Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, December 13, 1922, Night Extra, Page 16, Image 16
.V5 m Iff i r L ff: m Eft A F.WWPfl .V.VIttV ,i( "fKAf t . "J THE HOUSE By GEORGE GIBBS Auther of "Youth Triumphant" and Other Successes Cepyriyht, 1911, D. Applcten d Ce. WHO'S WHO IN THIS STOltt VRHnitY Meuvy. "vte-dae.,,V!h 'rich and chaining, at ence ir. - and attracted by DAVID SAXQREE, young American tlhnolegist and tear veteran, amazta ly changes in manners and customs , Ireuaht out by the tear, but utter- 1 uted in Cherry Hi nndeit funds are invested with her father, VIM MOnVy, a. self-made financM leader. Toe busy te think of his children he leaves them te VRS. UOIIVX, trio has surcess fully cultivated the social tide of life. "BRVCE COTTJ..V. e motorcar tales man, of cave-man type, of ichen Cherry imagines she is enamored. 'BOB MOHCX. son, is a tjpicall'j reck less youngster. GEORGE LYCETT. elderly chorus , philosophizing as the jtery dcicltps. JOH. CHICHESTER, uhe-n il. Uehun iceuld like te call oeii-inWuic. 7lEXIE drev her te town n Mr vJ Gartlej's runabout. Cherry was si lent. Aside from Dick' confidences, there was a subtle change in ber re lationships with th old cre".C. Every -thins was dlffcien: somehow Alread.v Itiey talked of things with v hlcb she was unfamiliar -light clp ube"'' people sh diuii't even knew anic anic letes which once would "hate greatly unused ber and "hlcb new 'ad '10 flavor te an-esi the seberni'- ci br thoughts She I'eulrln t understand "What de J en think of Bueebe and ,1'lcky'' ' sin- ikl after a '.!" "Oh. all i.ght. 1 suppose Thev just drifted tnt i- l'he, be veulJ have liked te uarry Jaefc ai.d c en be.dy knows that Pick van'el -c 1 like Pheebe'b euurage though "I think the; !1 b happ . -'id Chctry Quietly "I w.mt then te b " "It's up te Dick.- Bui his inf ormation is a little tee sudden t.. be nbeve suspicion," Cherry cad" no replv and Ociie rattled en. aware of Cncrrv moon .if Abstraction, eu-fiia; in her b'nb v.- nlmest t.ie cnMre pi I o-ephv of In ' Viecoeious veuth she and CLerty Lad main treab'es in eeram mi 'I tell e,i. Chen v. -'i" "'" en r.fter a jartlculaili litter atta;K iim'h hnr divorced pirei 1- fe- t! cu lioerlen of her, ' pui' t'Mt bniii ? r- liL 110 into the world In"" a let te be a--- euntable fei 1 Unlit t ask te if 1 jrn ki.t of a'.l a cul ml I vr t.'lnly didn't cpect ctter I wa born tij he cat out into riutu witer rjt'ieu 0 en the be-ieiit-. of .1 life pr-"nor lfew can creatures lik jnu and 11 expect te earn a living I don't even knew what !lx times nine aie. I r-ver lid. I alwas -a.il -even'v-'ve and J alwajs ' ill. In pnite --aoels the nlways pae u- p.ising mark'i in "cieis Ji"faufe thtn vranteil u te ceae b.n k Jixt jear But thitus der. t ui'; tif' ny out in the vver'd I nfver wrn te b a bichbreu. but ;.'oed I.eid' l ought te knew something. I dn t Mccpt h te da-if e ai 1 ri.r. tnppe 1 lnuii re its harp beiie-. th- fan i- lliis! fin l.i.t a fenril- of the -('.Cs ... A..h 1.... .U,. .. . .1 ,.. rlrt 1 nil li ....mmr,,lfln mU Tf s r.lther dlS- custing when veu' reue te thmt of f. . s ' ,.Ti ... ,, .-u ,v, ,i, 'is. recl AhontdeU yeui threat. , i-ere trained for fresi the nenent itiit i;i;iiii.ii- .- iiuii ' ..... - . re were out of our ...-ailles. If nd I were out en the street V OU t'euldn't be mere dependent tk.m A lr.t Harriet," she said with a shru ' who llarrle em neb hustand after ane'her hhe cant le "eui all he '' '6-n t. u ai..i I knew a dozen lik ' r. hich is uer--e'' Te sell .t bed" fir luxuries like Aunt Harrier or t.. sell it became ei- iA f' " f like the treetalhel' I tell n I herrv. I've been dein: a l-'t "t in.