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" When a Girl "
By AKX LISLE
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Problems of a Girl Wife
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It wasn't until the day after An
thony Norreys and his "job" crossed
my path that 1 realized how tre
mendously serious Jim was about
his "great chance to help Tarry."
My boy insisted on getting up bright
and aorly and on having Neal start
him en the study of bookkeeping
and accounting before that brother
of mine went off to work.
"It's like this—if Terry needs me
to help out his friend and release an
able-bodied man for the war, he
neods me tnstanter." mused Jim
audibly. "So the thing io do is to
prepare myself while I'm mending
ami do my mending mighty quick at
that. We'll fetch in the doctor to
, day and see if he can't get tnc ready
to be on the job by the lirst of the
week."
Jim was too generous to feel be
littled at the thought of taking on a
job that hud been offered to Neal —
that was clear. The only thing that
wasn't clear was a remark 1 over
heard Nenl make to him:
"Of course. Jim. this work is far
too important for me, anyway—but
vou understand I might try to whack
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MONDAY EVENING,
at it while you're mending—only
I'm clearing the decks and getting
ready for action. 1 kind of thought
you knew this when you dtdn t mind
my—my trying to he friends with
Phoebe last night—and taking her
home and all."
With a start, I remembered the
secret that Jim and Neal shared —
''Seal's secret about which 1 had
vowed never to ask.. But I hadn't
j vowed never to puzzle about it.
1 racked my brains to find a soltt
! tion to the problem—and as I set
about doing my housework. 1 found
: myself passing in the midst of tuck
ing in a sheet to try to ligure out
the meaning of something tense and
strange I sensed m Neal. What
could he have meant by clearing
the decks and getting ready for
: action."
Fussing and fumming over Neal
don't further my housework, 1
stopped in the midst of my lacka
daisical efforts and took myself to
'task:,
"Now, look here, Barbara Anno,
the only one of your problems that
you can do a single thing about
right here, and now, is the Virginia
complex. And if you let Betty
whisk you off this afternoon, you
won't have a chance to straighten
t that out."
Whereupon 1 gave a last pat to
the bedspread with which I had been
, struggling, and tlew out to my
studious Jim, who sat pouring over
the pages of Neat's volume on
double-entry bookkeeping. And run
, ning my tingers through my boy's |
hair, 1 interrupted shamelessly:,
"Jlmmie-boy—do you want to be
alone with Virginia to-day?"
1 "Alone? What do you mean, \
dear?"
•Well—Betty said she'd come to
take me out for a breath of air. j
But I'd like to stay in and see if 1 !
can't come to a better understand- j
ing with Virginia."
"Why, you mustn't run away !
when Virginia conies'. We'll give
her a nice tea and invite Betty to j
share it —isn't that a better plan?"
asked Jim.
1 To my joy, however, Betty in- j
! sisted that Jim mustn't have too |
' much company just yet, and that i
; she'd not come to tea, but just run
in at six and motor "Vee" home, i
That little "family party" might ]
j mean so much to me.
No debutante dressing for her
1 tirst ball, ever took moir pains to :
I look her prettiest than 1 for Vir- i
! ginia. 1 actually tried three corn-
I binutions of color and costume be
! fore 1 decided that a white blouse
I and skirt looked simplest and best,
i By three I was ready for our
I guest, and by the time she arrived
at four, I hail made so many read- ,
justmeuts of the stunning tea- '
wagon, that Jim fairly chortled at j
\ the t'ussiness of my housekeeping.
But all the while I "fussed" 1 was j
trying to nerve myself to the point j
of kissing Virginia when she ar- !
rived—^-and I did it. clinging to her :
almost tenderly and not letting my
self be hurt when she pulled herself j
away and flung herself into Jim's:
arms, crying:
"You're not cross with your
| Jeanie any more —are you, brother- :
| boy ?"
Jim held her close.
Virginia seemed all tenderness — ]
and no tide of cold self-consclous
! ness welled up to nip her warmth,
j When she came into the bedroom to
i remove her hat and furs she chat
! tered away eagerly. Later I came
Ito realize what all her small talk
1 meant, what subject she was frying
to avoid. And yet—perhaps her ob
ject was kindly—she may have been
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trying to avert the very thing that
jhappened.
IWe had two delightful hours. Vir
ginia and Jim reviewed for me some
of their childish escapades. And our
j "party" and the laughing rentinis
, eences seemed to bring me close to
1 the warm, human Virginia who had
| always eluded me heretofore.
At six Betty came in on our
] laughing group. Then N'eal—and
j the end of my dream that Virginia
i and I could be friends.
