The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-27
B ELE AMOR EARLY
AUG. 27, 1929
or rH2 LAY


The thing had been taking shape
in her mind for some time. Grad
ually. Hazily. Like a furtiye dream,
full of vague shapes and shadoWy
substance. The story of a woman
who had loved and lost. A woman
who had bartered romance for a
career and hated the career, and
longed for love.
It must be a beautiful book, beau
tifully written. The heart cry of a
lonely woman. She must find lovely
words, and magnificent phrases.
And she must blend them eXquis-
itely, so the whole should be per-
feet. The delineation of a woman's
life. A passionate woman. passion
ately seeking. Seeking the things
of existence. The cheap, trumpery,
taWdrv things. Fame, and money
and thrills. Satisfaction unto safety.
And-When she was sated-thiS
woman, who had turned her back
on love, would be lonely. And, in
her desolation. she would cry with
the prophet. "All is vanity and vex-
alton of spirit"
For Molly meant. in her book, to
show that the things of life are
as nothing. And only the white-hot
flame of love has power to comfort.
and to heal.
It would be difficult thing to
write. Difficult. because it would
be the barring of her own lnnermost
existence. No longer should she
keep silence to cloak her wounds.
She would write her confession OF
failure. that all who would might
read.
EIRED with sudden determination,
L she began work with fervid en-
thusiasm. Until dawn, the keys of
her little pink typewriter few up
and down beneath her fingers.
She would call her book ASHES
of Desire" And her heroine should
be named Lalun. When Molly was
quite a small girl. she had two favor
tie names. One was Lalun. And the
other was Jale She intended. IN
those days. to have twins, and
named them Lalun and Jale. Jale
is Turkish name, and means dew
drop. Molly never knew what Lalun
meant, but it didn't make any diff
ference. 1t was a beautiful name
and, since she was never to have
twins now, she might as well use 1t
somehow. It seemed NOR appropriate
for the heroine of tragic novel
than Jale. because tragic heroines
seldom suggest dewdrops. Lalun
had an intriguing sound that might
mean almost anything.
She had a hard time getting the
first chapter started. It was differ
ent than writing plays. All you
had to think of for play was &C
ton. Action and dialogue.
But with a novel like "Ashes OF
Desire" one must be whimsical
Tender. Profound. Molly went to
her book shelves, to see how other
authors did. There was George
Moore's Sisters Teresa" which was
also. the study of woman's life.
Molly turned to the opening page
She was conscious of her indo-
Iehce; within and without her there
was a strange, lifeleSs calm. q
strange inactivity in the air and In
her mind. In the landscape and In
her there seemed no before and nc
hereafter. But a glance invardS
revealed to her the ripple of some
hidden anticipation moving under
the sullen surface"
Molly loved retrospective stun
Ialun must be introspective. Sh'
wondered If it would be plagiarism
if she should begin. "Lalu wa
conscious of her own futility; with
in and without her there was emp
She considered a moment. anC
then began. swiftly. to type. Befor'
she stopped, Lalu had became
living breathing woman. A crea
ture of fire and of promise. Ant
because she was beautiful she wa
beloved, of course.
The man who loved her was ST
feet one. He had dark hair. ant
eyes to match. Laughing eyes. Ant
a very strong. determined chin. HI
hair had a little wave in 1t, ant
his chin had a dimple.
MoIiy took the sheet out of tn
typewriter. to read what she hat
written about the man who va
Lalu's lover.
Good heavensl" she thought
I've described Jack Wells!"
And so she had. It was like
portrait
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