Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-04-10
Her Part in
wedding Bellies"

By VERICK sHALLMAR

sGXXT HAT on earth are you putting
w these in fort" exclaimed Rose
Turner as Lila carefully arranged GER
tain garments upon the rack of her
wardrobe trunk. The garments were
those Of widow, very Partisan,
smart little widow to be sure, but
Lila. to her friends knowledge, had
never been married.
Got an idea. Ever have OneT
laughed Lila. Il didn't have any
vacation last year so I've got a whole
month this year. And If all goes well
I'm never coming back to this moth
balled old town where I've lived all
my life. I'm going to get transfer"
"Oh, a job in California;" smiled
Rose.
NO, unless you call a husband a
job" confessed Lila. Look here,
Rose, we just go around and round In
the same circle. II we do meet any
body worth while from outside, we
don't get a second look. Oh, we're
young enough and pretty enoughl"
'"Thanks!'
Keep the tipI Who does get the
tO-be-continued looks? The young
widow. Of course. Unknown, mys,
FERROUS, camoufaged wldow Look at
that little Mrs. Andrews, and Mrs.
Harlowe, with the baby face and the
full-grOwn pastW
Rose caught the idea. yes, and
that fiashy little lavender widow from
New Orleans last winter. Remem-
berY"
Certainly. l didn't play the part
Of that clinging-vine young Widow
Pellew in Wedding Bellies for the
Shriners last month for nothing"
Rose recalled her roommate's dainty
figure enhanced by misty floating wells
and crisp black frIlls. "You were the
hit Of the whole show" she acknowl-
edged
81 always could wear black" Lila
said, glancing In the mirror at the
delicate lnky line of her brows.
Rose, every mans a sob artist at
heart" Lila went on. "A helpless lit
tie widow, heart-broken. lonesome.
reaching out for something"
Someone" corrected Rose.
Gets their immediate attention"
continued Lila. "She's a contrast
from all this athletic, trouser-wearing,
ey-give-me-a-light stun that most
young girls pull nowadays"
"All milllonaires In favor Of young
widows say aye" Rose sang out.
"Ah, the eyes have It'll"
Nobody knows me at the San Gle
mente," said Lila, land widows don't
need expensive chaperons I've saved
money to last month. Rose, I'm as
desperate as Jesse James. won't
fall
Lila" Rose said, ~ hear millions
paging you'll"
And so did Lila herself when she
sped away on the Sunny California
Limited the next day-millions of
doubts
Mrs. Amboy Meredith, the apparent
ly wealthy society matron with the
bourgeois habit of introducing clever
people to smart people, in reality a
paid chaperon hired by the shrewd
San Clemente management, made a
mental note as the stylish and lovely
Mrs. Lila Pellew-Pltt registered, TAX
ing modest but pleasantly situated
slngle-roOm suite.
Lila was lovely, she was mysterious
and she had shy smile.
Half Of her vacation fed by on
/ gilded wings and Lila more than real
/ lied her ambition to meet new and
eligible men. She gathered proposals
as other women gathered sea shells,
and yet she considered her plan had
failed.
And then gay handsome headstroDg
Dick Brenden appeared and Lila real
ICED how little money can count for.
Not that Dick didn't have any. He
had enough, but lila knew she would
have loved him had he been a bell
hop.
Two more weeks. Then a certain
night upon the beach, a golden moon
gliding the sands, distant music, whis-
pering waters and the magical music
Of pounding pulses and leaping hearts,
the magic that depends upon neither
moonlight nor music nor the glamour
of gold, the magic Of youth and love.
Il can't marry you, Dick" Lila
heard herself saying very low. Il
I've deceived you. I'm not what pre-
tended to be, a widow" Richard
grew visibly pale and gulped
You - you mean you're - you're
marriedf" he asked
mo. no." cried Lila. Pm only"
i don't care who you are or what
you are 1 love you" Dick said.
I'm only a typlst," Lila rushed tC