"Oh, Mrs. Dalton. I've been phon
! ing you," Xeal said eagerly. "I want
;to take Phoebe out" to dinner.
| May 1?"
| "That is quite impossible." said
I Virginia, with a suggestion ot* her
i old frigidity—then she added more
' kindly. "Phoebe's really too young
to dine alone with men."
! I suppose Xeal should have asked
I Virginia to chaperone thetn. but in
i stead he insisted with enthusiasm
I that strove to override her objec
j tions:
"Oh, please—just this sice! I've
a very special reason. Ye* surely
won't refus.e now. We're all friends
—aren't we?"
Virginia lifted her eyebrows
slightly —it Jtad somewhat the
paralyzing effect of being stared at
through a lorgnette—and said:
"I've told you my rule, Mr. Hy
i land."
Xeal's .face crimsoned.
Virginia rose and 1 followed her
j into the bedroom, leaving Betty and
, Xeal to assume Jim. And when we
were alone 1 made an effort to plead
j Xeal's cause.
i "It as if he were an out
sider. Virginia. He's one of us—of
our family. Think how splendidly
| he proved that last night when we
: needed him."
"Really, Anne." replied Virginia
treezingly, "I think you might have
, better taste than to drag that boy
into my brother's affairs."
For a minute I stood as hurt and
amazed us if she had struck me—
j then my temper flared up.
"You dare call my brother an out
| sider," 1 gasped? "But you didn't
j hesitate to take two real outsiders
■ into your confidence when you were
| presuming to manage my husband's
: affairs. Do you think Jim would
ever forgive you if he knew that
| you went to Terry and Betty, and
begged them for —a job?"
j "Your husband happens be my
I brother —kindly remember that. I
j did what I thought best for him.
But that didn't include lying to
hint," retorted Virginia smoothly.
And as she whirled past me and
out of the room I realized that there
was war between us.
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Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
A GIHI. CYNIC'S I.IKE STORY*
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
A young woman, a trained nurse,
whom 1 judged to be a cynic, told me i
this story:
"Four years ago I met and fell in i
love with a doctor. Just before our!
formal engagement I discovered that ]
he had been also visiting a certain '
widow and paying surreptitious at- |
tention to her. 1 immediately called
off our engagement and rejected him. !
It made me bitter against the entire J
world. I decided to go out with any .
man who had lots of money and who I
could give me a good time and to |
break every man's heart that I could. >
I began to frequent cabarets and
drink wines and dance and crave good
clothes. At present my idea is that
no man is to be trusted with a wo
man's soul and heart."
Will you kindly express your opin
ion on this story, as 1 believe that
there are many such young women?
X. C.
One must be indulgent toward a
girl who has been wounded in love,
but it is quite true that cynicism is a
foolish attitude, and that to be proud
of one's cynicism, as many people are,
is more foolish still. This young wo
man will, of course, come to see in
time that a world of men is not to be
condemned because of the faithless
ness of one of them, and that her
notion of wholesale hetaliation is most
unjust. There are plenty of ways in
which a loving heart may express
itself, whatever its tragic experiences
may have been, but there really Isn't
any room in the world for bitterness.
AS TO "GROW ING II"'
DEAR .MISS FAIRFAX:
Please help me sqjve these difficult
problems. How old may a girl be
to have boy friends? When may
she go out?. At what hour to
be at home ? When Is it usual for a
girl to wear her hair tip and have high
heels? Don't you think it is the duty
of every true American girl to speak
to a lonely out-of-town boy In uni
form? If he is true -to the colors I
see no reason why he should lie other
wise to the girls of our country. Na
turally. I believe we shouldn't go too
far—but talk and a 'stroll? JVhat
harm?
R. C.
The custom in conventional society
Is that a girl Is Introduced or "comes
out." at IS. After this her life Is
much like that of her elders, except
that she doesn't go about with men
unchaperoned. Rules for girls outside
the most conventional circles are
somewhat less rigid. A girl usually
wears her hair up at 16. and I sup
pose she wears high heels earlier
than that: but I wish she wouldn't! I
don't see why she can't have boy
friends at any age. especially if she
doesn't limit herself to one at a time.
As to young men in upniform. aren't
girls rather too eager to assume that
soldiers are lonely? It is' unwise to
suspend the rule that introductions
are necessary.
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THE HEART BREAKER !
A REAL AMERICAN LOVE STORY
By VIRGINIA TEHHUSE VAN 1)1: WATER
CHAITKH XII. I
Mildred was a Mirt.
The consciousness of this truth j
impressed itself upon her sister's |
mind many times during the winter !
of 1916-17.
