Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23

Aunt Martha was for making tarts,
nounced into the glistening blue-tiIed
kitchen of the sage Of Whipple Hill.
Dee q slim, sun-tanned girl with long
dashed gray eyes, sheen of blue-black hair and
lips that were as red as pomegranate. Gaiety
and daring were usually her notes. but this
morning as she came in, wearing green pa
jana robe and smoking cigarette through .
long jade holder, there was q hint Of defiance
in her eyes. More, she looked disgruntled, and
not being one to dodge unpleasant issues, she
came directly to the cause of her unrest.
Aunt Martha, suppose you know mothers
reason for wishing me of on you, don't you?"
she asked
AS she poured some golden batter into black
waffle iron, Aunt Martha said
why, no, I didn't think there had to be any
particular reason for visit from my and
only niece"
Hosting herself on the edge of the table, Dee
sat Hopping her slim, pajamaed legs to and fro
mo-" with faint frown on her young brow
"there doesn't have to be, but in this special
instance there was. Fact is, I'm rather goofy
about a chap I've met in New Orleans"
Wearing the look of rapt interest which won
for her the confidence of young and old alike
Aunt Martha turned from the stove
GsT AND sakes you don't say And here, all
the time. I was thinking that you and
Ken Craig was
WELL" shortly, I'VE were Ken's a good egg
like him. Lots. Last Summer when first
met him here in Lnsdale, was all hot and
bothered about Ken. And the parents think
he's the garlic, too. Fact is, I don't think
there's anything they'd like better than to see
me stepping OF the Lohengrin, supported by
Ken's hefty arm. But" drawing deeply on her
cigarette, she paused, "a woman's got q right
to change her mind" she said.
Setting q dainty appointed breakfast tray on
the table upon which Dee was perched, Ger
tainly she has" Aunt Martha agreed AN in
these days when folks don't get married more
than three or four times and Paris is acting so
Squittish about givin' divorces, I think it's q
good idea to do as much Of the changin' you
can before you get to the altar"
That's exactly what think" Dee concurred
land NUNS and Dad needn't kid themselves
into believing that shipping me up here away
from Cedric is going to make me forget him,
either"
Cedric? That's sort Of out-of-t he-u usual
name, isn't it?" Aunt Martha queried.
''Well," airily, you don't hear 1t every day.
Cedric Johns-Suydam, pronounced Sittem, is
the rest of It, He's English, you know, and an
actor" Dee explained
IAN actor? Land sakes amt that wonderful
I've always wanted to meet some Of these stage
folks. OF course, know the Seymours who
run little theater here, but somehow they've
never seemed like the genuine thing to me-"
Nbbling at q piece of toast, Dee looked at
Aunt Martha with round. luminous eyes,
well. Cedric is, can ten you. He's been
acting in stock company in New Orleans all
Winter. He'd have been starred long before
this il it hadn't been for the jealousy Of that
Conceived ass who plays the leads. Cedric'S the
dark, romantic type, you know. tell him he
looks more like Spaniard than an English
man. But that, OF course, Is because he takes
i after bis. mother, who was quite famous
- With the warm, alive interest which she had
l1foF the joys, rs well rs the diStresses of her
world, Ellis mother q dancer, and in Aadrid?"
Aunt Martha exclaimed. my my what q
faScinatin' man your friend must bel"
Dee jumped down from her perch on the
table
''.i H. that's just It, He is. He's suave and
polished, with q way about him-a cosmopoli-
tan. finished air that makes chaps like Ken
seem 50 commonplace and prosaic." Pausing
she looked OF with intent brooding eyes, I'm
mad about him, Aunt Martha. He's the cream
in my coffee. And NUNS and Dad might as
well face the fact" she said
well, he certainly sounds grand" Aunt Mar
tina agreed calmly I've always wanted to meet
an actor. II he wasn't 50 buSy-on the stage
and aH-Id suggest your asking him up for one
of these week end visits"
A T these words, Dee stood stock stilI. staring
in amusement.
Aunt Martha, you don't mean i'll" she ex-
claimed
Brushing back Q tendril Of her cloudlike white
hair, Aunt Martha chuckIed.
sure mean 1t. II there's one thing dote
ON It's these artistic people who've done things
and been places and can talk about somethin'
except crops an bonds an business deals" she
said.
Fiingins her arms about Aunt Marthas am
pie figure, Dee executed an ecstMtic liz upou
the kitchen floor
Aunt Martha" kissing her first on one
plump cheek and then on the other, you're the