New Britain herald., 1929-07-23
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whole le Ii Molly Burnham had not read that poem the day she graduated everything would have been entirely different She'd have married and settled down. most likely
 And it was such unimportant little poem, too. And merest that Molly it at a It the ans of morning newspaper The wonder that Molly had time to glance at the headlines that evenfu day.
 There had been breakfast at her sorority house in the morning. And what with thing and another the hours flying like mad At Il o'clock the seniors scrubbed their traditional annual bath Then there the luncheon that Claudia Cabot gave for her bridesmaids
 n Mo MaS E he ad of hnnn eo qas % m that lovely shade of that looks like de menthe with drifting through it. It made Molys which gray sometimes and blue other times green anything Molly loved green eyes. She the Lo- ree and all real sirens had and auburn hair
 Only Mollys hair isn't auburn but brown with streak5 it about the color of red fox, which may sound aur ing when you read about but really is extraordinarily ef lectve Especially with straight black eyebrows and eyes like NIoly's.
 They say Molly got prom bids that year than any one else in college She had stepped at Princeton and West Point and had been to Dartmouth Winter Carnival. But, mostly, Molly had yen for Harvard That because Wells Harvard
 Jack had been working year but still as poor church He coming out that afternoon take Molly to the presidents tea Heavens, what day sorority breakfast bridesmaids uncheon-and the presidents tea.
 Molly in a way ptied Claudia Cabot getting married right top of being graduated It must be pretty nice, though marrying money Not that Claudia cared She had enough of it herself Wasn't it always like that?he you had the more you got Now if only Jack had ric father something Or if Molly heiress like Claudia Cabot. Oh well -.
 Molly glanced at her watch She had appointment the Deans office at two-thirty.
 She leaned toward the mirror. Wiped bit of rouge from her lips powdered her thoughtfuy What under the sun did the Dean want?
 On the way out she fingered in the lobby moment. It crowded with girls and eeked with the sweetness of Commencement offelingsowers and perfumes Molly felt sudden pang. After a college had been home to her for four years. She would miss 1t dieadfully
 Ask Mr. Wells. if he comes before get back, to wait for me here she told the mad and waved to group that hailed her ovousy.
 Hey Molly wait minute"
 Can't she told them. The Dean-no less-is paging She had q sort of lump in her throat silly thing She was times ahsudly sentimental. Just seeing the girls like that all together, made her think how lonely she going to be when she couldn't sec them any more. Hay off my boy, she admonished them with her flash ing smile. Hell be here any minute"
 And off she ran across the green and down the hi 70 the administration Offlce where the Deans secretary tod her she expected and asked her to wait
 So Molly sat at window, watching the Commencement groups drift the lawn lovely lawn smooth velvet. It would be marvellous place, she thought to switch trains Twenty wears ago girls DID wear trains at Commencement :; Molly surveyed her knees and smiled and pulled her skirt down far possible The Dean a little bit od-fashioned
 Five minutes :. . Ten minutes There was paper the table and Molly reached fer it estIessy.
 It open at the Noman's page, and she noted idly that Dr. West had something about the of babies in And Aunt Emily held in her column, that ing She read letter from Mother of Eight" and anothr from "Bashful SiXteen and wondered if women real" wrote those things Or if the editor made them up
 But she thought of girl she knew, named Emmalino Luce who had baby nearly every and raised them 'Dr. Vests Words to Mothers.
 And she thought of Jack Wells and how much she loved him. And wondered if she oo might marry and settle down like Emmalne and grow mediocre and dull But of she wouldn't She and Jack would be different Different from all those commonplace couples who played bridge and listened to the radio and gossped about the neghbors D fcrant from all other lovers everywhere.
 Suddenly Mollys eyes fell on little verse:
 girl she had her hope and chance
 But fate thwarted by glance,
 A look that set her heart aflle,
 So genius dicd for desire
 Iet still the phantom visions glow
 Although world will never know
 The Shining Talent that dead
 So soon as that bright soul was wed.
 dull and stodgy wife is she,
 And dark the flame that used to be;
 But always come to torture her
 The dreams of things that never were
 So this is the song of the wife
 An, what have done with my life?
 Molly read it through twice "A girl, she had hcl hope and chance dull and stodgy wife is she '' We'll if it wasn't for all the world like Emmaine Luce. died for warm desire POOr old Ennalin4'