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Show IH WE BECOME WHAT THOSE HM NEAREST US MAKE US HP' In tho November American Mngn- mm i'n0 Ollvo Hlgglns Prouty writes nu HJ installment to her now serial novel ontltled Tho Fifth Wheel. Itutli Vara H tho heroine, tolls how sho was cdu- JHi catcd for society. Her business In Hl 1" was to triumph as a dobutanto Wm r nnd marry a rich, socially prominent $' man. In tho following extract Ruth fflm tells how her family planned her lifo , aB welt ns tho lives of hor brothors Hl and sisters: HK "The family mado out of my eldest UJnF brother, Tom, counselor and wlso IgV Judge; out of my sister Luc), chief '5R cook and general manager; out of f H mo, butterfly and ornament. To tho j! family I have always been frivolous and worldly. Whllo thoy crltlclzo ! theso qualities of mlno, underncnth. 1! their rlghteouu veneer I discover J ' them marveling. Thoy disparage my extravenanco In dressing, nnd then admire my frocks. In ono breath thoy rldlculo social nmbitlon, and In tho noxt Inquire Into my encounters and triumphs." |