The Washington times., 1924-12-15
By Eleanor Meherin
The Biggest and Best Story a.
Her Career.

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Her Career.
~ uddenly she said: II had let
ter from Brownie Mills Car
~ ter today. Wasn't it surpris-
ing the way she ran off and was
married so soon after that affair
with Harry Wells? Do you suppose.
Nora Lee, she told her husband
about that"
should SIla Tell?
why should she 2"
Don't you think a girl SHOULD
tell a man that she intends 10
marry things like that r..
You mean to tell him about
petting. Things like that ? Why
should she ? They do it. Besides
there can't be harm in a little
kissing -
"BBut other things? Do you
suppose men don't care about
that any more?''
More Lees breath became iu-
supportable: She leaned down
and picked up her dress from the
floor, unwilling that Virginia
should see the fiery red squirting
to her temples. "OhT-if you mean
that--weli. its different
you think you should tel
that? If you loved a man
wouldn't YOU rather die than tell
II? How do you suppose Brownie
managed p
"oh, I don't believe she had
any such. tragedy to report"
'The Last Hour"
Virginia picked up the buffer
and slowly ran it over her nails.
'Do you srember what she said
that day at Connie's-if 1t was the
last hour of the earth she would
go to Harry? She would know
love before she died? Well; /
guess Brownie didn't wait for the
last hour of the earth"
That's an awful thing to say
about girl, Virge-I don't be-
neve it."
you don't! Well. what do you
suppose happened last year when
Brownie changed all her plans
about the Yosemite camping trip
and disappeared for six weeks?"
Didn't she go to New York,
where her fathers sister. was
dying?"
Virginia's lips were shaking and
colorless: mo. She went to Los
Angeles. Harry Wells didn't want
to marry her and she was tired Of
him. So she got out Of it. We
can get away with it that far.
And it was all hushed up. No
body knows it except her mother
and a few others. The nurse told
me. But l was wondering il
Brownie kept it secret from her
husband. Would a man marry a
girl knowing Of such a thing?"
Would He Wed Herr
Nora Lee was now on fire with
agitation. She failed to notice
Virginia's dilated eyes and ashen
cheeks; the hollow tone that Inn
plored: Would man marry her,
Nora Lee?"
They do it. Yes--lots Of men
knowingly marry such girls"
do the girls tell? Would you
tell If it happened to your. You
have strong opinions. wish
you'd answer. If you were
Brownie Mills would you have
confessed? Suppose you'd gotten
away with it much better than
she did so that no. one was sure
there'd ever been really anything
would you tell. them"
Il don't know how I'd feel about
It. But if we marry them, why
shouldn't they marry us? If they
worship this whiteness SO much,
why don't they help to maintain
Il? 1t looks to me that they're
purely selfish about it-they want
some extravagant and beautiful
gift handed to them without pay.
Why Not I?
But why should they demand
more than they give? No! II
did 1t, I'd be reTnorseless. I'd not
Tor a moment permit the man to
think he had a right to know or
was going to know anything
about my life before he came into
1t. It's an insult to all the women
in the world to allow men to say
what the bride should bring to
marriage when they come with