The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 20, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 23, 1926 Page: 3 of 8
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Since my return from New York
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November 26 and 27
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Birmingham, is a ceaseless round of
bridge parties danceB and teas.
Curtiss had made rapid strides fin-
ancially and I felt that once again
I could afford to take part in the
sort of life I had led before our
fortune was swept away.
The morning of the day. father
arrived had been taken up ‘with a
meeting of the church unit to which
I belonged and which was com-
posed of a group of young matrons,
who met once a week, presumably
to sew but the sessions had resolved
themselves into more of a social
function with its exchange of gossip
and a delectable luncheon served at
one of the members horns. Some
persons scoff at this type of effort
which is being put forth by var-
ious “guilds,” “circles,” “unites.”
and “bands” all over the South.
They claim that the whole idea is
incongruous since the women first
’-»nate the articles, then sew on
them for days, later selling them at
xn annual bazaar for less than the
riginal cost. They believe that an
out-and-out gift of money would
—th*1 rwrnoses of the churci.
'•quallv as well. However, there is
a certain class of women who feel
some sort of church work ts
“good for the soul.” balancing, i»s
it were, the utter materiality of
their social lives.
One splendid feature of ths
movement is that certain girls who
have little or no social activity are
thusmeeting other women their
own age and it
recreation that
lives. One girl
Thankful Brown,
isties belong legitimately to
tain names. For instance Thank-
ful Brown was quiet old fashioned
and demure. Just as thename im-
plied. She was past twenty-five
and seemed even older, with a
sweet understanding nature which
had been enriched, no doubt, by a
hard life in which she struggled
jjokeep house for a widowed mather
and two sisters yoenger than her-
self.
She had taught me to cross stitch
a cup towel on my frst visit to the
guild, sensing immediately the fact
that I coul not sew. She had taken
pains with me on each thing whch I
had attempted since that day and I
felt that sympathetic spark which,
once in a great while, we feel when
we have made a friend.
Although thankful was born of
aristocratic parents and was one of
the most estimable characters in
town she did not enter into any of
the gaities of our set and it was
only during the guild meetings that
I saw her at all. But at times she
invariably made an impresson on
me which lasted for days.
That very morning she had said
somethng to me which haunted my
thoughts. We had been sitting
apart from the others when the
converstaion began. I had com-
Thursday, November 25.
“STARLIGHT, THE UNTAMED”—
With Jack Perrin. A whirlwind Wes-
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“FIGHTING HEARTS” No. 11, 2
reel Mazie Comedy.
“BEYuND THE MICROSCOPE”—
A 1 reel scientific film.
“A TRIP TO THE HAWAIIAN IS-
LANDS”—2 reel colored film,
with Aldrich’s Imperial Hawaiian
Singers.
SALLIE MAKES A RESOLUTION.
I hurried from the living room?whirl, which in a town the size
®nd got back into bed before father i
■and Curtiss finally stopped talking
■and then, for a long time, I lay
thinking over the strange story that
I had just heard revealed. At first
I felt only resentment eowards Fath-
er for his interference, and then,
a great wave of tenderness surged
.ever me as I realized his reason
for doing so and realized that he
wanted to save me from the great
unhappiness my mother had known
because she had raised her eyes
from the matrimonial path. There
was no doubt about it, the sugges-
tion he made to Curtiss had been
most unusual coming from him, and
yet when I remembered that his
whole married life had been any-
thing but orthoddox, I began to un-
derstand. He had evidently felt that
I would be happier in the end nad
perhaps he was right. For up to
the time that Letitia Evans had
•come along with her flaunting
charms, I had regarded Curtiss as
uninterestingly safe and since that
time I had thought of him in an
•entirely different light. Men have
^greater love for their wives, I’ve
fceen told, when they feel that they
are also desirable in the eyes of
•ether men and the same fundamental
law also holds with women to an
nnbelieveable extent.
So dad had succeeded in his. plan,
for certain it was that I cared’more
for Curtiss than I had at any other
time. Regardless of the way I
should have felt aboutt the way he
should have collaborated with father
in the plan, I was only conscious
of the great joy of possession well-
ing up in my heart which complete-
ly obliterated all the jealous fears
■and suspicions with which I had
heen obsessed. It was most satis-
fying to know just how the flirta-
tion with Letitia Evans had begun
and how it had come to an end. I
was so thoroughly relieved about the
whole entanglement that I could
•even be amused at certain complica-
tions which had come about.
And so I decided that I would
not confess to either of them what
I had heard. It would only be em-
barassing to everyone concerned
and would cause explanations from
them both.
That question settled in my mind,
another arose. Should I tell ’Cur-
tiss about Barringtton Pierce ?
I had put the matter entirely out of
my mind since my return but now
I wanted to fight the thing out. I
wanted to be honest with him at all
times and yet I wondered how much
a woman should confess to her hus-
band and how much she should
leave untold. It was an age-old
struggle. On one side sentimental
franknew urging me to make a
elean breast of the things which
bad occurred in New York and, on
the other, wisdom and common-
sense pleading with me to let well-
enough alone. I disliked deceit and
yet I longed for that perfeett har-
money which, after so long a time,
it now eeemed possible for me to
’‘obtain.
On the other hand, if I did not
tell Curtiss and he discovered later
that Barry and I had been practi-
cally engaged it would probably
destroy his faith. I had kissed
him too? What would hethink of
that? Ohhh! I shivered a little
under the blankets for I knew he
would never understand. It was
true that I had expected to divorce
•Curtiss at the time, believing that he
wanted to marry someone elst and,
from my own viewpoint, I felt that
I was absolutely justified in what
I had done, but, I knew that it
would look to Curtiss as if I were
still inclined to be a flirt.
Besides, I argued with myself,
what good would ot do him to
know? It was certainly my duty,
as I saw it, above everything else,
to keep him contented and happy
and I wanted so to be a successful
wile! Of course I had many
qualms of conscitnce because the
thing had happened at all, but I
triend to put it from my mind for
I felt there was nothing to be
gained by dwelling in the past. My
happiness with Curtiss lay in the
rich companionship that the future
would hold. Besides, he had the
best of my love, and in compari-
son to that what did a few kisses
matter that had been given more
as a sister or a friend? So i defi-
nitely decided that I would not
bring unnecessary pain to Curtiss
by foolish confessions of the past
and I resolved never to be flirta-
tions again. We rise only by mis-
takes and as long as I had gained
experience, which in the future
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well done, than
she asked in her quiet, bfeautiful’ “*•
voice, “you‘re really much too fine
to give ,your strength and beauty
an intelligence to that w sort
thing/
1 was frankly amazed at her ex-
pression of disapproval wmen was
made more impressive by the ring
of sincerty m ner vuxee. <
“It does seem a pointless way to
live, I’ll admit,” 1 replied.
“Then why don’t you quit?
brave enough to come out and
separate from the
when night came,
tired, it would be
haustion of work
which there is no greater joy! Her
eyes gleamed.
“But what could I do?” I asked.
“I've thought out a plan for you,”
she said, “nad if you are interested
I will talk it over with you tomor-
row morning at ten.”
I felt peculiarly happy 'to think
that perhaps through the plan of
this unselfish girl, I would be able
to follow an urge which had
struggled withi nme against
frivolity of a butterfly lite.
What does the morning
forth? Read next week’s instalment
in THE ELECTRA NEWS.
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