South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 235, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 22 August 1920 — Page 19
THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES
St! DAY, AUGUST 22, 1J
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WOMEN
Clubs
Circles
SOCIETY
Suffrage
Philanthrophy
Revelations of a Wife My Heart and My Husband BY ADELE GARRISON
Mother Graham. Ullian arid I f ir.g him realize that the little worn-
ppra.r. to our fejt himultd.r.couIy us little Urs. Lurkco rushed away from
tho table. The men, less U5vd to so I purely feminine an emergency, ; Icokfi at each othr In awkward Lc-wlldi-nru-nt, augmented In Alfred Iurfcf;"a c.ise by an ugly triok red f.u.-h of a:ie'f r. Pretty Leila Fairfax's color had fadtd instantly. Even her lipa were what; .is jshe glanced up piteously at Alfred, then looked down again rjulckly. was evidently sutlering an acony of humilittion, and I felt my h:trt hot with Indignation .'i AM in st Alfred's mother as I started toward the door with the intention of bringing little Mrs. Iurkeo to her snts If I hail to turn the tiro hoso on her la order to accomplish my purpose. Evidently Lillian and Mother Graham had tho simo thought, for wo found ourselvts confronting each other as we neared the door. Mother Cra ham w.ivrd us aside imperiously: "Go back to the table." sho said. "I will attend to this.V J;h tailed out of tho door majestically. Lillian spoke softly in my rar: "Shq is rieht." Fh whispered. "There h no other woman at the tahlo with Leila." I rushed to the girl's side, and put my arms Impetuously around her. "What wonderful news. Leila, dear:" I cried, frantically signaling the others to back up my efforts at .straightening out matters. I doubted th gurrej-s of my ruse, however, for I felt the girl's body shaking in my arms with tho sob3 she waa trying to t-upprcss. A Saving Confession. "Leila: Sweetheart'." Underneath
its frantic tenderness Alfred Durkce's boyish voico held a note I had never heard in it before, a prim, bteely in
fection which it was na well his time your mother comes back we'll
an'a hysteria was rooted not in dlsliko or di.'-appro al of Leila, but in hr own foolish fondnoso or him
self. Man-liko he took refugo in
badinage.
"You'd better ask my permission first," he growled. "Huh:" Dicky retorted indignantly. "I'll ask nobody'H permission, not even my wife's. This is my inalien
able privilege, eh, Leila?"
Ehe looked up nt him Gratefully as he kissed her, while Alfred made a pretence of trying to keep him from giving the caress. Hut when Dicky swung around toward his friend, I FU.W Alfred's hand go out to his In a clasp that I knew held gratitude and appreciation. But I began to grow uneafy, for there was no sign of the reappearance of either Mother Graham or Mrs. Durkee. What Madgo und Lillian Set Out to Do. As tho sonds wore on Into minutes and there was no sound from the hall into which Mrs. Durkee and my mother-in-law had disappeared, my anxiety increased. Desplto my knowledge of Mother Graham's innate umso of Justice I was not so confident as was Dicky that she had followed Mrs. Durkee in order to bring that little woman to her Fenses. Mlzht sho not instead my anxiety
prompted mo to ask be employed in condoling with tho other woman's grief? I signalled my apprehension to Lillian, woman fashion, with a lifting of the eyebrows. She promptly seized my cue. "Alf." he said with the authority of long friendship, turning to him, "why don't you take Leila into the library for a few minutes and tell her the things that we all know you're dying to utter? Then by the
mother did not hear. "Look at mo. You know what I think of this dimrablo business " "Don't, don't." the girl whispered pleadingly from the shelter of my shoulder. "I know " "Look here, folks," Dicky's voice, cheerily inrouciant, seemed to clear tho mental atmosphere. "Let mo toll you that you're making a. mountain out of a darned tiny molehill. The llttlo exhibition that was Just stafTcd doesn't mfin that Alfs mother disapproves or won't be simply wrapped up In Leila when she tztm over tho first idea, of havlnff her hoy married. Thero Is something aoout that idea which makes a prospective mother-in-law bite holes In tho atmosphere it