The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-28
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By JANE OSBORN


BY JANE OSBORN
In the corridors Of the. Smith
street Boarding Home there was
Y the scurry of feet and the sound OF
Laughter, raucous and coarse, 1uu-
steal, some of it, and some of it
tinntds and afraid. The usual excite
ments of u in the evening prevailed.
" was time when, II you expected
70 remain home, you slipped into
a cheap cotton kimono and then
scurried down the corridor to a
Trends room to spend the evening
sewing gossfping or nibb1ing can
8 dy or nuts II you could afford it.
n II you wanted to sew on the ma
Seh1ne. you hurried into one of the
4, sewing rooms to take possession of
lone OF the sewing machines before
they were all taken. IF you were
going out or expected caller, you
Il hurried to your room for the last
minute finishing touches before
syour8 cheap oak bureau.
Some of thesyoung women spent
8 the evening playing stringed in
ssstruments OF modern invention,
tempting their friends to sing.
sss5ence8the discords that floated
RShrough the corridor, adding to the
Apfusion Of sounds.
MOLLY Ayres stood before her
Seau contemplating herself in a
{Jor that sent back an image
Eer green and somewhat dis.
BED. But Molly was not shock
what. she saw. She had
Egf&wnG fused to the imperfectionsl
ssof the mirror. She judiciously
dabbed avery little powder on her
nose and then rubbed it in lest a
trace of it nigh be seen. Then she
began pinning her net more Sc
s4curelys over the soft brown curls.
Tho door opened and before she
ashad time to leave her bureau or
hide the powder Sally Hayden
her unceremonious neighbor flop-I
sped In upon her.
Where you going grille she1
lSasked.
Elm not going anywhere" said
MOLLY covering the powder box
and putting it in the top drawer
Suitor coming?"
OF course not" and Molly
shlushed :. little. you know 1 new,
RserEEhaye alters
sSyawned Sally. "Prinking when
you're going to stay home. Come /
ION in my room. I'm going to do
my nalls-bring your things and
e
1ass..I,m sorry faltered Molly.
9...But1'm going to chapel. It's
night. you know
.Lordy," was the word that es-l
caped SaIly's lips. Excuse me.
sssbut-sthat,s not in my line" Then
sally scrutinized Molly closely and
burst out Laughing. Its funny
s|enough to want to go to that
prayer meeting party down stairs
8 but to @prink for it-say, you are
SaSqueer kid.
s.ssWell. as long as. we live here.
we ought to go. it seems. faltered |
molly. .sIt's onl yonce a week.
3sss5ssY.....yNell, I'm not going to be here.
much more" Sally answered -S"Of |!
course, its nice being with the |
Egirfs and all. hut the truth is I'm
mot quite eligible any more. You
S:know they won't keep girls that |
) Set more than twenty five dollars
I've had raise. So
sslse I'm quitting
The rapid-fire clang of gong
Jon the first floor sounded the call
stor the chapel service and inter
srupted Sally. Molly hurried off
without apologies and cast back a
happy smile to SalIy's so long
kid have good time if you cant"
sESa1ly found one of the other
boarders to join her in her mani
Scuring session.
gtt1t's funny about Molly she
ssaid. knew she was an awful
Sgood kidSand likes to go to chapel
but the funny thing is that she
was prinking for it. Maybe she's
$vamping the parson.- II
THAT'S Just what she is doing"
replied her companion, only a
county girl like Molly doesn't
know how to vamp- Haven't you
heard? PITTS Scream
So Sally said she hadn't beard and
] her companion continued.
t.sWel1, there's a young fellow
from the theological seminary
Jim Changers his name-that has
been preachin' here Wednesday |
nights. OF course Sally went The
SgirlS say he was real swell looking
&ht, gosh, what's the use of making
Yes at him! Those high-brow fell
ysE put us in a class with the |
Caltls at the penitentiary or the dips
tat the feeble-minded home. Well.
anyway, Sally went and sat right |
up front and this fellow he looked |
sat heEyall the time and couldn't
keepnEis eyes off her. And after
:sit ewsH over, when Molly was get
ting out OF the room, she knocked /
hymn book off one of the chairs
;..--:of course Molly wouldn't do that |
Son purpose the way you or might
have. But the chap sees it and
brushes across the room and picks
& 1t up and then they starts in talk
I ing. OF course Molly goes every
"wednesday, but she sits In the
back now That's just the sort of
thing ttat girl like Molly would
do. But the fellow seems to keep
This eye on her just the same.