The Washington times., 1935-12-21

walls, giving . certain sense Of
privacy in q trick moonlight.
Vernon breathed: This Is q
heavenly dream. Look-at that
wall-the tent pitched in the deS-
ert for the night"
Romantic child! You see CLAM.
our in everything, don't you?"
The champagne and the music
and the surroundings looSened
their tongues.
"See that tent over there?" said
Vernon again. Pretend it isn't
painted on the wall, but real!
How wonderful to sleep, to dream
in It'll"
Terry said, hoarsely, caught by
her mood: "Mayn't I come, too?
Would you leave me all by myself
out on the sands Of the desert?"
She blushed and laughed.
Would you behave?"
He caught her hand. with
that music in the air-those stars
and you! It would be difficult,
Vernon"
Her heart thrilled. She dared
to murmur, half below her breath:
What a wonderful place-tor q
honeymoon!"
Gould you be happy. Vernon"
said the voice beside her, low and
vibrant, could you be really
happy, roughing 1t in the wilds-
with someone you loved-lesving
all this life behind your"
Eyes," she breathed softly, so
low he barely caught it. provided
loved him."
It was queer that Terry'S mood
seemed to have changed when
they returned to their table. She
thought, Have I given myself
away? Been too easy with him
q second time?"
She steered the conversation to
tonight's play: 'The third act was
awfully disappointing, don't you
think?"
"It was psychologically correct.
There aren't many girls with
money who would give up all their
comforts and settle down happily
with q poor man."
That's cynical Of you. What
does money matter when two peo.
pie are head over heels IN love?"
Heads over heels suggests q dig
illness that q woman, when she
sets her two feet sohdly on the
ground, RECEIVERS from quickly"
"Not If her head Is in the stars!
Not If she loves truly"
But to thinking people, love
can be controlled. # one feels
oneself getting to the danger point
there are a number OF safe courses
to pursue"
Terry's Belief
Terry said, gently: Back in the
wilds Of New Mexico, this night
in the Desert Oasis, with you, will
be like an oasis in my memory"
She flashed: That's much too
glib. It sounds like something
out Of O silly novel,"
''I stand corrected. I grant you
I'm a poor hand at making pretty
speeches"
"No ones requiring you to make
pretty speeches" She was angry
now. Evidently he deSptsed women
in his heart.
"I'm sorry If I've offended you,
NV dear. Living the last few
years In the back Of beyond has
made me stupid in-what shall ]
say?-the social amenities"
1T still maintain that the girl
in the play tonight was terribly
selfish. Now, If you had been IN
the mans shoes"
He thought briefly, then he
said: IT should never be carried
away by q merely pretty face. Be
fore I got to the marrying point
7 would satisfy myself as to her
real character. That's the trou-
BILE with American marriages to-
day. They're based on what you
girls call sex appeal only. That's
perfectly crazy. They don't last.
How can they? The girls marry
with the firm determination that
if it isn't a go, they'll step right
out Of it and into another mar
riage. There's nothing sacred in
their point Of view. They think
a marriage that lasts Is old-fash-
ioned."
mot all girls" Vernon ventured
to remark.
'"The girls in the crowd you're
going with all do. They marry
purely as an experiment. Get all
they can out Of it while the 60.
ing's good. Sacrifice nothing.
Marriage gives them Q certain