Show n n II S Alicia Hammersly lA A Woman Who Wouldn't t Remarry J L-E L Idah McGlone I By Rv Gibson Ij i i i I Alicia Hammersly ne nee nee Alicia Atwel and andI I non COIn commonly I called Allx lIx l. Is the absorb absorb- Ins Ing stor story of or her She li ii engaged to Hallet t They ar are married The rn nth roll by and Hal Is devoted otell and anIl regretful by turns turn A child chillI 1 Is I. canting coming to toI toJ toI I J Alicia and Hal IZI and she he IrO goes joes home to bo with with her mother mothe News cornea comes that Hal Ildi ba b been tn killed In a railroad wreck The TheS S hock chock render Alicia Alida unconscious and she he Si Is Ia gravely ill in for weeks week A A. bo boy Is born to her After Arter recovery she ah determines to win I her 0 oun way In the world She tries short II tory writing and is I. delighted to have her first IUt aU attempt accepted by a Q bl bt bl r New Sew York magazine The editor Roland Karly ariy o arly be be- S she die ha has hll great offers oUen 1 I her a 11 position she accepts and goes Koes to j I I New York A here Roland Early arly Is le vcr very at- at tf to her Following Following- a prank with S Larr Larry heaton Roland larl l calls to reI re re- I buko buku h her r. r Ho ILo told to Alicia he loved her Roland I la ie overwhelmed 1 when ho learns from Alicia that his wife know knowe of hIs hla attachment for Alicia Roland Barl I confesses to Alicia that he never loved his wife ICe Bab Db urge uru Alicia to tu silence town I I talk by Inviting Mr and Mr Roland to 10 dinner nt at the hotel 4 Alicia lie Ia finally I I Agreed Mr Ir Uarl arl accepts accept fur for him bun self and aud lf wife Alicia Invitation Imitation to dinner r. I To complete tho the party Alicia and Dab then Invite fn Invite Mr lr Henderson It on them that the they do not know whether or no not l' l ho has ha a wife wICe Alicia an and nab Hab buy new nw gowns rot for the party Mr 1 Karly arly rather reluctant reluctant- I ly Iy Invited Judge Turner to Join the theatre pa party parry r ty I I i i I S BABS BAB'S COMMENTS Notwithstanding I made light of or tJ the e. e m matter of ot being Interested in Jud Judge Turner 1 I knew that Dab Bob was right He lie inter interested me mo more than any othell other man I I h had 1 over ever k known and I lime knew that tho the party would only begin forme for formE forme me when he joined u at the play piny as 1 was putting Jutting the tho finishing touches to my costume costume Bab came Into my room She had never looked as ns pretty prett a as she did that evening Duane says sas that catching him agrees with me inc as as he never saw m me looking looking- a as well as 1 do tonight 1 I told him th that t t it was a case of t fine feathers He contended that was wa all nonsense and added that he would l love ve me rue without a feather He lie insisted that it Ii was wal love lo and marriage not clothes that had hall proved pro such a great fler ter Nothing 1 I could sa say would convince convince convince con con- vince him otherwise otherwise but wl en ho he sees you jou j h he will wUl not have a leg to I stand on You arc aro not a bride and you jou ou tell me th that t you are not in lo e I but in that green gren frock jou Ou certainly are all that a n poet can dream In the wa way of fair women I never nc realized the whiteness of your our skin or the delicate deli deli- cate cale rose of ot your YOUl cheeks checks I You nr are Just are just Juat lovely dear sister I haven't ha been flattered as much in years ears and antI c coming coining from you ou it is dou dou- bl bly acceptable But you jou OU do not think that I would wear a Jade green reen gown own unless I wore a complexion to complement complement comple comple- ment It Modestly clever Mix Allx but being your jour our sister I know now there Is more more nature na nature na na-I ture than art In iii your makeup Of or course It ma may maj- be be enhanced a a little b by powder and rouge rous but that is Just the gilding gliding of ot i the tho UI lily I hope m my male guests will be as ns complimentary Bab Dab but I am not not sure sure that j you ou In your jour beautiful if It somewhat some some-I what cold and glittering bea headed ed white dress do not make mak my green frock a little garish Not a 0 bit AUx AIx Tonight you ou are the beautiful green grcen I wave wa that t shelters Undine while I I nm tho white foam that feathers Its crest Here Here I rea really II believe e that marriage has made my raj practical Bab I poetical said Duane who had hati come tome to mj- mj tin tiny boudoir seeking hla hl hi wife Again you jou are mistaken en Duane Marriage has haa nothing f to do with it It is gown And OlAnd now before I go I must show sho m myself to my greatest admirer Do yoU jou people want WInt to go with me mo