Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-08-11
sOBTUSE TRIANGLE D. Ta9ra 5 WINSTON

/, had gone TO near the top IN the Graz
\ ham Advertising agency. The presidents
of the company had been q bic leniesaf
Ia the FIRST place about hiring an uza-
| trained copy writer, but Lois copy was
good-fresn and clean and entertain~
ing. she didn't write on the biggest
accounts even nov, but she did give
an interesting ~woman's angle" 10 the
accounts she worked for.
Lois was small and her eyes were
big and brown. She wore her brown
hair In straight and sleek and child
ish bob and her head, slightly too large
as Is the case with many small women
accumulated her youth. She dressed
well. in clothes little too young for
her and yet SO well tailored and ap~
pEuwrsate that II you were man you
were wen pleased with the effect and Y
you were q woman you were only
slightly irTitated.
Roberta knew how attractive Lois
was and how her brave-tttle woman
act appealed to men. She knew, too
that Lois was smarter than she Was
Roberta was plump and always plan
ming TO start dieting GA Monday. LOIS
preserved her sienderneSs By watching
her diet constantly. Lois was clever
about talking TO people too. Roberta
even when she tried hard. never quite
knew what TO say to q man when she
was alone with him, unless he was very
old and only wanted some one to be
kind and friendly.
Roberta was 80 and she knew she
looked her age. Lois was perhaps five
years younger, though she limited ct
being aWfuIly young and, Ia most lights,
looked the age she pretended.
It isn't to face facts, even when you
know them. Roberta knew that her
husband was IN love with younger.
prettier, smarter. and more attractive
woman. And that was thatl
Roberta knew what she ought to DO.
She knew by All the laws OF her mod
ern, oxford Gardens set Oxford Car
dens, the garden spot Of New Y0rks
suburbs she ought TO give CeorEs
McKessen diverse. Gayly, carelessiys
nonchalantly. AS II It didn't meas
anything to her. Then George ana
Lois could get married.
She knew what would happen Il she
said she was going 10 get 8 divorce.
Shed watched other women Her
friends would gather around her ike
inquisitive singing bees. Each oEze
would have some bit Of news TO add
advice to give. She would have 10 lis
ten to criticism Of George, 10 long
discussions Of how George and Lois
we're to blame. Here friends would er-
JOY the excitement She wouldn't.
Then would come the divorce itself
She had seen enough acquaintance 60
through with that to know what hap
pened. II she went 10 Reno IL would
mean q long and tiresoFne trip BY her.
sef-she hated train trips anyhow
and weeks IN 8 lonely boarding house
or In q small, dreartly furnished apart
ment. Seeing lawyers Then going col
court. She wouldn't have money
enough for gay times, even IL she were
feeling like having them
If she got divorce In New York it |
would mean q hundred unpleasant de-
tails. And then the divorce ITSELF
George wasn't well known enough for
the newspapers 10 do much about It. /
That was one good thing. But the
papers might cover it, anyhow, and
Roberta shuddered away from that sort
OF publicity. She didn't mind seeing
her name mentioned In the neighbor-
hood weekly as attending bridge party
on luncheon but she had been brought
up conservatively BY folks who thought
1t better II your name stayed out Of
the newspapers.
But that would be the smallest part
OF 1t. Afterwards would be worst Of
all.
Roberta knew that as George Nc
Kessen's wife she had q fairly easy
time Of It. A pleasant time. Better
than she deserved, more than likely.
What Of it2 Maybe, she was selfish.
She enjoyed her home, her maid, the
things that meant comfort and, IN q
way, luxury.
She had wanted children when she
first married. She had thought there
was going 70 be q baby. Then she had
been quite III and there hadn't been q
baby after all That hadn't been her
fault certainly. Now keeping George
from marrying Lois wasn't robbing
George o. children She knew that.
Lois said often enough she'd never
have any children for any man. And
George DIDN'T want children. he al
ways said 90 and reiterated &c last year
when she wanted to adopt baby. So
keeping George married 10 her wasn't
deprtvfng George Of anything be really
TAINTED. Except Lois.
The chief reason. besides the actual
oBtng Of George. that Rcberta didn't
want q divorce was because she knew
What would happen 10 her. Even IL she
lid get aiiEnony and she hated the ,
thought Of that-the amount would be
mail. George was generous enough II :
'ou belonged 20 him but Roberta knew
hat once you we're an outsider-as