4 tie that was knotted with a
carefully rehearseds air of careless
ness: so she Knew he. must be q genius
She wore a smock. sandals and glasses
like his own; her hair, While not
bobbed, was arranged to give the Ell
feet of the popular style anaugurated
by Mrs. Vernon Castle. !. They, lpoked
at each other once and no further in
production seemed necessary =.
This is delightful place. isn't it?@
he asked. The. place, was small ana
dirty, insutficiently lighted by gutter
ing candles and rank with the Doors
of living, dying and long7dead cisarets-
Heavenly she replied. THE at
mosphere is so much freer. than else
where" The proprietor ,ot the, place
had been warned that there must pc
no dancing, drinking or other form. OF
gayety. in his restaurant..:dll, ne pro
vided himself with an official license,
and the 1 O'Clock closing rule was
strictly senforced.ssass ne. Ata u.a-s
But having agreed that the place
| was delightful = and Free the pair
| seemed. to decide that it must be so
because: they thought So She moved
over to. his table. Women in Bohemia
are, privileged to make the first move
You are an artist2'' she asked. ., .
81 scribble a bit now and then. And
your" -,
81 am trying to express. myself thru
painting. Don't. you, find that the
medium in which one works inter
poses almost insuperables barriers be-
tween ones thought and its express
siofi?" .e.,..
They talk that way in Bohemia. IL,
I'll al a1a 81,
compliance With the restrictions of the
so-very- bourgeois police regulations
and the pair found themselves in the
street. .,
4 think. I will Be running home. .
said the girl.
II must CO., too, But shan't we sea
each other soon again % a., ,rs.
Yes. of course. / am always Al
the Cerise Frog in the evening That
was the name of the haunt OF free
souls which they had just Quilted.
MY names Andrews-Clark An
drews,' he said. offering his hand,
Mines Follinsbee. Helen Follins
bee" she replied. Goodnight, Clark
Goodnight, Helen" he replied
And they. parted. 49,. -,..., 90; -,
They met again. often. They, visitet
other places and saw other free souls
drawn them remained: it even grew
stronger as weeks passed. Two kin
dred souls, they felt the mutual at
traction of their, work as we'll as, tn
power, of personal liking, They tool
long evening walks together; they .ex
p1ored tho lower regions Of the city a
strange, hours Of the night; the
talked much of their work and wha
they hoped to do. co.,.
: And then, one evening, when, the
: had met at the Cerise Frog and dis
cussed together certain strange .Ital
ian dishes for which that hosiery wa
particularly famous or, infamou.
Clark said to Helen, Lets take a bu
: ride"
She seemed surprised for mornen
they assented. If you feel the urg
to visit the baunts. Of bonrgeoisi
along the Drive. I'd like to come wit
you. To tell the truth, I'm, just I'll
least bit cramped here. My ego need
an. airing, fft. s4,.zrs. a. = --.-r..
bus they had soon, left the haunts Q
art ard batik smocks far behind. Dur
! ing that part OF the ride that carrie
them thru the Shopping, center the
were silent. There was no particu.a
attraction there, That is. not III
Helen, who was sitting on the outsid,
gave q delighted gtlrgse.
What is it?' inquired Clark.
That perfectly .stunning fur coat
! see, there in the shop window. ism
it" she stopped abruptly. This wa
: hardlRthe conversation, of a tres son
to whom worldly wealth was As dros
and who lived for expression thru he
art alone. II couldn't help seein
the. coat" she explained lanely. 9
was looking at the painting in til
L window next. A dreadful daub. didh
you think2'
: ,."Frightfui.', he repi.ed. But II
made no further coniifieht, ana Ieie
: was relieved.
] The bus swung ponderously to til
! left, they were in Fifty-seventh stree
> Another turn. this time to the right,
2 Broadway, a twist through SEVENTY
; second street and they were on tn
drive, with the Hudson, clear in tn
! moonlight and spargled with myriad
Z Of twfnkling lights. showing dim an
grand on their left. and the rows c
silent. houses on their right. u, Up an
Y up they sped, till suddenly Clar