i opened the tho door of the n nursery r er to be greeted with a n yell jell of or J jy from Hal who almost sprang out of or Hannahs Hannah's arms In his effort to reach me Rn Bo careful Mrs rT no n might crush your our o r wonderful l own gown gown I 1 am sorry to tD nave na kept the baby up so late Hannah You ou see I explained explained ex- ex to Bib he has learned that he can always ha e a n. little playtime with moth mother r before he goes gocS to sleep I 1 seldom let anything Interfere with ith this and ant he waits walts for or me to to come Dont Don't won worry about dress res Hannah my myres I said as I took took- him I 1 would rather spoil a hundred d dresses than hive tl Hal ha e ever eer er feel that I was too delicate to touch Both Duane and Bab Eab exclaimed at Hals Hal's ruggedness and growth but ho he would not look at either of them lie He wa was tired and sleepy and he had Cal kept awake to to find the mother that was his world world world-a a world Into which he ho leaped with jO Joy at m my coming and I left t I with sorrow when I consigned him hint to Hannahs Hannah's care I i Tonight he was so sweet that I I I r cOl could ld hardly let him go In fact tact he went vent to sleep with his head I upon m my bare bosom I covered ered m my gown with a violet chiffon chitton velvet el wrap ral and flab Bah donned a white taffeta capo cape lined with palest st pink chiffon and we were ready to go When we arrived at the hot hotel 1 I saw Mr and Mrs Irl Early waiting for tor me In tho lobb lobby There is certainly a satisfaction abo about t being well dressed that even cen re religion re- re ligion ligian cannot give said Bab as I pointed Mrs Earl Early out to her Poor IOor thing poor thing Why did not someone some some- someOne one tell her that a woman with no color and gra graying ing hair should never wear gra gray Of Ot all the colors and anel cloths in iii th the tho world a a. stift gray satin gown Is the one thing that would make her look hook oldest and plainest Both she and Mr lr Earl Early Karly suddenly realized as the they caught sight of Bab and me mo Poor Mrs Ir I Early turned p paler ler and more sallow and seemed vis vis- Ibl to shrink within the somewhat puritanical cut of ot her gown when she glimpsed our modern Mr Henderson appeared appealed d at my el el- el I how bow apparently out of th the tho surround surround- Inc You oi are aie Undine with a n soul Mrs Mis Hammersly If It I remember rightly poor Undine Un Un- dine would have found a t soul a cr very inconvenient thing to have much as she he wished for It I Even K cn mortals wish sometimes to be soulless H Has hias your OUr soul grown so large that It ho hels hel's you jou OU fair tall lady By this time we had reach reached d tho the I l a a and lid iud I Ignored Mr Ir Hendersons Henderson's remark 1 Mr Early Introduced his wife to us us I and Mrs Early Karly showed allowed the lie poise that I I I hoped I had by I acting as though wo we I had never met before Oh 1 wish I could dress I dear you ou ou m my I said to myself my for Cor I c ul r Visualize visualise her In black velvet chet anti and diamonds din dla- I monds with a n ri Mt n ir il 1 In en k h h. h really beautiful hair hairn Sh She would ouid h have have I been beon een stunning and arid I think would ha have filled the p. p eyes p of or Mr Early beauy worshiper worship r as ho he Is Is with satisfaction I ha e always that Y you ou U could coull took look no better than you jou ou did in a white evening dr dross dress ss Mr fr Earl Early managed to j sa say to me mc as we started V r the dining din din- ing room Thank you jou OU for tor the implied compliment S ment I said Id demurely I I aw saw Mr Earl Early frown ns fiS he noticed th the place cards and anti I conte confess s that I c was a little glad that the gentleman 0 wa was not able to sent seat himself between Bab and meI me I r I I 1 do hope I h hoard heard ard Duane Duano sa say to J I. I II I Mrs I Early rl that you jou do not really I I belong to this literary cult which it s seems ems that even m my wife ha has taken I Ib c up UI If It you jou are a mem member r of It It I will 0 hardly know KnO what to talk about I am an Ib ashamed to fill say he continued with a arising rising voice olce to Include Mr 11 Henderson on the other side of ot me rue that I have ha be been n so 50 on your OUr case that I 1 have haxo had no time to eV even n read tho the stories of ot m my charming law ln In Mr ru Earlys Early's You really have missed a Jr great at deal deil j Mr E D Benton said Mrs Earl Harly for tor while I am not what you call literary ru I j In the sense I nse that m my husband Is I literary Ht- Ht I J i 1 entry crary I have thoroughly enjoyed ed Mrs st ries Th They are so tt I human j Copyright National Newspaper Service rn |