Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-04

FOLLY WILCOX plunged into
II the living room, where her
L L aunt sat sewing. neatly ar
ranged workable beside her. "Give
me a pin, Aunt Ruth, do she plead
ed. Il tore the ruffle off my petit
coat coming downstairs just this
minute"
Here's a needle and thread. Sew
it, Holly" Mrs. Wilcox urged.
Cant. Haven't got time. Ken.
meth is waiting" Holly snatched a
pin and skewered up the tattered
green silk f1ounce. There! Vino s
the wiser? We're going for spin
III the new car. Any errands L can
do for you?''
No, dear"
Holly, with her tattered dounce de-
pendent for responsibility upon
frail pin, went forth radiant into the
mid-Winter afternoon. In her brown
coat and brilliant little hat she look
ed trim and attractive. In reality
there was a rip in the fur under her
arm and holes in the heels of her
clicked wool stockings which
she trusted the obliging heels Of her
brogans to keep concealed.
1t had always been that way with
Holly. she dared disclosure without
ever suffering its humiliation. What
vas the use in fussing over little
matter Of dropped stitches when a
good time waited? She hated a
needle. declaring it an instrument OF
torture. What Aunt Ruth did not
mend for her went neglected. She
was rather unlucky with her clothes
too. There are some girls whose
stockings are forever laddering.
whose frocks and blouses spring
rips and tears without any conce1v-
able reason. AS a little girl Holly
Wilcox never had been able to keep
the freshest frock clean longer than
ten minutes, and it was the same
way with her now that she was
twenty-five, with a lover.
Yes, Kenneth Sherman was her
lover, although he had not yet ask
ed her to marry him. But she was
expecting every day he would. Now
as they went gliding on chains over
the wind.sWept icy roadway, she
knew from something in his face
that her time was close at hand.
And when it came she was ready to
say yes. For Kenneth answered TO
all her ideals. all her dreams. He
was fine. clean-spirited, ambitious
successful. Remembering the tat
tered petticoat she thought with
little twinge that. she wasn't so wor-
thy as she might be, but she would
turn over a new leaf after they were
married. She would become the
most circumspect housewife in the
world.
And the pinned-up flounce didn't
give you away" Mrs. Wilcox asked
as her niece returned home.
Holly laughed. NO. Tut even II
it had, Kenneth would never have
noticed He's the most unobserving
thing when it comes to woman's at
tire! Sometimes it provokes me, and
again I am rather glad since 1t
makes me sure that he loves me and
not my outer attractiVeness.
He may not be so unobserving as
he appears" suggested Mrs. Wilcox.
On, he is The Shermans are all
that way. The unooserving Sher'
means, they are called. Kenneth
dear old head is TOO full OF important
things to notice the trivialities OF
! mere externals,"
Aunt Ruth looked serious Are
mere externals, as you cali them.
trivial to that degree?" she asked.
IN my day we were taught habits
Of neatness which young folks don't
seem to regard nowadays. A hole
II ones stocking was equivalent to
lapse Of morals. 1t was a good
idea too"
Holly laughed. "Auntie, you are
darling oil fogeY. But I love you.
This usually settled the question
by the way" Holly added after
moment. Kenneth and 1 are go