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Show LOVE AT SIGHT I ! I I I By HELEN F. MACDONALD. (.by McCJurc NHtppr 8) pillott,) "Of iill the sickening bromides, 'Love ut I'lrst Sight' is the worst It's nn Illogical platitude, never has meant nn.vihlirg, and never will. Pro pluqulty, mutual Interest, loneliness, with the element of time, will all prompt love, but this Immediate rnii-lure rnii-lure Hint selres people nil or n suit-den-oh, It's deliriously humorous." Judith Itnrncs paused, a little breathless, breath-less, mid looked challcnglngly n round the group or her dearest friends Anne lingers, Nmicy Staples and Hot lllulr, nil of whom were apparently taking' the popular side ot the argument, argu-ment, "love at first sight vs. love after a series of sights." "Hut J inly," sub! Anne, "look nt Dick mnl me; you know how terribly undecided I wns about things before I took that tilp last summer and met him why, 1 loved him from the first moment I miv him, I'm sure of ihnt" ami gentle Anne putted the shining solitaire on her. left hand as If to protect It from Judith's verbose on slanght. . "Take Polly's case" Nancy Jumped up for emphasis "didn't shu marry Ned after knowing him only three , vveek.-nlid didn't lit go to war mid comc.homc nnd aren't they two of thu happiest peoido joti know. Doesn't llttit p'rovo thnt people nre sometimes predestined to iovo Immediately upon meeting?" Nuuey't) velvet brown eyes flashed storm signals of Indignation at Judith's disregard or such tried nnd true tradition. tradi-tion. "Well, glrjs," broke In Dorothy, the ever-ready diplomat or the quartet, "I move we adtourn, If we're going to the. dance tonlgbt. Judy has evidently got have much stronger evidence pre--euted that citing examples ot the Ives nqil loves or mere people. Lei's trait until -lie rails In love herself, mil then make her tell ns accurately 'he moment the 'grand passion' 1 lined our .Tuilllh," and Dot drsinat-cally drsinat-cally appealed to heaven to witness ihe pscr. Hut Judy, the image-breaker, threw -ti pillow at the actress, and the girls dispersed for the day.' It had been an unusually gay winter. The annual charity ball bail started the wesson auspiciously early In November, Nov-ember, and now April had come with lis Kxsier weddings Ui prepare for, Tour happily exelled girls, sitting around Judllli Harnes' boudoir, weie eageil.v discussing color groupings, bouquets, und all highly Important Items wbleh would render them worthy to attend on their royal highness, Judy, at Ihe occasion (f her marriage to the prince of her iiefirt at high noon, the following Saturday. "And to think, Judy." Dot's excited treble broke III on the giueral conversation, con-versation, "you haven't Men Don since Christmas, Just befoie he sailed for Japan; ami then Jim, linil met 1dm such a verj short time before It must have taken jou almost n week to r.ill In love with Hist highly nttrnctlve naval offlivr, li'ui. dear" Dot piin'ed and illaholhally winked at Anno and Nancy. "And. Judy, apropos or being ln4 love, do ,vou remember our llttl" discussion or a few months ago on the subject?" "Oh, yes." demure little Judy happily hap-pily smiled on the brtdesiniiliN-tn-ho "wiisn't It coinelhlug about Jove at first sight, inn! biiven't Don and I proved to jour entire 'Millsfuetloii thai such a things exists?," And then Judy, got the tlrst taste of her bridal confetti. |
