Evening star., 1926-03-14
Dulcie Gets Into the Rough
BY Fannie Kilbourne
Involving Domestic Crisis and Bag of Golf Tricks.

upset. the Dulcie who couldn't look
| at a new beau of another girl with
out wondering il it would be possible
to get him away from her. Not that
|sI thought she wanted to try to get
any OF our husbands now. goodness
knows. but--well, | couldn't quite de-
eide what it was that made me feel
| uneasy. But / couldn't help wishing
| Dulcie had Il pair of babies, too, and
had to stay at home like any other
| married woman.
THE next Saturday ! had supper
ready promptly at quarter past
six as usual, and those men never
got home till seven o'clock. viii was
very apologetic.
eighteen holes" he explained: land
Dulcie said you wouldn't mind. supper
being mostly cold meal, anyway
! II made pop-overs." ] said rather
chilly: land I'm afraid they aren't
fit to eat now"
VIII was very sorry and ate the
pop-overs. which were cold and soggy,
declaring they We're good, of course.
He went right on explaining being
late and. as is always the case when
VIII starts smoothing things over.
the more he smooths them the
rougher they get.
| II hated to start home ahead Of
the bunch" he said. because we get
in our best chance to play after five
O'Clock. All of us just learning, it
! makes us kind of nervous when the
course is crowded: and the Harvester
crowd thins down late in the after.
! noon. You see. most Of them keep
maids. and they have to get home
right on tick for dinner so the girls
won't get sore and leave
| said nothing for several moments.
! and the more / thought Of that re-
! mark Of Wills the less liked it. A
| husband has to be too considerate
Of his maid to keep her dinner wait
his mere wife hung up for three
quarters Of an hour while her pop
overs get as soggy as sponges.
1T seems to me-" | said, in a hurt
tone. that when I have to stay at
home all afternoon taking care of
your children and getting your suppep,
the least you could do would be to
get here in time to eat it."
Will was quite crushed by the jus
tice of that remark. but his way of
fixing everything up was far less sat
isfactory than before. The next Satur-
day afternoon he called me up from
the golf club.
Listen. honey" he said. as though
he were handing me money, don't
YOU bother with supper for me to.
night. We're just going TO get started
now and it'll be late. Dulcie says
she'll get us all something cold when
we get home"
Most unhapply put the babies
to bed that night, got my own sup
per. and ate it alone. At s o'clock
the f1ivver arrived. Will da shed in.
dropped his clubs. shouted:
Dulcie says for you to come on
over. Dotty," and dashed over to the
Lanes.
/ didn't go over. however. Things
had come to a. pretty pass when if
] wanted to see my husband I'd got
to meet me at Dulcie Lanes. They
ate out on the porch. 1 could hear
them opening ginger ale and laughing
and talking about the game. VIII
came home too enthusiastic to notice |
my coolness.
why don't YOU come on out and |
learn, Dotty?" he demanded. "A lot |
of the Harvester bunch's wives play" |
who would you suggest I'd leave !
the babies with" I asked coolly.
Couldn't mother-or your moth. !
er~--'' he began.
".'he Ossili meet Saturday after
no@ns." l reminded him. They'd !
scarcely care to stay home from that !
to let me play GOLF
We'll, can't you hire Ella?"
ELLA has beau who has Saturday |
afternoons off. She would scarcely !
care to come then"
Whenever I feel irritated at Will |
] use the word scarcely" a great |
deal.
We'll. you always seem to be able |
TO get away to go to bridge party"
he said in a rather aggrieved tone.
II don't so to bridge parties Satur |
days." l said. "Of course 1 can get
Ella occasionally on other days. You |
see, WILL" I added, gently reproach. |
full. my life is rather different now
that we have children. can scarcely |
be as free as Dulcie.''
Say" said Will suddenly, tits a
funny thing about Dulcie. She doesn't |
get anywhere's near as long a shot |
as the rest Of us, but she hits straight
and we go off wild to one side q lot. |
When we come to count up strokes.
she'll often beat us on the hole"
did she wear that green dress
again?" l asked. curiosity overcom-
ing resentment for the time being.
NO." said Will; she's got a lola.
round her like convict. 1t sounds
funny, but it looks pretty slick on
her.
''She showed me the pattern" l |
said. I'D thought I might make me
one
Well" said Will doubtfully, 81
don't know that you'd like it for your
SELF
If there is anything that makes me
wild it's for, a husband to admire
something on another girl and then
think it's too loud for his wife. Not
till two days later did it occur to me
that perhaps VIII thought I was get
ting too fat to wear stripes running
crosswise. This was hardly likely,
though. admitted. I was much SLIM
mer than Rosie Merton, and it wasn't
fair of VIII to go comparing me with
girl like Dulcie. who has no children
and nothing to do but doll herself
and serve meals in the middle of the
night.
Oh. the strain was certainly on
again. All the peace that had come
while Dulcie was away had flown.
The next Saturday they didn't get
home till half past s. And +
couldn't say word, VIII was raw.
ing so over what a good sport Dull
Gle was to be willing to get late sup.
per for them. Every week day eve.
ming he'd dash out to the ravine to
practice. right after supper.
Leave the dishes till it gets dark"
he'd say. land I'll help you.''
And when I wouldn't, he'd go
just the same, and never come in till
9 O'Clock. I recalleda Mrs. Col
lier saying that if she hadn't taken a
firm stand she'd never have seen her
husband except when it was too dark
for him to see golf ball.
X X u X
SEVERAL days later I found that
~ I wasn't the only one who found
Ililcia q Snrnant R0oa,oaa nd Nir.s,