Show I Human Interest Sidelights I WOMEN AN AND D BUSINESS By Louise Holt 1 HE was an army officers officer's wife SHE and her husband had been In J France many months Her pretty dark eyes looked longIngly longingly longingly long long- at the lustrous sheen shun shern of ot the black lynx scarf which the dealer held in his hand while her slender fingers cares caressed caressed ca ca- ca- ca res sed the long Jong silky fur Well I cant can't take It today she announced announced announced an an- with r. r sigh but could you put It away for me for fora a month Ill I'll take It then The dealer one who deals in noth nothing ling ing but the best put the scarf carefUlly carefully carefully care care- fully away in a drawer I knew Its price was prohibitive but butI I couldn't resist asking to see It after the woman had gone Regretfully I passed It back That was three months ago Yesterday I chanced again in the little little little lit lit- tle shop the scarf cheap Ill sell seU you lynx the dealer volunteered as soon as he recognized meThe meThe me The army officers officer's wife decided not notto notto notto to take It It I queried Oh no Hes He's on his way home home- without a 0 scratch When she was lookIng looking looking look look- ing at it he was In the heavy fighting In Trance France He lie didn't get Killed She cant can't get et It now she hasn't enough money I IE was when a wedding ring 1 was barred from the schoolroom I JL and any female pedagogue who fell fen under the spell of ot cupid durIng during during dur dur- ing a school year was informed that her services were no longer required That was before the war and the board of ot education limited the restriction restriction tion so that the schoolmarm could marry a soldier One west side te teacher cher too took advantage advantage tage of the new ruling and without ap apI apparent apparent ap- ap I parent reason Kept it secret just as they they did in the old days when the board was less liberal When the influenza epidemic be became became became be- be came rampant throughout the city and the schools were closed teachers volunteered volunteered volunteered vol vol- to nurse nurs the sick Not so this particular teacher Her husband was In a California training camp and I picking up bag and baggage hied bled herself herself herselt her her- self to that sunny clime where she could be near him for tor as yet they had had had no honeymoon Whenever he could escape the tho arduous arduous arduous ous drill they spent their hours to together to- to gether I I Month after month the board of or education education education edu edu- f cation sent a check for tor The epidemic epidemic epi epi- demic subsided and the teachers were ePI 1 notified to return to their posts As yet California has delivered up no school teacher-bride teacher and tho the board I of ot education after arler solemn deliberation has opened up a honeymoon appropriation appropriation appropriation account to the amount of until a more remunerative action suggests suggests suggests sug sug- itself |