Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01
CONSIDER THE LILIES Edna ' Fcnel
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! ward. her tusky face blazing with tbs
/ scarlet Of resentment. In her thick
| tongue she mimicked. as hest she
could the teachers mincine speech,
Paw leen. Paw.leeu, Nav, Nc
Po'i' roli Z,z.zhado." She spat il out
Thumped her chest.
BY the time she was ls roll had hal
10 Jobs and 20 heaus and had hceu
faithful to none If them The truth
, was she wanted neither a job nor a
husband II she had been the modern
Girl of today. she would have talked
largely about freedom and self-eXpres
sion and the development of the indi
vidual. But what she said. SURVEYING
her family treadmill, was: what do
want to work for all the time, or tie NJ
to some man and work for him Say.
want to- want to" The thing
she wanted was ~ vague and yet So
definite, so simp'e and vet SO vastly
understandable. that she herself could
not name it, Fields. skies. distance
travel freedom.
"l"h. YOU Want-~Nou want scolded
Ma Ihado. and quite properly. You
don't know what YOU want, crazy tzi
game. YOU.
Polls Jobs had ranged all the WAY
from factory IL housework. Her suit
ors vera rather mild Young Magyars.
Their wooincS followed the runven
tional pattern ot the dist rict-a quick
yrah and quick, rough kiss ON the
part Of the gentleman. \ quicker ~
from Toll. The slap did not neces
Sarily signify anger IN the part OF the
lady. II was little more than n polite
and customary maidenly gesture. But
Poll usually meant il and thus pui
more real vi-ur into it than the OF
fender considered quite ethical, Ne
would Smie the uncertain smile of sur.
prise and real pain: his eyes smartiny
he would bring one palm IN 10 the
tingling cheek. Say. what YOU think
Crazy. YOU, \ wild tyigane,'
"Hunky.." Poll would retort. none
too elegantly.
EVEN beauty must handle her
suitors more graciously than that
and Poll was no beauty. With he.
swarihy skin and her straight black
hair. she was not considered hand
some. even by her male admirers: hut
she had about her Il sparkle, n zest. an
impud"nt liveiinesS. She travelled on Il
wave of buoyancr and carried you
with her. The flesh under her finger
nails was dark. with lavender tint
in it. Her cheek bones were high
and the exaggerated socket made "A set
ting that enhanced the gieam OF her
eyes. The skin of her arms and threat
though dusky. was smooth and had a
sort of dun sheen.
1t was freely predicted by her fam.
ily. her friends and her enemies~-,ll
numerous-that Poll Zhado would
come To q bad end. Always running
the streets. A loafer. Always talking
about the country. Who wanted Ia
see the country" You could see
enough Of it II YOU went northwest
from Ciybourn. just half hours ride
on the street car.
Al Il Poll met Tony Sebok Mt a
Hungarian dance in Prudential Hail.
She was wearing n pink dress of n
shade To hung YOUR eyes out. TONY
Sebok was older than Poll by 10 years.
He had a walrus mustache. a pale blue
satin tie and a bright blue suit. and
was altogether male figure TO please
the feminine eye. All this was en-.
HANGED by the fact that Tony himself
made no further noticeable effort to
win the girls 10 him. He was wild.
over. Chiifless sober. Industrious. de-.
pendable. an expert mechanic. com,
manding a wage larger than that OF
the head Of the Zbado household 4
catch IL ever there was one.
The luck Of the unworthy was with
Poll. The thing was SO simple az Ia
ee elemental. Every girl in the hall
learned that the widower's late wife
had been pretty. gentle. quiet and
virtuous, and that he mourned her
sincerely. So every girl in the hall
at 6nce set about being a pattern of
all that was pretty. gentle. quiet and
yirtuous. All. that lis, except Poll.