F or the Children’s Sake By FANNIE HURST (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) (WNU Service) NN MEREDITH'S was one of those affairs. She met Donald Mutrie on a and married him that day marriage runaway Sunday week, Her friends and some of his, sald Ann was too good for him. Meaning that up to the time of her marriage Donald had been what might be called a prodigious sower of wild oats, Ann knew this, after a fashion, and her sweet eyes were alight with the determination to reform Donald. She married him for She could re- form him with that love. In whatever fashion Ann was to be the loser by this marriage, she bet- tered herself economically. Donald was a& born money-maker. As his friends said of him, about everything he touched turned to gold. Donald even a little the worse for drink could turn a better bargain than most men in the power of their full faculties. Ann up to the time of her marriage had been a sort of forewoman in a fairly large uptown department store of Urban City. One of those great shops of convenience that occasionally dot the residential districts of large towns, The kind of shops that cater to the housewife who have time for the long trip to the down- town districts. After her marriage, Ann lived in a lovely stone-facaded, ten-room home in a residential district where heavy traffic was forbidden. But almost from the first, the re formation did not pan out as Ann had dreamed it would, Donald was as set in his ways as he was wild in his ways. From the very first he began to come home roaring drunk two and three times a week. The lovely home that Ann had taken such pride in cre ating became a storm center of the most painful and difficult scenes from the very first. It was almost with hor- ror that Ann regarded the coming of thelr first child. But for a while, about a year after its arrival, a change came about in Donald. He seemed humble, chastened, deeply contrite and in love with the nmther of his lovely little daughter, and for a brief twelve month the pretty home became some thing of the thing Ann had dreamed it might be. The coming of her second child was a period of happi and thanksgiv- ing for Ann. Life assumed a quility and a beauty. Donald, could be very, very nice when he was nice, was not only the provider mag- nificent, but for three the coming of the little boy a devoted husband and father. Then Donald drunk, With her heart in her greeted this suddenly of a companion of hers and made up her mind to fight a valiant fight with him and nip in the bud the possibility of a return to his habits of debauch- ery. There tears and reconcili- ation after that dreadful night. But something had snapped in Donald. Not only the i love. does not 88 = tha monins one night came mouth Ann strange horror were did drinking continue, but Donald became untrue and faith- less to Ann in the most flagrant offensive sense of the word, Poor Ann, obliged to hold her head up and pre tend not to be seared with insult when these companions of Donald's passed her with him on the very streets of the elity in which they lived. The next five years of her life be- came a nightmare, It was Ann's horror, it wag Ann's humiliation to see her lovely children constantly subjected to the spectacle of a maudlin father and of home scenes of high, angry and bitter words that should never have reached their tender little ears. In vain Ann sought to avoid these scenes, preferring often to suffer in silence than to subject her sensitive little girl and boy to the gross spec- tacle of a family row. Because that was all they could ever amount to, with Donald half crazed with drink and blear eyed from too much dissi- pation and foo little sleep. “Why doesn’t she leave him?" said some of Ann's friends, On the other hand, those of her more conservative relations, owing to religious scruples and fear of public opinion, advised her to stick It out for the children's sake. “For the children's sake” was a phrase that lay constantly on poor Ann's bitter lips. If not for her chil. dren, she would never have endured ft. If not for the indignity of visiting upon these innocent little products of her unfortunate alliance the stigma of the public separation of their par- ents, Ann would have gone back to her old position long ago. She did not crave divorce. She, too, had certain religicus scruples, and, be- sides, It seemed to her that she could never again have sufficient faith in the married state to try it with saoth- er. No, Ann was not for divorce. All she secretly craved was respite from the indignities Donald continued to heap upon her and, above all, upon their children. And yet in Ann's heart the fear for them of the stigma of separated par- ents wns even greater, For six years the condition waged. Little Adele, a blue-eyed doll of a child whom Donald adored when sober, had Mterally been reared In a home of and sometimes she was snarling domestic tragedy. Bobble, the boy, could tell by the sound of father's feet on the stairs when he was returning home drunk, and would run screaming and sobbing to his mother's side, Gathering these bables to her, some- times it seemed to Ann that her hands were dark with sin for having brought them Into the world, What mattered it that thelr home was lavish? That their father, when sober, adored and pampered them? The atmosphere of that home was drenched in horror. When their fa- ther came Into it, he smirched his chil- dren by his very presence, One evening, such a shocking scene took place in that home—when Donald | returned to it in the company of one | of the women of dreadful finery he | was known