New Britain herald., 1925-06-17
THE STORY so FAR;


 Gloria Gordon, beautiful fapper, marries Dick Gregory, q struggling lawyer. Her idea of marriage is fun and fine clothes but no work or children.
 She refuses 10 do her own house. work and hires a maid. But Dick has to let the maid go Gloria has swamped him with debts for her eX- travagances,
 She becomes infatuated with an actor, Stanley Wayburn. When he leaves town she follows him 10 New York. But he spurns her, Then she tries 10 get job as a chorus girl and fails. Finally she comes home to Dick. He takes her back, but re- fuses to live with her as his wife.
 Gloria begins to suspect that he is in love with his secretary, Susan Briggs. Dick stays out late one night, and Gloria is sure he spent the evening with Miss Briggs. But next day she learns that he was at llIC lloiilt ol i'is bVllll A2Ns olllblt " hp had shot himself because of a love affair between his wife, May, and Jim Carewe.
 The breach between Dick and Gloria widcns. Glorla packs up and leaves him. finally. One afternoon, filled with homesickness, she breaks into the house she has left. While she is there, May Seymour tele- phones and says she wants 10 see : Gloria.
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 Gloria stood at the window watch ing for May to drive up in her little crimson car.
 But she came in a taXicab. And the driver followed her up the front walk, carrying two large travelling bags.
 The instant she set foot in the house, Gloria saw that there was some subtle change in her. She was not the crushed and fearful May of a week ago.
 The air of dash and impudence that had been her chief charm had returned to her. She had reddencd her lips, and around the collar of her soft black dress was a row of lit- tie pearls
 Don't look so surprised" she said to Gloria as she sank into Dicks chair" told you way last week that l was going to shake the dust of New BTtain from my shoes, didn't
 Yes" Gloria nodded. but l had no idea that you were going SC soon.
 "Why should I stay here?" May asked. There's nothing for me in this burg that I can see, Nothing but lot of friends who've stopped speaking 10 me and a story that I'll never be able to live down. :"
 Where are you going" Gloria asked.
 May threw out her hands with ( vague gesture. New York, Londor Paris . Bombay. Who knows?" she asked Thank heaven I have enough money to keep m' going! Going, going that's m only way for me 10 keep from los ing my mind, guess"
 She stopped speaking, and stared out of the window, as if her eye, were filled with long distances al. ready.
 "Why don't you go with me Glory?" she asked suddenly That's what I came here to ask you You know, you'll never go back to Dick now that you've actually Jeff him, don't you?"
 Gloria nodded. without a word.
 Well, then" May went on, tel him you want some money and come along with me, I'm going to stay at a hotel tonight, and take an early train in the morning. You could get ready to 80 by then. couldn't you?"
 Gloria looked at her thoughtfulIy The idea tempted her. What wa. this dull town to her, now that she had lost Dick?
 For two pins . for two little rusty bent pins I'd go with you May" she said slowly But, some. how or other, just can't do it. A, long as Dicks here . I've got tt stay guess
 What I cant understand" May answered with a little frown on hel face, lis how Dick ever happened to let you pick up and leave him.
 Her eyes questioned Gloria
 "Oh, l guess he just got tired O me-" Gloria said with a break il her voice. He wanted a home keeping wife. And l wasn't one. bored him."
 Bored him? Never Not witt that face of yours" May exclaimed
 "Oh. blah. Men get tired of noth ing but a woman's looks" Giorii told her. You cant get them witt your boauty. But you've got to hol, them with something else. Brains, for one thing. And love an care"
 Love and cadc! You talk abou them as if they were babies!" Ma , laughed
 Well, and so they are! They'r l only grown-up children" Glori went on, with that new wisdom 0 hers. When life bangs them O the head, they want someone to ru the bump, and tell them not to minC -. And they want their food righ on the dot poor things. just as } bahY does"
 She stopped and shook a solem foreflnger at May,
 And you flip it from the Flapper that the wife who wins is the on who mothers her man." she sait T used to think that what Die wanted was playmate. And all ( the time he wanted someone to talk his troubles to someone { mother him"
 Mays lip curled Don't Xxi yourself that you were ever Dick playmate. dearie," she said sacraC