Show I Saint Sinner Simler I If marriage as u an institution had hod to exist if It sweethearts ardent ardent- ardently ly in love had to be converted com into that queer race known as hus hus- husbands husbands husbands bands and wives then she would much prefer If 11 given a choice in some other Incarnation to be the husband Faith reflected as she me sat nervous and tense beside Bob Dob BobIn DobIn Bobin In an ass excellent orchestra scat of the Columbia theatre Somehow Is was degrading to be a wife so much In love with a a. husband that his smile or his frown meant heaven en or hell bell to her It was as not fair for one human beings being's happiness to be so bound up in another per per- person person son If God or biology decreed that every human being must be essen essen- essentially tidy alone llone never really seeing the soul of 01 another never really getting inside of another persons person's heart or mind then why In the name of 01 mercy did that same force whatever It was also make each human being sufficient sell She tortured herself with these futile questions as a ft heroine warbled shrilly with a a. Brooklyn accent of eternal love for the pudgy tenor who reiter reiter- reiterated reiterated his vows endlessly in a a. sac uc- saccharine saccharine charine phrase phrase- I love you Sweet only o-o-only YOU HOO So she had said said and and meant it She would always alwa s 's love lore only Bob BobAnd And so Bob had said wd in a a. voice far more thrilling than that pudgy tenors But Dut had he meant it Did a man ever mean It and go on and on meaning It And all aU the tho time as her poor harried mind milled these ques ques- questions Faiths Faith's brown eyes were fix fix- fixed fixed fixed ed prayerfully upon Bobs Bob's face In Inthe Inthe Intile the tile semi-dark semi of tho the theatre he seemed not to notice seemed 1 in intent In- In Intent intent tent only upon the silly musical comedy If II they were not married he would notice would tease teO her about not being able to see the stage because she could not tear her eyes from his beloved face He would reach for her hand cud cud- cuddle cuddle dle die U It warmly In his stroke her wrist with tingling fingers lean forward every few lew minutes to whisper a a. comment or a compliment compliment compliment ment or a love word But now now now- He stared at the stage moodily making no effort to pretend enjoy enjoy- enjoyment ment He was wu a husband out with his wife do not have to pretend to be amused when they are arc not not not- During intermissions he be excused excused excused ed himself abruptly to smoke cig- cig in Irs the lobby She Sh awaited his return tensely her tear filled eyes fixed 1 unseeingly on the program booklet every nerve straining to toward to- to toward toward ward him needing him fearing his return In the third act he laughed aloud twice at some antic of the comedian a a. gentleman drunk and she was so grateful to the comedian for tor having made her husband laugh out naturally spontaneously that she yearned for flowers to toss upon the stage When the show was wu over oYer Faith felt personally responsible for its tawdriness Its failure to win Bob out of his black mood She trot trot- trotted trotted trotted ted along beside him to the side street where the car was parked trying to make m e con con- conversation conversation conversation I I thought the comedian was wu rather good didn't you dear Did you ever see such Umber legs Sega And Did you jou OU notice that woman in front of in III o I thought shed she'd go Into hysterics And For the Ute longest time I couldn couldn't t tell whether er that person two rows ahead of ot otus ofus ofus us was a a. boy or a a. girl Did you jou ever see such sUen a a. mannish-looking mannish girl I dont don't like these mannish hair cuts do you jou darling And as she rattled on nervous nervous- nervously ly 11 unable to control ol the impulse to tack lack that fatal question on the end of each sentence She hated herself hersell for being so miserable for caring so much whether he was nice to her or not sot But all the time she ahe loved him so frantically that she felt that her heart was waa crying It Itself it- it itsell itself self sell to death In her breast NEXT Aunt hattie Hatlie rhea gives Faith Faitha a piece of 01 her mind Copyright 1927 1027 NEA Service Inc |