-ih lug ,1K0U 11 expect me te raiiri; money ?en g te m.1 m' th n.an I nd ti- lute or l':n in t e..tg "They all li'lt 1 nt i nn help tn mm iv at f,il " 'Genie : Yeu anA'l ehi'.d ou j'.a"-t make uie. believe Hut ou care fm tnuie one." "Ne. I der. t 1 m ju-t t..!' -is But the men they want u- tu n.arrv ire all wrong Ye i kne. jiuiu-ted lean rrt'.es like Vt 'lie Ue-iter Im r.ine little me si iiig duAii tte :.i-V with Will. We'd l'".k III Bl -b I--Itmd and Texas. l- fctevie Deiaii' blend, re-.v and mel-t. I hate a n.'.ii v he perspires er-ilv. I alwtv- ;' 'k what an awful stew 1 e'd vi ii.' if I gave Lin seun-iiins te p' t!ll, oheut. Oh, cs .ml il.ere'i a -. ithjr jeu haven't mn hii.t Ni Bit 'filer fieni Ir.tluin.iptil.- ;'iii i- Cretru (hrllng. and i xi.it'.v the i ilur rnil pi"-I-nrtiens of a intal weim," he ,'ite u dry laugh. "Net tei tie. I h.iver. t ii dollar of n.j own, but I'm lmt ,-uii i te icairy any et that let. Iir t.-ine slitine 4' the brenkia-t .ind witihiu Willy's Adam's apple wlgg e every timu h Mvallevvttl It's a iitt!- tiling nor w jet married for. but rhfre it i. "I knew." -aid CLt r-y n a frin. "I t.lt that way Jehn Lu lis ter's mu-tacht." "Exactlj I'd like te love semeb) ly Cherry. Bnallv I v mild. But it nu is te me that tie nan I want luu-t b doing sen.ethlig besides celng te tiJs nnd jazz partka. I g'.ess he s wine. vhere. Working ppd ibl tiding tu fit tenietnin -emi thing Ma; b he'll turn up some tle.e " ".Mnvbe Le will ! hope 1 e will 'Genle " "It's just my lui'l: te f..U tn lm-e xlth seu.e pour hene.-t gin'.: wuhuit t prospect In the verld und live 1 jNcw jersey. I .tlw'iys wanted lu 'mother' semeUnl somebody w ell. like David Pangree, for instatiee " "Itamests!" "Well ir you knew what I mean n fellow with u serious imipnie vhese life means something " '"Genie, de fm mum that vmi ' "Ne, I den t an ..n iii'Muii.. 'Genie broke in i'i 1 v I u i, .i m leve with him in tin b ' II.. ii- represents the tj' I 'i hi !! r I de like l):.vi(l Si'Vie.. ucimi l.m ' "Oh," suld rh iij thuughtfi ! 'Tumi, itnt It Dju vi js -ti..is for fiu.ii' blends and metiiei ,tc 1 mother liked te gu te u le sliev. und cat chocolates I've zet an unfle vim dotes en dinu'iiig with de'iut'iMcs mid jeu knew hew Aunt Harriet is Piin-, ny ! I wendtr when: I gut that to te to rieus strain." 'De veu think Dr. Sancrce cans ier ou?" "Bles- veur heait! lit ha-n't suli! fe. I don't want him te teunt me 3 might ma rr him. wheieas I l.i. tw that my dut lies vith Wilij and lis .Annul s uppii' liinii l.e ami ii it ii cf Tre get In wrung beeau-e ,t up lilcs. Ami I u.jy baru te f.ll t..r Willy's "'Genle.' eu'r tm ab'ui 1 Cherry laugued gujly the in t time that day. "I am. That's bceau-e laughing und making people laugh is one v. -ay of keeping from cryi'iB. "I tell you there's some rr.eaning te things." she said almost fiercely, 5,lbat I'll never get out of the life I' ft j I jr " h OF MOHUN OU C!iern I'm Ick of tlie tliinfi I't been de'.n;. neililns but wtiiis ana jazzing' lire vmi'fhins -Ti-et 'i'if porseeu', like er like .1 September unset." "Siurliuai ' ruuttered C'hetrj. It was a wei 1 l".v 'A Sancree had f"me timei ued "e. t v ' I tl you 1 h"rry J m -1' 1. of th ih.inrv I'm' bien doing nothing but eatin; and n?im as It kutnaif t -'.1S8 we.- tiethini; but -tern aciis ard tun' ' she thu-hr 1 f-er'i-fully. lherr.