to assoclate with—and en- | tered the very room in which his chil- | dren and wife were having thelr din- | ner—that without taking time to con- | template the results, Ann packed up | and | § her children, bag and baggage, with them left the house. she had lived in during the years of her work in the uptown department store, The next day Ann sent for her | nurse from the house she had left, | and engaged her to take care of the children in the rooming house while she sought out a position. The old store was glad to take her | back. At an increased salary, a suffi- cient Increase to enable Ann to keep | the nurse maid and leave her children in the care of this reputable woman | while she went dally to her work. | It was not the ideal environment, But the two small boarding-house rooms responded to chintz and white | paint, and when Ann returned to them | evenings, she did secure in the | knowledge that her children's little ears would know only her loving greet- | ings and that their little hearts could expand in an atmosphere of peace and love. No, it Is by no means the ideal so- lution. Ann's struggle is a bitter one, She will not accept help from Donald even for the children. But the two lit- tle rooms represent something that the big house never boasted. Tran- quility, The secure knowledge that the delicate growing minds of her Bob- | bie and Adele will know only the sun- | light of harmony and the kind of gen- tle environment that it is Ann's life hope to provide them with. Now, as Ann looks back upon it all, upon the turbulence of the years, the | agonized moments of Indecision, the | fear of making the break from the | so-called security her husband's board- and-keep gave her in the community, she realizes that the cruel thing to her | would have to remain with them there. Vassals to a father | who could provide for them only with things of life. Prisoners little to the 80 children been the material in a home where thelr were hourly t subjected environment spirits wither- and lisharmony ing of « ugliness, Ann's children no longer hear words bicker and Ann's children longer run at the sound a step upon the stalr. Beauty thrives in those boarding-house rooms, The beauty of peace and contentment. It Is said of Donald Mutrie that he has since come to his senses and that a strangely sobered and regretful man is making every possible advance to his wife In the hope of regaining her confidence and resuming life with her on a sound and fresh basis, Whatever Ann's ultimate decision, she starts for her work each morning with a high head and a high heart. In her opinion she has kept her self- respect. In her opinion has right thing by her children. anger. terrified she done the HEN Is a scart a scarf? It is to guess, for those dashing, flash- playing so many fon, they are losing their identity en in the old-style sense of the word, The idea that a scarf is merely a utilitarian device to be tied about the throat for protection having obsolete, it Is given to the present gen eration to witness the modern scarf venturing Into unexpected realms of make-believe such as, for instance, camouflaging as a smart walstcoat or vestee to be worn with a trim and trig jacket sult as shown centered In the picture on the standing Hgure It is the simplest thing In the world to arrange a gay square of silk, linen or cotton print in this manner, sewing, no seaming, no paper pattern or chart required, just a big bandanna folded once across the blas and at the neck by bringing two points up around the throat as see In the pleture and knotting them at the hack, the other two tielng be inw at the walstiine. The smart new irish linen square. which forms the blouse shown, is printed in red and blue stripes, for fashion Is going strong for “the red, white and bine” this sen son. The black kid ox fords with sandal cutouts, as worn bs become tad tied you good-looking correct shoe for this type of costume Ofttimes a printed bandanna or ker chief grows so ambitious In its per formances as to do double duty In that half of it (cut across through the bias fold) forms a deep pointed yoke or bodice which is stitched into the very dress itself at the back, the points brought to the front capelet or cap sleeves as you please to call them. The costume to the right shows just how. As you see, the other half of the printed square Is tied around the hips in picturesque fashion, forming some overskirt silhouette. A arrangement, since it ac The scarf dress pictured Is bright red with a bizarre fioral patterning. It is on the bench, however, that the triangle scarfs are seen in thelr most original moods. The pn the seated figure tells of the iatest escapade of the “fi This fashion scores one for the sun bather, who 1s seeking health and a brown tan via the rays of the sun, You can buy these triangularscarf blouseites in ans sports department, or [t easy n to The only requisite Is a threecornered piece of fabric. A ard of regular material makes two ft the down EYpsy girdle what of an very popula cents the lines of a good figure white on v i £000 or neckwear is an atter nuke one printed or pianin yi Si inngle of silk, linen or cotton, he center int to a depth of ten i sketeh) around AR per blousettie after the pajama ore inches (see diagram ith narrow h mm all Then take four shallow darts, wotted lines, and ready to manner of the one » presto! the Tie It orn hy The five when reversed the wear clad figure pictured coloring is equally attrac that is the pret chile? bLlousette he a solid may oy spectacular print In contrast to eolored pajamns Another trick scarf on the worshipers, which