Evening star., 1922-02-11
Brides Will Be Brides
By Lucille Ta,s Slylke. /,

Ing into the room like . big half.
grown puppy. Wholesome and noisy,
trying to hide her self-consciousnsss
behind forced bravado,. she seemed
story. to be a most pathetic person.
Yet, less than forty-eight hours be-
Tore. Merriam had passiOnately de-
ciared to her own John that she
simply couldn't endure Sadie Far
ing TO cut her acquaintance!
:, But Merriam wouldn't have bean
human II she hadn't been touched
and fiettered by Mr.. Farrell's "sadie's
got = terrific = crush on you=
putably shabby and dowdy and
frowsy as to dress, and rather gauche
as to mannersi
''Gosh!" she coni1ded as she balanced
herself on Merriam's bed one fore
noon shortly after her liege lord had
are the cutest looking kid! I Just
can't get 1t through my head some
times that you are grown-up. mar
ried person! When you're running
around half dressed like now. with
SS9',tmas SSq5 surls sinst you look just like
I Merriam did mock curtsy. Sha-
really did not look like the astute
conspirator that she was. "Christmas
dolly" did describe her, for she looked
absurdly little in her much washed
orchid-tinted underthings with ner
piquant face. She wrapped negii-
ge about her. and began walking
critically back and forth in front OF
the admiring Mrs. Farrell =
Gee. you make me nervous. chat
tered that % person. aos,.r DOT msss s,xe ,oos ms
like a perfect -sawk to q stylish
dresser like you. / told J. g. the other
night that didn't blame you BIZ Tor
not wanting to pal around with .
: "If you won't get angry. Merriam
how you could make yourself look
:Haven't the price," Sadie was bit
terly iacopic. Gee. look at me-" she
stared dismally into Merrys mirror
II look like comic valentine. ,,.or..
clan EisEie came in: spite Of her no.,
blest efforts to suppress It. IT'S your.
hat mostly. The way you wear II way
back on your forehead. Oh. why DO.
you have that wicked, eys1eooeE,
sewed on the front Of an osner"se
perfectly good lid? -.
+ "1rs easy to make fun when you've
got. swell duds yourself" she pesan 81,
passionately. 81 guess I got ,yS ySS%
wrong. I thought you we're . a;, lazy
because you never kiddsd ne eHou' .s
Tya % rasd All that junk about how yona
can buy simple things cheap, out :.
guess the guy that wrote y never.
went shopping with only thirteen
dollars and ei0hty.hve cents
"Mirabile dlctu!" cried Msrsiam; Isrtn e
Have y yOq sstua1,y s%, 80 musas 1oure sasy 70 o
fool about duds! Haven't you guessea:
why rye been combing my hair 20
slowly? It's because I'm wAitine Ior,
Susan Sue to bring my one ana ony'
% tbe corner me taiiorsi I'm the shabbiesE
thing! But II you have thirteen teen
eighfy-hve-we can make you o1 LOOK
like q million dollars-- ene exas-
eerated with reckless abandon.
"How~ shrieked Sadie
Merriam zat down solemniy as be,
M her eyes as she sucked q convenient
psHsa paYou may have to stay in bed n the
meantime" she announced humorous.
". ''but you'll have to begin win ina. snas
dewdab. III take it to the dyers.
They'll charge about IS to make It q
swanky seal brown--or hennS y YOU.
want something bright-which oon't
advise. It will take about xz 10 Set
ZtDOy collar anu 0OthC SNSAO-
rave to see . cobbler and yank th1se,
spindiy heels~off your shoes, new solee
and a shine" Merry was cheeking
of the wee funds in such GIGANTIC
! fiTures that. they looked important
E.sThree dollars more tor shampoo
and MARCEL" she NsNltxBd around
SaafA: sI never noticed Il before. but
your head looks too littlc fer the rest
of you, the way you ocrooNe your nslE,
down. And we'll get the cNrner tailor
to cut enough oft the bottom OF youE
cont to make q decent coaaAe to taxa
the place Of that awfnl.cat fur
she ended with brutal frankness'
Mostly you need cleaning ana press
'Is ss aie,s face twitched. Tears streAmed.
From q crumpled heap Of pillows she
You're the FIRST person thar ever
cared-I shan't look The way, you look.
but maybe I'll look good enough SO
you're not ashamed OF mel"
Merriam's own eyes were dim.
Through blurred vision she no. longer
saw Sadie as she was. but7a new Sadie
that she herself was building. A
rather sweet Sadie. Suddenly under
standing; she put her arm around the
once ce-despised neighbor.
Like Pygmalion the hrst. she was
falling in love: with tho woman ahA
was creatingi - -
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