Show II 1111 11 II II III I III III II III III 1111 I III II Striking Are Flappers Romance of Tj f 1 as Bad n B Rise Fall Fail of and an Th ne e H ouse 0 or f M 0 un es as painted They're c American By GEORGE GIBBS Are Family Family- Jazz Boys and Its Author of Youth Triumphant and ot other er All Limbs B 1 S Comeback Comeback successes Copy Copyright tIght 1922 D. D Appl AppletOn Co of Satan a n. n no II III Oh God Alicia moaned It Jt it Is all too desperate too desperate too horrible I I wish I were dead Cherry was Vas by her side aide touching her gently n I dont don't n Muzzy Y she said gently tf nor or Bob 0 nor dad Well We'll v 11 j Just have to make the best of ot things things some some wa way But how How Itow- Itow came caine In a stifled gasp grasp Cherry made a a. motion o of her ber head and ancl I I left len the room silently He lIe had carried out his unpleasant mission thankful the Intervention of ot the daughter which had saved him bins some of ot the brutality of ot speaking the truth I 1 cant can't face It she t she sobbed sobbed I I cant To have v people slight Fht us be us-be- be because cause of this misfortune l n Well Vell said Cherry with a a. shrug If there are any people e who want to t slight alight me let em begin DJ at once Oh Ob my dear sobbed the the- the mother mother you dont don't know the world ai as I L do Im I'm afraid afraid-afraid afraid to begin at the bottom bottom bottoni bot bot- tom toni again with with with-with with nothing whateVer whatever whatever what what- ever to look forward to Well all Ive I've pot got to say Is said I art C Cherry that If people p think less 01 of me me- because of ot what's happened Ill Il Ill I'll think a devil o of a lot less of ot them But her mother was vas not consoled and wept anew To think that all Rl this should have happened Just when when when our out future your future your future was future was wasso so brilliant And now now everything everything willbe willbe will wll be so so-so- so so different Oh I dont don't care care Muzzy You dont don't care You must care care gasped her mother raising a a. t tearstained tearstained tear tear- ar- ar stained face tace Ive worked so hard you cant can't let It all go for nothing She straightened and sat eat up ag again st staring at Cherry y appraising rn her r quickly with a despairing air of of reso reso- lution Perhaps we can save something out of the he wreckage she said eald Her lIer Herair Herair air all of or craft was familiar to Cherry Cherty but It seemed very futile tuUlo now Her lIer pretty mother seemed to have grown suddenly old very old very old Youve go gotor gotto got gotto to tor h help lp Cherry she Rasped gasped Ch Cherry rry read rud her thoughts but gave gae no sign of I mean John ChIchester Cherry she went on quickly lie He has already been so kind kind kind-calling calling sending notes and flowers that flowers that I have hopes that thai his I O opinions may not have Changed changed changed- aaro aro that t his regard a for you you you- Muzzy uny broke In the girl I wont won't listen to you ou You must said Alicia with the theft courage of despair Youve o got t to ft listen to o me e Youre You're i-e i the h only hope g e et I I have Mr ChIchester spoke to me mo about you before this terrible thing thing- happ happened ned lIe He wants to marry you ou Oh did he said Cherry Well WellIm to to to- Im I'm not going Cherry I 1 mean It I dont don't love John Chi chester I haven't the slightest intention Intention intention In in- in- in o of marrying him him even even If he should ask sk me to And I 1 dont don't believe he will wiil Cherry Cherr You cant can't understand how desperate the situation 19 is- is Yes ye I understand Ive I've r realized It Jt from the first first but but I cant can't Imagine any will wilt make m me desperate des nea enough for tor that that that- But at St the signs o of renewed hysteria which she saw In her mothers mother's distended distended dis dis- dis tended eyes and gasping I ItI breath she softened and fell e fb beside d the e couch p patting pat pat- tI ting her gently Now k Muzzy you youre you're re not to think about this any more Just lust now now not not to tog talk about It because after er all air Mr r rhe g- g t caas asked seed J hasn't m rae me Now hashe has hashe I he Perhaps he wont There are a a. alot lot of ot things thing more Important to think about You'll be pretty sick If It you let yourself give away And besides like this Is positively ruinous to fo o your complexion your complexion your eyes eyes are are all swollen now now now- Are the they 1 t suppose they are But Cherry Cherri If you OU were only more sympathetic if I If you'd only toll tell one one- Dont lets let's talk about this any anymOre anymore more not now Later perhaps You must bathe your oUr face face and and th then n a facial massage Let me mo ring for Lil- Lil lie No o. o not Ill I'll do for or myself She dabbed at her eyes for a a. moment end and rose wearily J If you'd oud only try to think seriously of ot your our obligations to us a all all to t to me ne Cherry h she he said to rn eM z Ill 11 try to o think in of them Muzzy Mussy said Cherry calmly At pr present sent alus- alus I zy 2 zy you'd b better bathe name and ana then often take takeI I a 1 nap imp Youve You've had a a. trying afternoon after after- noon And so 10 by dint nt of argument and persuasion persuasion per per- suasion Alicia Mohun was led ted teArfully tearfully tearfully tear teAr- fully