Show i 73 M- M o 7 1 he Marriage Marriage- Trifler I f w Hi O JL i vj v B By HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR Copyright 1920 by Public Ledger Co i A MORNING VISIT I I I sG When a woman vo does n not take into consideration con con- her husbands husband's interests and thinks only of oC her own she is a marriage Barbara Knight was one She had always been spoiled In her fathers father's house she bad done as she pleased and she expected to do the same in her husbands husband's hus hus- bands band's Keith did ld not o care for rent the I d tol of et h he wanted a friends real friends and Katherine Newbery his I. I private an unusual girl and a a. offered himI him college woman unconsciously I I loved the e friendship ri Barbara I he wanted ro roiel iel Of f but coui t some somehow e m mI he how he expanded when he was with Katherine for she allowed him to be I lf I CHAPTER I. I week later ater Baba Barbara wrapped About a I In furs sat in her mother s sitting room manipulating manipulating mani mani- watching the competent masseuse her face cream and hot towels with surprising dexterity fingers own with the popular Miss Hiss Janssen was very older women Barbara Barbar had known her herfor herfor for sever sever- several years but she had never seen her at work before I First she would dip her fingers into a huge jar of cold a and would plas plaster IL I ter it thickly over v the countenance u of Mrs Knight who o sat b back In n her chair her rs e eyes closed sed T Then n nb after i na a an incredible fr I Ible ble amount of rubbing patting and lifting lift ing of sagging muscles the surplus cream would be rubbed off and steaming ming hot towels wrung out of water would be pressed over Mrs Knights Knight's face until Barbara did not see how she breathed Afterward there e came more alt vee t and and then finally expensive p pow o I I 1 l I I I I I I I der derc carefully applied with it a soupcon of I rouge high on the cheekbones Mrs Knight finally emerged with that well i iI groomed appearance that most New York York women of or an uncertain age seem to possess pos pos- sess ess Wrinkles were for Cor the time Invisible Invisible I I ible and heavy hea lines were quite ed It wasn't until Mrs Knight wab that she showed her age e and then of course Miss Janssen with a single mornIngs mornIng's mornings morning's morn morn- Ings Ing's work could accomplish wonders Barbaras Barbara's oung face looked tired and 1 there were nervous little mannerisms about her that betrayed the lack of ot sleep After Atter Miss Janssen had departed l I Mrs Knight turned e to her r daughter u Barbara a t J dear What t hl is 1 It Has ranY any anything thing happened she asked tenderly Mrs Knight was a loving mother if It she was not a wise one Why There was surprise in Barbara's Barbaras Darbara's Dar Bar baras bara's voice I I I I I I I i Well for two reasons her mother responded promptly The first is that you are here unusually early ariy and the second is that you look worried I have to come early if I come at atall alt all Barbara said shortly Heavens I II never have any time to myself Look at today for instance A rehearsal for that charity ball cotillon at 1130 an engagement engagement engage engage- ment luncheon a reception at Mother Grants Grant's dinner with the Benhams and andI the opera tonight And its it's been that thaU way for weeks Usually I 1 sleep but 1 I wanted to come over here this morning so I made an effort and got up early and here I am Well you jou have compensations compensations' Mrs I Knight said comfortingly Youre the most popular young matron In your s set t Mrs 1 Grant says you have the finesse of ot ofa oti i a much older woman She is proud of I I you ou Oh 1 dont don't know Barbara returned petulantly Leslie Gilmore is cutting a abig abig big big- swath Just now and sometimes I Iwonder Iwonder wonder If its it's worth while all this scrambling scram scram- bling around trying trying- to outdo some one else Leslie tries to outdo every one by making her affairs and her gowns Just a little bit outre No one one ever knows what to expect from her and she's very popular lar You see she has never In her life had all the money mOley she wanted to spend And now she's making the most of It It Heaven knows she has s to do something It must be ghastly being married to Law Law- rence nut But the older women women like Marcia and Mrs Castleman wont won't approve of LesI Leslie Les Les- lie Mrs Knight said comfortingly Barbara looked at ht her r mother mothr narrow narrow- ly It suddenly occurred to her ber thaher that tha her own mother had no initiative that tha she always followed In the footsteps o of other women and was was- content with tl the rules and regulations laid down for Cor he her And then she was instantly ashamed an and proceeded with lightning directness t to change the subject What I really cam eam over for mother mothe was to speak to you about Eleanor About Eleanor Mrs Knight wa was instantly all attention What do jo ou mean I dont don't like the way ay she's carrying on she's too young oung Ive I've tried talking to her and she simply wont won't pay any attention atten aUen- tion to me Why mother she's as cold and hard as a woman of the world Where Whereon on earth did she get these ideas ideas' I Mrs Knight smiled indulgently What has she been doing Barbara Barbara flushed I dont don't like ilke to tell tellI tale mother hut but she drinks too much champagne whenever she's out and and and- I Barbara Mrs Knights Knight's tone was shocked Keith and I have seen her and then she flirts dreadfully and not with bOsI boys bOs her own age but with men like that unspeakable Mr Randall I Tomorrow Eleanor w-Eleanor Eleanor flings the gauntlet |