Evening star., 1927-07-14
BUD STILLMAN'S BRIDE-TO-BE
TODD OWN WORK IN COZY HOME
Farmers Daughter Not Used
to Servants, Proud of
Her Own Skill.
Eager for Visit to Paris and
Sure They Can Live
on S25 a Week.
BY ZOE BECkLEY.

BY ZOE BECkLEY.
| Copyright 1927 IN all countries by North
American Newspaper Alhancel
NEW YORK, July 13.-If you feel
world-weary and jaded, and are con-
vinced that all is vanity, you should
meet Bud" Stlllman's little tiancee.
Iona Wilson of Grand Anse, Canada.
Although she has not actually sat in
the cinders and been cuffed about by
ugly, jealous sisters, Lena is your old
and well loved friend Cinderella!
The prince is James Alexander, eld-
est son of James A. Stillman, banker,
one of America S richest men, and of
the wife whose terrific legal battle
over this and that ended after years
Of bitterness in a friendly reconcilIa-
! tion that thrilled the Nation to the
core of its sentimental heart.
All signs pointed to James, junior,
choosing some glorious golden girl for
wife-some lovely. sophisticated young
person who said Yes" between smoke
rings and bade him not musS UP her
! lip rouge.
Lena Wilson knows neither smoke
rings nor lip-rouge. In fact, we saw
not even an engagement ring upon
| her finger. though it's rumored there
is one, put away in a box somewhere.
| As for her Yes" it must surely have
| been said in an old-fashioned garden.
| very sWeetly and shyly, or on the
woodland path coming up from the
canoe. Lena is IS; Bud %.
| Cinderella has never before been in
| terVieWed.
! Met Bud Long Ago.
| Sitting there in the great galleried
| hall of the Stillman town house on
| Park avenue, she looked very small
and young, and fresh and sweet-and
| frightened. But we soon found our
selves chatting of more comfortable
| things than glass slippers and golden
coaches drawn by white horses that
had once been mice. We asked about
| her meeting with Bud"
| 'Oh-that was long, long ago." be-
| gan Miss Lena in a quiet voice that
| suggests walled gardens with holly
| hooks, rather than a big farm with
| tlmberlands that resound with AK
| blows and the swish of logs floating
| dOwn-river to be sold. Il can hardly
remember when didn't know Bud"
tHere a shy, smiling look at the big,
pink, strawberry-h haired boy on the
antique settee beside her, and an en-
couraging return glance from him)
HE couldn't have been more than
| II or IA, and 1 was Z or g.. Our farms
adjoin on the st. Maurice River,
which spreads out wide there. Grand
! Anse means great bay in French.
| We were two big neighbor families. l
| have five sisters and three brothers,
and we have played with the Stillman
children all our lives"
Mercy, However did Bud know
which of you girls to pick?"
| Cinderella b111Shed r1iplyII- md fba
princes ruddy face turned to fire.
Love Guides Own Course.
mo one can explain, guess" Lena
went bravely on, why you---love one
and not-another-" Again the
swift glance toward Bud, who plunged
! to the rescue like a liner answer
ing sos.
There never was any doubt about
that" he interjected. I'VE just be-
longed, that's all. You can tell when
person is on your wire! We aren't
worried that we don't know each other
well enough or don't understand each
other. What, we are worried about is
how to get this marriage business
over with as little fuss as possible
and get off to Europe without the
newspapers and cameras shooting us
to ribbons"
"And where's the wedding to be-
and when?"
Cinderella answered, her face like a
Pernay rose.
July 26, at my mothers house. 1t
is all going to be simple, because we
live simply. I would feel out of place
in a great city church. | have never
known anything but the farm until
lately"
And lately-you have made ac-
quainted with New York. What do
you think of it, Cinderella?"
A wide. sweet smile lighted Miss
Lena's blonde face. She was dressed
for shopping - simply, OF course, for
simplicity and sincerity are the key
notes of her nature: Plain tan frOck
bearing the touch, nevertheless, of a
clever maker, it's V neck disclosing
creamy skin with the faint golden tan
of sunshine on it; tan stockings and
pumps upon legs shapely and strong
looking; a long, light coat bordered
with cocoa fur and Enthusiastically the
work of some smart couturier; small,
tight hat of pale green felt, almost
completely hiding her straight, fair
hair cut in Dutch fashion as Jackie
Coogan's used to be.
Jewelry and Rouge Barred.
Not a piece Of jewelry, not YES
tige of cosmetics. She needs none.
Fripperies do not suit Lena Wilson.
She is not definitely pretty, but
sweet and young and fresh, with a
wholesome purity about her like
pines in the sun. Her eyes are blue
and pleasant, teeth flawless, face
round, with worlds of character in its
jutting chin. We were noting all
these important details while Cinder-
ella was collecting her thoughts on
New York.
'Of course, it's so diffeent from
anything in my part Of the world
that at first l was little bewildered,"
said she in modest fashion, but for
all that with the unconscious dignity
Of tknSn 1,.l, li,.o .,.itL