to her ablutions while Cherry Cherr Ine greatly disturbed went to her own rOl room vas time that John It was the th first Chichester's Chi Chi- cheaters chestera nan name had been mentioned to her since her fath fathers father's rs r's stroke He lie had never had a I Iver ver very large place cither eith- eith er el In her affections or her bar I and the sudden d gleam of hope O that h I h she had s seen In her mothers mother's ot r eyes as she thought of ot Cherrys Cherry's possible share I In U the restitution of ot their the rail fallen en fortunes fortunes for for- tunes affected Cherry with n tor-I tor une unpleasant unpleasant un un- un- un pleasant sent e of t carrying what had aca hl one once been to her a mild sort or of or j Joke Into the realm of ot a a. very ery unpleasant ant reality But the appeal to Cherry In Inthe inthe I th the moment of ot extremIty tr through tI th tile th medium of her mothers mother's emotions emotion had hadnot hadnot not teemed seemed ault Suite t fair And though It had a given I Cherry chergy a definite n I Idea of how o deeply deSpi 1 Ingrained wee was her r moth moth- t i III JI II III er ers er's ambition for this match to have put It ev even n by suggestion to her daughter laughter as all a 8 filial obligation was doubly disturbing From lom the flays days of or her girlhood Cherry had always thought of her mother with mingled admiration and uncertainty uncertainty- amenable e to her e physical Cl perfections r f and charm yet dubious a as to her sincerity sincerity sin sin- In her relations with those who ho were to be of ot use to her Later on on as Cherry learned to think for tor herself herself her her- self the b beauty uty upon which people set lIet such store stole became less impressive for tOr Cherry knew of or the assiduities necessary to l preserve ruc It anti and the sophistries by means of ot which her mother succeeded In the social venture venture ven yen ture turo seemed little less leu than hJ hypocritical hypo hypo- 0 critical But In the past the indulgence which her mother showed her had bad al alwaYs always al- al ways waya compensated for tor these deficiencies des cies for tor Alicia had recognized In Cherry a a. spirit that was master to her own and Cherry left lett to her herde de de devices devices vices had gone her own way unaffected unaffected un un- un- un affected erected by the elements In her mothers mother's mothers mother's mothers mother's moth moth- ers er's character with which she was unsympathetic That she loved her mother was certain but It was a habit that she should love her her a a habit Inherited from the childhood days das when she had wanted nothing more In the world than to be in Jn all things as Alicia Mohun was It wasn't that her love for tor her mother was less Jess e than before o but It had bad any changed ll In substance ut t n for r it b pity had taken the place of ot admiration and today In her helplessness her mother moth moth- er had touched a chord in Cherrys Cherry's heart that had never been re reached hed before The sincerity with which she still clung to her great n. n even In the moment of despair was tragic In n Its futility With pity b but Just Justa J a 1 little contempt p Cherry I realized that l If her mother were to have died today it e would u have v been e with I John he 1 Chichester's I name not o her r own bus hus bands band's upon her lips lip It seemed as liS though In his hili impotence and help help- she e already aJ thought o O of her e husband as o one already dead Poor dad It hadn't been fair of Muzzy to tota I speak of J John n Chichester Ch today S riot Not ta fair a to put this 1 marriage r l ge t to Cherry Cherr AS ItS an obligation the more necessary since the fall of ot their fortunes for for- tunes Couldn't she see what a a. sac sac- rifles she was asking Couldn't she fhe realize how different their situation I was from that of a It few weeks ago Had she no pride It pride If not for tOI herself henel I for for Cherry bh She didn't t know know know-as as c Jr hl h Cherry knew the knew th the history of John Chichester which Harold Hl and Genie and others other had told her Cherry hoped that she didn't know lenow for tor Ig norance might excuse her from the Imputation of wishing wll to sell eU her daughter to a man who for years ears had wasted himself elt on Illicit pleasures Never she couldn't she had a aright aright right ht to her own life She didn't want ant to marry anybody but wh when n she did she was as entitled entitle l to the privilege of or choosing for herself Cherry Cherry- buried burled her head in her arms on th the window l ledge dge and tried to think the thing out Was she selfish to be thinking of ot herself at a moment like this She owed her mother her life lire but now 1 was she sh bound to frO o render It back hack to her She seemed somehow to feel tel that her mother had not the right to demand that Anything else But not her body to sell on the auction block She raised e her head at last s s still id brim be bewildered by l this problem got t tand up and stole silently down the stairs to the sickroom She tiptoed In and the then trained n nurse e in mei her with a smite smile The patient was asleep ep h hut ta f. f went ent in and sat by Ms his bed listening to his breathing It was liS much bett better bet bet- t ter hail had rd If tto told he slept her t easily for U nature a like r th this violated thy they was attempting to restore Itself To h I continued tomorrow |