Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-07
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sERTRupE AThERION.
J b. Gertrude AhsEtoA


INJURED Il did not know. I
thought I would dress as if-well,
a. If Ishad been invited by one Of
my own friends"
-Quite' right. To dress down
would have been fatal. And Cora
must spend a small fortune on
her clothes. But you you
-. l have never seen you"
II ana fond of green" she said
lightly. "Couleur temperance.
Shall We go down3"
He followed her down the stairs
and before they reached the crowd.
ed room below be had managed
TO set his face; but his heart was
pounding.bHe gave Cora, who
came forward to meet them, a
ferocious scowl. but she was too
much engaged with Madame Eat.
tiany to notice him: and 80, for
that matter, was the rest Of the
company. Miss Dwight's gown
was OF black satin painted with
flaming poinsettias. and Clavering
saw Madame zattiany give 1t a
swift approving glance. Around
her thin shoulders was a scarf Of
red tul1e that warmed her brown
cheeks, She looked remarkably
well, almost handsome, and her
strange pale eyes were very
bright 1t was evident that she
was enjoying her triumphs: this
no doubt was the browning one,
and she led Madame zattiany into
the room, leaving Clavering to his
own devices.
IL was certainly the "distin.
Cuished party" he had promised.
There we're; some, eight or ten of
the best'klpYu novelists and story,
writer's in the ,copntry5two dramat-
fists, several OF the, younger pub.
fishers, most sof the young editorsJi
critics. co!umnists, and illustrators,
famous in New York, at least. a
few poets. artists; the more seri-
Gus contributors to the magazines
and reyieEs;l an architect, an es-
sayist, a sculptress. famous girl
librarian OF great private library,
three correspondents of foreign
newspapers. and two visiting Brit.
fish authors. The men wore even.
ing dress, The women, il not all
patrons OF the ranking houses"
and dressmakers, were correct.
Even the artistic gowns stopped
short OF delirium. And If many
of the women wore their hair
short. SO did all of the men. Ev.
erybody In the room was reason.
ably young or had managed to
preserve the appearance and spirit
of youth. Clavering noticed at
once that Mr.. Dinwiddie was not
present. No doubt he had been
ordered to keep out of the way!
Miss Dwight led Madame Eat
tiany to the head of the room and
enthronod her. but made no intro
ductions al the moment; young
man stood by the piano. violin in
hand. evidently waiting for the
stir over the guest OF honor to
subslde. The hostess gave the
signal and the guests were polite
II restless. However, the playing
was admirable; and Madame Eat
tiany. at least. gave 1t her undivid-
ed attention. She was, as ever,
apparently unconscious OF glances
yelled and open. but Clavering laid
a bet with himself that before the,
end OF the encore-politely de-
manded-she knew what every
woman in the room had on.
The violinist retired. Cocktails
we're passed There was surge
toward the head Of the room.
Clavering had dropped into a
chair beside the wife OF De Witt
Turner. eminent novelist, who,
however. called herself in print
and out, Suzan Forbes. She was
one of the founders of the Lucy
Stone League, stern advocates Of
The inalienable individuality OF
woman. Whether you had one
adored husband or many. never
should that individuality (presum-
ably derived from the male parent),
be sunk in any mans When Su7
EaD's husband took his little family
travelling the astonished hotel reg
ter read. De Witt Turner, Suzan
Forbes. child and nurse. Some
times explanations were weari-
some: and when travelling in Eu-
rope they found it expedient to
bow ID prejudice. Several OF the
Lucy Stoners, however, had re-
nounced Europe for the present, a
reaciionary government refusing
to issue separate passports. You
took your husbands name at the
altar. didn't you? You are legally
married? You are? Then you're
no more miss than mister. You
60 to Europe as a respectable mar
RED wbman or you stay at home.
20 they stayed. But they would
win ius the end. They always did.