The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-15

O. bOOOS Mech b"N ~
nyins that il will actually operate
within these four walls. Now
how should I furnish it and dec
crate it"
Helen had invited Marcia 10 DC
parent in the enterprise put
little figuring hal convinced hef'
as Marcia wisely suggested that
its scope was more likely to be q
one-woman proposition. Marcia
had agreed, however. 10 h'ip ~
the planning. Now she wanuere"
about the room, remembering
without an ache the associations
the MACE had foy her She remehA-
bered those light-heaitrd days
when Kendr:cn had iloatej WIN
favorable tide. and remGCmoSy.s"
the queer blann left IN her me
when this room. too, had become
a blank, upon his going ":-
There was no ghost Of him with
in these walls. no echo o: MS voice
or hers from the Older days. ene
knew that ''finiS" had been WIFI
ten an episode. 49,,
How remote It seemed 'hI' 'r'
ISOLDE. but how clear though re-
motc-a chapter OF her history IN
proper perspective for unemouon-
nj examination.
Twice. to Helen and to Dorothy
Oshorn had Marcia declared her
one loss in the HCndrick III ialr inc
loss of 4 friend. and yet she was
aware of lacking something SiSe
which once had been hers. one
knew what it was. IL was the leei-
inc of a planned future.
She felt restless Helen was
restless too, but was FINDING an
outlet for energy in this prosaic!'
vet exciting and ambitious, busl-
ness venture. Helen had dag
noscd her own rcStleSSness. as
caused by her failure TO have
definite. everyday job i'll the
working world. -.
Marcia knew that she herself
could not use this same escape.
She was not. she felt sure, Il Gu
reer woman. Then was her He
useless, was she only, in fact, q
parasite? Did her village chart
ties, her efforts to be Il good
neighbor, good friend, a good
citizen, succeeded or fail in Off
setting the fact tina tShc did not
toll or spin, earn or create? 4.
Ii was too complex Subject for
clear answer. One might 20 M
TO al! the pros and cons OF wo-
man getting job who did not
need a job. into all the evidence
for and against woman seeking a
career when, rs in Marcia'S case.
'she recognized no special talent IN
her self, and still not find the So
luton.
Well, ut least she had, identified
the source of her rcstlesSness. 1t
was the feeling of being without
an objective. Butt got her no.
where.
Perhaps. too. it was reaction
After All, these had been crowded
weeks. The hendlick saffaiE, with
its, SEQUEL Of futile chase. The
long prepafation for the Stage5
sraft Guild show. punctuated by
the excitemeas. OF, the towns Sc
ries .ofiobhetie$ and her soYn pan
in theInl! The accident, when the
bandits had literally been chased
out of town. and the task OF ~
coyery.., The excitement of the
show and its grand climax.o Doh
othy Osborn's chance on Broad
way. Dorothy's proffcl~ OF fiiend-
ship. 49, -,
All this had filled the weeks.
Now, nothing. appeared ahead eE7
cept the dull routine of village life
in late winter. She looked fore
ward to boredom, a void. through
which she would grope' for a pur-
pose. Could she lind itr-not an
invented one, but a real one, the
zeal one, which she did not Yet
know, but would recognize the In
slant she saw it? . She was look
ING for that niche of endeayor
which is essential to every. life, q
niche that often cannot be attain
cd. hut, once reached. provides its
own rewards to the finder. ~
An hour later she parted with
Helen on the sidewalk. in front toi
the new shop. As Helen walked
away toward the postoffice, Mar,
. cia wondered duly what she co ssl
find 10 fill the afternoon. shee
knew that il. she made the ques,,
/ lion public, the reception woala
be ieering, Do? Why. With your ir
money and time, take a Trip
around the. world. if you like; OF
inst 0o 10 New York; an hour
! away. and be happy in INC, thea in
\ teI,s and bright places 40: po
/ ahything YOU want TO- do, 81 Il 2.
Al, but what did she want to
do? .r.~ '';''- -
Tony Stelliccj, the night chef OF
the Dog Wagon, out for an aft
efnoon constitutional, halted hel
WIZ" aHambursels doing well these
, nights, Tony" she asked. 81
\ haven't been Around Cor So long,
L Not SO, good, Miss Garfield
said Tony. i've haven't had, mnci
OF a midnight crowd since the
clay. But spring is coming, ant
people viii be out more"
"How is your fathei.?" asked
Marcia. az haven't ,teen able t
90 around with the nurse for 81
lies not very well,P said Tony
But at least he-hs never foun'
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