- ii si'"nf f"r a U-men'. ber lips turl.ng Ai.d thea- "I gje-s if 'ei. . been de.n." v hn I htn-s, j-eu iniih- w.int. a lr-' of that," th" faid ruefully Getiie put a hand ever he 'n. nuNiu'i' ' Yeu peer dear 1 for.ef Perhaps I vreuld But I den t knex I'm s-itk of it all skU of it Pcrhap .t's be auke 1 ve had tee much A mi' H.irilet makes nic go te ever. thing She fiyt- it for the hor.er of the fam il te be pupular I f"l a though I 'erc bving drivm T.uek I'm -trenc l.er Vi co lldn t 't.ind the pace 1 -old xeu rhe h.el rarcii ber up into t't oe'Is. i'ii.11 t I ': And .Tine mile i dnTii r.th nerveu- pro-tratien trai vl nur'e and e-ervtbun; and al. ever iiuihiug- giv.ng tUe bt-t pai- if ei" lives te that -ort of thing v.he'i " ought. tii be trvmg tu d- -.'ie. t! In; ! he 1. icht'l tii.h. V' 's all se damned silly ' t'herr; made no cemnent and "Oenle fell into silenee. both ab-orbed in taeir thuiiglits IJj' as they approached th i.,tv f'litrn spoke. i "C'ld ou reallv mean what veu1 sid iineut Uav nl !in,'i-ee"'" sl.e a-ked ! "Wl v shei.ldu't I"'" replied 'i.i-uiel carele.-slv. and gavt.- Cherry no further I iiti-taefien. ' L'l'ctr leu 'Genie's runabout i- the Avenue en the plea of ne"d for th i Mi' 1st of thi vva 1: arruss town. "Ahir 'he i tally warned before 'he, vent m 'oers w is a tin moment- alone In which te reear.t 'late her -plritual ns-ets and di-eevtr hew much or heu little the defector, of Dick Wilber- ' tuice meant te her :-he l.itl ne-er ertU 12 tftP lfa in te ")l with DieA. I 1 'it it han been a shook te discover that ske ceuld.i t i.i:rv him new "hethvr sh want 1 him or net. It had lll IS S i Fer he had bee-i ra-Lrr imnelnL' te- lav in l.is sober r.tw til-" of fiar.ee '"l iil.iii 'Jl I 1'" ' 11 IM . liU 1 r.-uir,. it a l.:t. th it Phoebe had a cee in - .... I km.,.. ,.( .1,. .. .-..1' Ll. ..,. Ml Mi!in;'1 'is if forr.atien here Lherr" hjil f.ubd But tlvn he was rather ip'tr.dnl 1:1 his ne-. hale, with the , hand-mie. Phneb. ftd.r "te take a 1 han.i ' Pl'etbe ' ad i wastl a great deal , f t.r.i,' Mni-e Ci rrv had disap- h re i f i-e 1 thi . e ii sci-r Cti ii L . ' ' ft V.thT.ll - with a GlVQ til2.t DOV O'i , . - ' vHlir? ttiP kPPnPfif j -r ,.. w VAi.v ..'- .-fc.cw ears in radio this Christmas the receiving set thatj brings in the broadcast of half the continent as clearly as it was sent out Fer his happiness and your reputation in his eyes, no mat-j ter whether you' spend $25 or $140 , be sure it's marked DeFet eit RadleTel. &.Tel.CeJarTCh7,N4. 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She bad gene te the coun try trjlng te forget her failures nnd bad only added uiore discouragement te them. And 'Genie! What bad 'Genie meant by all that sentimental stuff about David Sangrce? Ter 11 long while Cherry had been thinking of ilamescs as her particular property, her crea ture, her refuge in tiir.e of need, the one of all the people that fhe knew who could be most surely relied upon Tli3! old way Dene away with by the New Cap ') ,i & E2 -iJt' t& T-- 1- .Jf Y'i 113 r-ii-'n jf Jff SB "SSif" 'tr vrfkk H Ik. B I rO O WM BBSkiM ''" 'I'' " A'- 4 -J te pull her out of the slough of tie pair and here was 'Gcnle talking lij-htly of "mothering" s(iiieb"d. wtt.li serious purposes; In life preferably Cherry's friend David. And 'Genie was n,ulte capable of doing anything upon which she set her mind. Did Hamesej care for 'Genie? If se why hadn't he said something about It te Cherry '! Every iis-ociatleu every friendship wns ex cluding ber. She seemed te be se use'e's in the cosmic scheme as n tea card sent te the wrong udtlres. Lve.i Bruce Cn" an, who had pursued her 'vith such nsldlty in the days of ber prosperity, had net ben te the new house. She chose te forget his het-blooded pro posal of marriage and the coolness that S. lfiIUICU sJlJ UjEGIWNING tomorrow, in close te a 3 quarter of ci million homes, the ice pick and the fork need no longer be used te remove and replace milk bottle