For it was rather gay winter in I
Fairlands. The war on the other;
side of the Atlantic furnished nu- i
melons excuses for entertainments i
of various sorts, the proceeds of j
which went to the Hed Cross, Bel- |
gian Relief, etc.
The Brent girls were active in alt !
such affairs. Although their regu-;
lur work occupied most of the day- j
light hdurs, they were neve/ too J
tired to take part in charades, tab- I
leuux or other entertainments front 1
which profit was gained by means
of pleasure.
At all of these functions Mildred I
was as happy as a child and always i
ready to add to the gayety of the 1
occasions by her merry chat and i
That she was a success from a j
infectious laugh.
social standpoint was a foregone
conclusion. She was not intcllectuul, I
neither was she capable of great ;
depths of feeling—but these are not j
essential to popularity.
Honora —much less attractive to j
the unthinking observer—had a j
charm of manner and a warm sym
pathy that won her the genuine lik
ing of those who really knew her.
While she was aware that Mildred
was more winsome than she. she
watched her little sister without
any sensation of jealousy—save,
perhaps, where Arthur Bruce was
concerned. And it was in this con
nection that she decided that Mil
dred was a flirt.
"You are sure you do not care any
wore for Arthur than you did,
Milly?" the older sister questioned
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one evening as the pair drove in a
taxicab to a big Red Cross dance
given in the home of Mrs. Denton,
a Fairylands society leader.
"Not a bit more," Mildred re
sponded. "Why do you want to
know?"
"Because last night when he was
at the house you told him that If
he got your dance card to-night be
fore any one else did, he could till, it
with as many dunces as he wished."
"No; you are wrong." Mildred cor
rected. "I said that the first man
who got my card would have the
chance to Mil it ith his own name
for as many dunces as he desired."
It Was a Challenge
"That amounts to the same thing."
Honora insisted. "You said it to
Arthur, knowing perfectly well that
he would try to your card be
fore any one else could. In other
words, it was a challenge."
"1 suppose it was," Mildred snick
ered.
"But, dear, you know how much
in love he has been with you—and
it seems like encouraging him."
"Oh, he can look out" for him
self!" the other shrugged her shoul
ders indifferently. "By the way, you
speak as if he had loved me. but as
if he di(| not now. I funcy he still
does—but perhaps he has changed."
To this remark noth
ing. She wished that she herself
could be certain whether Arthur's
feelings for Mildred had altered.
She believed that they had. In that
case it was not kind to add fuel to
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I "Anyway," Mildred ventured when
| her sister did not reply. "1 said
I Just the same thing to Tom Chun
| dler."
"Tom Chandler!" Honora ex
; claimed. "Oh, Milly, 1 would not
say such things to a chap like Tom."
"Why not?" Mildred argued. "He's
lots of fun."
"Yes. I know he is—and thor
, oughly untrustworthy. He wilt
! grab an ell If you give him an inch.
I And there are some rather uncom-
I fortable stories afloat about him."
i "That he drinks, you mean? Well,
i what if he docs take an occasional
1 glass? 1 like a man with enough
| snap to do as he pleases. Of course,"
; she added, seeing her sister's dis
i approving look, "I do not mean that
| I could stand attention from a-man
I who really drank hard. But I do
j not believe that Tom does."
"Even so. why throw the gauntlet
I down to him as you did when you
j us good as dared him to till your
;dance card?"
"Because I want to have my little
| fun with him." the other answered.
; "Do you know what 1 did? 1 told
; Arthur that I would be at the
j Dentons' at 8:45. X told Tom I
i would be there at 8:30. ' So he will
| beat Arthur to it. Just stand by
and see what happens."
Ho Admires Hoiim-u
"Oh. Milly, deaf," her sister be
gan. but further protest was checked
I by the stopping of the cab. at the
1 entrance to the Denton home.
! An attendant sprang forward r.nd
, opened the door of the equipage,
and confidential talk was impos
i sible.
But the conversation recurred
] painfully to Honora Brent's mind a
| few minutes later when she saw
Tom Chandler step forward and
1 claim Mildred's dance card,
i A moment later Arthur Bruce ap
proached. At sight of Mildred en
DECEMBER 9,1918.
guged in animated conversation
with Chandler, he hesituted, then
turned to Honora.
"How awfully nice you look!" he
murmured. "That pink frock is
mighty becoming to y6u. And you
have your hair dressed in a new
way, haven't you? I say, Honora,
you're a stunner to-night, all
right."
His tone of genuine admiration
brought a brighter light to her
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lie moved away, and, greeting
Mildred, held out his hand for her
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Honora saw him glance over it.
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twice. After which he handed the
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to Honora's side.
"How many dances may I have?"
he asked, taking her card from her.
"As many as you like," she re
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