The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23
NOW
AND
4GREAFTER
The Girl That Amt.
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y. a,,rsrs with little white
,ss II, losing themselves all
that appeals to me
o., n All these modern yards
n ,,r hc,hou>c flowers trying
',,,nral. IL there's any
roo,> pitiful. it's flowers
|, Systematically
+. preutS didn't 20 IN
,- antique crrcSery and
,.,, frockcry. but they
.srir home with great books
= music. IliIda was taught
.rest literature and she
!, m,rs fascinating than
qx magazines.
|, e,her girls were munrhins
~ mannin: over slushy
T. aud thrilling over movie "
uibIs was trampins the
,,mpin: by clear mountain
.Dj learuin. the lore of
nj brock and blossom.
! bsr feminine contemporaries
,spin: unlawful hours and
s1er.ie< un vapid emotion
10 WAS swimming in the
,N.in: in the river, her hair
|. in the winI her face tam
!, hcdy sloriou>ly healthy.
hr when student suicide in
anil crime are becoming
DpuIsr diversions Hilda
I,,yr found it necessary 10 Kill
\ n,; to find ont what comes
~ does she need to become a
kDdir 10 srt 4 new thrill.
a ,se. not paint her face to
~ for havin. no color. She
tsber Nature supply the cos
direct and since Hllda has
~ :ood terms with her.
b ylnre has na,lc n good job
L loe> me- guUd Ia see one
4.a can face the world with
-i,s 10. I've seen ~ much
d the last ten years that I'm
Rili AMI liilda rests my eyes.
h. ~ NJ wrong. She wears
! hair. She thinks the pre-
syIe Of clothes, SeaSibly worn.
rsr than her crandniothers.
6s>a'r ,arade. however, rs an
ri%msnt that day by day i'm
Uly they're .ettin. shorter
Ap-sr. She does not know
lEarle>ton AMI Blark Bottom
y often dlnceS alone in the
EIHi By the lake from the pure
Wiring. But she doesn't think
~Itl dance that way if some
Al'le'l >heiS were blowin: his
pal breath in her face. talking
ir,l;ividl chatter in her ear
fyih: 10 drag her through "a
artificial steps over an arti-
t'or. She does not drink nor
and the last man who tried
r. a necSin: party over at her
+ till wnnderin: how he ever
W ot that GARDEN cate and
% fat.
m1f>e ililda knows she is not
n Step with progress. But il
qftnl whether She ever thinks
l1'H, how different she is for
T'T W 'n naturally love such a
hI Il rarely ocrur> 10 her that
: llferent. certain it i. she
'f ~ >le"p hpcau>e the
Tom th" metropolis never
VI i"T dates. And it isn't be-
'aey don't want dates.
% pretty: Boy. when You see
4lil; y"U ask Yourself. Am
'ullhs Or am | amt" But
"'A> Know that when they
aa'e with her. they have
Dat" with Ia" trimmings and
l'>l "t them are after the
'I$ They know its no use
nat she has the friendship
7p~rt "f them all. for the
nlnd"d fellow will wish in
nl'lnen'> that all girls were
NV Il Happier SAY of her rec
'''l' Sn"rkS my vocabulary
.'h pIa"" her. She's not
'""r' Tor shes sweet aS can
newer heard her say a
'l IN my life AMI that time
'u'' raw joke over at her
'h" I"ok she gave me
,,,. 'nllS my heart had broke
','' Relations She gets a
''ih than | do with all
Shes Il problem to
"'' "ln-fa >hipned and she's
,,a sI' /" pull the <tory4,ook
u "ili her different If
' mint been worn out"
' may Ie drlused with
," 'l"aii>tic >wains asking
Ma, ' i''lia resides. let me say
,ia,, mat. 10 far as | know,
n' such sirl. I've been
), uef myself. I'd like to