does away with knotting two ends at the nape of the neck, 18 to pin or sew the center point of the triangle to necklace at the front (© 1922. Western Newspaper Unlon.) the sun in the wearing by ardent of beach one the ones SMARTEST SPORTS The sports suit this season is smart Survived Despite Lack of Hygienic Knowledge Considering how little primitive man knew about hygiene, he managed to keep living, didn’t he? It is this mon- umental fact that fortifies our belief in an overseeing and omnipresent Provi- | dence. Something must have pre- served man in the midst of his ignor- ance and comparative helplessness, He died of his diseases, but somehow enough adults survived to carry on the | race and increase it. One has only to read Doctor Clen- denning's eye-opening and mouth-open- ing (for the doctor ig a humorist) ar ticle in the Forum to learn that an- cient man, from the beginning, was full of physical fauitiness, His dis- interred bones show it; and many of the Egyptian mummies bear the marks of rheumatism. The ills of bad teeth resuited in the same maladies they do now-and Doctor Clendenning ob- serves that at least one exalted Egyptian suffered from blackheads, Whether he employed sorcery or a face cream cannot now be determined, but either was futile, Early man did not live long, but he “lived dangerously,” as Nietszche in vites us to do. Whatever allment ‘he contracted, quickly killed him. Still the race “muddled through.” — St. Louls Globe-Democrat, Tree's Commercial Value - The Spanish cedar is one of the most highly esteemed lumber trees of the West Indies, Its most important commercial use Is for the manufac. ture of cigar boxes, Planted as a protection on the coffee tralls it grows rapidly but not so large as to com. pletely shade out the coffee plants, Many of the large coffee-shading trees of various species were blown down by hurricanes of recent years, Old cedro trees 4 to 0 feet In diameter and 50 to 100 feet high were common in Porto Rico before the virgin for. ests of the Island were cut tral color like beige or gray. Chanel ritz last fall, and jazzed them up to a ical descendant, for It has a blouse or that Is wusoally extremely The white sports suit, made of el wool or cotton, is much more fashionable If it has a blouse or sweat Some women like emerald green blouses with their white sports suits, than are the first named shades, Spring Suits Seen in New Fabrics and Fits Woolen materials for spring skirts and suits are flatter than last year, almost transparent, many with wide wale effect, woven or knitted. many in basket weave. Other woolens are of the novelty jersey order; still others hark back to old hard finished friends, the reps, twills and serges, Style experts of the Country Home note that the new skirts all have a certain ease and wearability, They fit snugly around the hips, but they don’t curve in along the back In that discomeerting fashion so embarrassing to those not as fint as ironing boards Some have released tucks or pleats that contribute to s good round hem line, But, however they manage thelr inches, none are tight, exagger atedly full or difficult to keep pi Coiffures This Spring Flat; Curls Are Taboo Good hairdressing goes flat this spring. Even curls are slapped flatly. The funny little sausage roll has passed entirely out of the fashionable portraits of those who know what fa new nnd proper for fashionable colf. fures, OF POPULAR MESH By CHEKIE NHHOLAS LJ dt Here's one of those frocks which no woman who gets about this world in warmish weather can afford to be without. Made In several shades of either maize, blue, orange red, pale green or brown this dress will suit » number of different complexions Choose sour own color accents in the buttons and belt. Paris Is putting blue and brown together or else yellow and blue. Vatou puts midnight blue with his new sevres blue. The fabric ftself Is a delightful durene diagonal mesh, sturdy, perfectly washable and altogether about the most practical SOrt one may ever hope to Come Beross, Tallors smartly, too, which means a lot In these days when the swankiest clothes are of the simpler sports type, The hat worn ia quite the newest in the way of brims, being tiny on one side and much wider on the other, i i (Prepared National Geographle Society, Wash on, DC? way r @ FTER more than four cen turies of governm Euro- pean nations, islands, now autonomy the new seeking visions of Spa It is doubtful if there Is world’s geographle photograph ! a family group whose members show little family resemblance as those of the Balearics. Majorca, the big sister, so well known to the world, sits In the center, full-grown and radl- antly beautiful. Minorca, slight and delicate, yet with a sug- gests a certain the world, sits at her side, While Majorca do hs that of and person partake of the north—a strange mixture of English and sibly a lHttle Dutelh with On the big sister's other hand, Iviza, & charming peasant in bright skirt and shawl, hung Jewelry, plques the | genealogist, for In strain, probably Arable, dominate, She ture bit mysterious and disc face is unsmil emudgy, but tive. At her feet is Formentera one of the counterpart in pos. the Spanish, apron, with barbarie v t f the her a different seems 10 pre gazes of the pie- ith level, at are a Her slightly ED in b quiet two hab 1 It seems unkind to Cabrera, ft Majorea's feet, pathetic little figure, birth In read the Ruch are the sister iglar description fits their islanders are the pl to pered, kindly. The in the island. with known the othe her plain face ’ ' signs of misery. visit — gimple soher-mis wool Balearics