caps. These are the homes that regularly enjoy GOLD MEDAL MILK service. Every day they receive one or 'mere bottles of the last word in rich, fresh, wholesome milk GOLD MEDAL. Careful, conscientious, thorough atten tion te every detail made a better bottle cap a logical step. The new cap, equip OurWatckwerd isSkrliw) Qualify backed by prompt, efficient, courteous service. Our customers will confer a favor by -promptly reporting any case in which our product or our service fall short of the standard of perfection we seek. IT LEE-WILLS -JONES GOLD MEDAL MILK r-v vwgpTg 'followed U the meetings In which he had laid her en n level with bis own animalism. 'Genle had told her (hat he had given up selling "Magnificent Moteis" and was new engaged in the notion picture business though what his position. he did net knew. 'Genle had never liked Bruce and Cherry had been forced te ndmlt that 'Genie's judgement of people was semetlines better than her own. 'Genie and Barneses! That wa) funny. She would question Barneses about 'Genie, and 'Genle about Bame-1 I ses. ' The next morning's household work seemed te bring her no nearer te the I solution of these pieblcras. She paused 26Jiwards ?" -v-J ""' DECEMBER , 13, -1922., for a moment after rinsing out a shirt waist and went te the open win dow of the bathroen., looking down UKn the Endless row of backyards, the sight of which her mother se gre.it ly dis.ikcd. Ihere wcre people moving here and there, slovenly-looking wo men In calico, nbeut their dally tai-ks. Cherry bad never thought much about her neighbors. The difficulties which faced her had been mole than enough te fill her mind, but new in this idle moment of healthful reaction a phrase of David's came te her "the greatest gtime in the world when the odds art' against jeulife itself." She had caught his meaning vaguely as some thing different from the joys of her m "fern V ped with a tab se that you may easily, quickly remove or replace it, maks for greater sanitation, saves time and pre vents the less of even a drop of the rich cream you find at the top of every bottle of GOLD MEDAL MILK. The adoption of this improved milk bottle cap is one mere example of our constant aim te perfect our service te our large and ever-increasing number of regular patrons. of Quality V''-w.w careless youth. Lifel'lt had' another meaning something hidden deep be low the surfiice of Illusory , pleasure, she heard It fteni her small window In the throb of the city, the distant tapping of a riveter's air hummer, the lear of the I., the groan of n meter horn, the complaint of the clanging bells of the surface cars, nnd nearer nt baud, In the rasp of a saw, the rattle of dishes, nasal voices rai-cd 111 argument, sounds which indicated var ious forms of activity within a hundred feet of ber, repented in diminishing notes down nil the length of the block each house with its own problems, rnrh family, each unit of the family, struggling with the ethers for existence. for MILK 'jffmt r ' -ijl .a ThU'vrai what'DavM'had'blcant'Wi the world hers new, te play us thn'.'i ,..ti ,..ujvM. t, utklng no faveis bi ting none. There must be ethers abe, her who hud failed as she hud tiA nnd .vet they still persisted, they , ill hoped, still struggled. ey " A voice cume ch-arly In the nn window, n feminine' voice, slngln! popular air ip a thin but net umhm. ant nasal soprano. It was a WiXl voice, full of the aspirations of vM and Jey. and (somehow It save Chei . sense of confraternity In the great Vir low-ship of these who had played tk Game. ' '' Te he continued tomorrow "S Ql -,v?" ' - I; "" -jataaa,. ' 1 at t , , , . 1! - . .- g2 ' f -