ome to greets iliarity, for she has many in Inst few Minorca with quiet grace: and Iviza shyly: but the warmth of wel come is never In doubt. Ask a er-by to In direction to a store or hotel: you will be escorted to the door and bowed in, and generally you must not offer anything mor® ma- terial than thanks In Yeturn. The ideal Bs utes enormously to the traveler's com- fort, and, In contrast to what often experiences on the continent, it is a gratifying to find the fondas, or inns, Invariably clean and thelr meals wholesome, Majorea stranger fan ensy tourists the pass. licate the learic cl ite contrib. ane surprise Mahon Has a Fine Harbor, One of the outstanding features of the Balearic group is the abundance and excellence of its harbors, Mahon, the principal city of Minorca, is an One's ship picks its way down a water lane, through pink and gray shores capped with rolling green, into what the Spanish government plans to make one of the finest har. bors In the Mediterranean, Ever since Mago, the brother of wintered in this harbor {which still bears his name, Portus has been famed as a refuge for ships, we greatly in- | a smail knob of rock in the center of The islanders tell proudly how In came Into Mahon with his squadron, seized the mansion that overlooked the port where his ships rode, and Installed the lovely Lady Hamilton. But the town’s historians smile rather sadly and admit that, while history is replete with incidents of Nelson's visit, It does not bear out the story of Lady Hamilton, And then Mahon! That is the way ft comes. Suddenly, as the vessel rounds a point, it bursts into view, a quick splash of pink and shite on the hillside, tier after tier of quaint streets, splendid In the sunshine. Mahon sparkles, as does the whole fslend | Tt is a4 maze of spotless up. and-down-hill streets of shining dolls’ houses. From the steamer's deck the town, terrace upon terrace of white houses, with the spires of the inevit. able churches dominating the mass, ap. pears pure Spanish; bui that is Just Mahon's little Joke on the visitor, for mary of the houses show English fea. tures peering from under their Span ish sombreros, This mixture of the English and Bpanish gives Mahon a character of its own, which is shared bs It is form. In continental Spain I other islands. they ta the women who refu 1 the flelds with th of burden. N¢ Miss Minorea! “woman's place is in th possibly, as a concession to the march of the times, in the factory, not in the field, and there ghe refuses to go. Minorca Spurns Alpargatas, Quite as remarkable, the alpargata, Spain She but the rope-soled canvas sandal of and the rest of the Balearics, is prac- tically extinct here. Whether it is that Minorea, producing a | & pro- portion of the fine shoes sold in Spain, exciudes this he feeling of local pride, or wh reason, the fact remains that Minorca wears shoes, The Balearics from the days of the ps itants of the Mediterranea: on down to modern times churches, forts 80 footwear from a atever the are palaces, towers are they become In Minorea more and BUN sup; Been mogt mat there than 200 of the naus-—-stone structs wed to have been used in « tic with prehistoric religl monials and the and the cliffs an ally honeycombed Within twenty mint there is a M fort In the t walls reach with other picked from farmers The deepest thrill for the Minorca is be historic caves, A nau is an awe inspirin sig one realizes what it stands for, bu has not the Instantaneous effect the Imagination made hy one of cave homes of no one kr Years ago. The Cove Caves. Cove over the visitor to 1 y its pre- or found in to i tania We t when but it OWS The Calas Covas, or Caves, comprise a group in one of the many coves that indent the Minorcan shore, and certainly a better location from a dramatic standpoint could not have been selected by the cavemen, The cove is a wild, winding gash In the shore, descending sharply from the in. terior tableland to the sea. The approach to the caves is along 2 narrow path hedged by a matted scrub growth and by fragments of the cove walls, which during the ages have become dislodged and have crashed to the valley. At the water level these walls are high, jagged, and precipitous; the sea beats and snaps at them and the place itself compels awe. Wild deeds are plainly indicated. Add, then, to all this the effect of some forty black apertures extending from the water line to the tops of the cliffs—all made by man when the human forehead was lower and human life more precarious than it is now. It Is a meager Imagination, Indeed, that does not immediately people the cove with small, active men, wide be- tween the cheekbones and as agile as monkeys, We can conjure up the ple- ture and see them leaping among the crags to their eerie homes, chatter. ing and bickering and certainly ready to make It most unpleasant for for eign invaders such as ourselves, Palma, the principal city of Ma- Jorca, is snugly situated at the central point of a magnificent horseshoe bay. Like all other waters of these remark. able islands, the Bay of Palma could supply half the colors of an artist's palette. The left-hand prong of the horseshoe shore, as one steams toward the city, was the scene of the first fighting between Don Jaime I, the Con. queror, and the defending Moors In 1220 A. D, and it iz on this prong that Palma’s fashionable tourist section has sprung up, with stately Bellver castle, built by Jaime 11, overlooking ft from the top of a handsome wooded hill, Palma itself is a country village of 100,000 people and of considerable
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