Jurt naturally affects 'em that way. You should have wfn mine when I first broke the news that tho lady who now graces tho head of my table had consented to mako mo the happiest man on earth " I Ho paused to make- a grandilo-l ouent bow and throw me a kiss, while 1 smiled inwardly at this revelation which Dicky had never made before of Mother Graham's behavior when he told her of his approaching marriage, although I had guessed it from her attitude toward mo in the first ni'viMis cf cur marriage. "And now." Dicky continued, "there's nobody like Madge on the face of the earth for mother. Of course, she rags her sometimes my n.ater hasn't my beautiful dispositicn." he smiled engagingly, "but Madge's the white-haired nirl with mother Just the same, and I'll wager , ou four cents that she's out In the hall now reading the riot act to Mrs. Durke in blissful forgetfulnrss of the ructions she her?ef raised once t:pon a tune. Po hold up vour head. Leiln. and look pleasant, for I'm going to kiss you in about fourteen seconds." iaghtenol Fye. I knew that he h id purposely spun his nonsense out in order to give the Kirl time to fret herself together. That he had succeeded T knew when I s iw her lift her hend In prettv laughing confusion at his threat. th' color r stored to her cheeks, the light to her eye. He had succeeded In Fomething f Ire. too. in f-ofteripg Alfred Durkce's hot nngcr towards his mother, mak-
all bo ready for the happy ringing
down of the curtain upon the fourth act." Where Are They? Alfred Hashed her a grateful glance. "Come on. sweetheart." ho said tenderly, and witholt giving Leila time to assent or dissent, ho hurried her masterfully out of the room. As the door closed behind them Lillian rose, an air of decision enveloping her. "I guess Paw Graham and Grandpaw Fpencer ought to b? ablo to take care of one baby for a. few minutes," sho drawled. "But I think you'd better stay with them, Marion. They might gi.e him pickles or salad or something." Little Marion giggled happily, as much I was sure of this sign of her restoration to her mother's favor as at the pleasantry. It is an invariable practice of Lillian's to follow any reproof of Marion's with some pleasant quip to the child a few minute's later. "I'll watch them, mother." she carrolled. "Oh, you beautiful .darling, you!" This apostrophe she directed to th baby, and was the last thinpwe heard as we left the room, Lillian having "picked me-up with her eyes" we rose from the table. We found the living room deserted, and a hasty though stealthy survey cf the other .rooms discovered no traeo of either woman. "We came down the hack stairs to the kitchen, interrogated Katie In lowvoices. "Sure I ma them." Katie Mid. a note of disgust in her voice. "Dey go out to gardens behind ro;e hedge. That Meesis Durkee, she cry and gulp, and that mother-in-law she Veep saying. I know. I know. I have same ting vunee. What matter that Meesi Durkee. feel like that ven sh goin get such fine young lady like Me vis Fairfax for daughter What frhe vant. eh Queen of Delgium? That womans she married already er" "You say they're In the garden?" I said sweetly, ignoring Katie's torrent of comment, and without further parley we left the house and took the path to the lake. "Of course. Katie's been listening nt the door again." I said nervously. "What I'm ever going to do with her I don't know. It seems ns though
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with costly handwork rather than much applied trimming. One threofigiired nightie flaunts twenty rows of handtucklng. six bands of drawnwork, about tlx feet of & hand embroidered floral motif, and a ribbon drawstrir that alone is valued at twenty dollars a yard. Tho last season's vogue of patterned lingerie which specialized in crulean-hued bluebirds and butterflies is on the wane probably be
cause our niueblrd guest has been tack on his native shores for sorr.o time. Whenever any pattern Is used, it is some bizarre, weird creation such as a wrisgUrg green snaVo, a garment-free- cannihal, or a fcevy of alligators. Petticoats are rlmost entirely usurped by pantalets. It is considered ery smart for these silken "petti" to hang an inch or to below
th sVirt. The mot chic c.Tcct is considered achieved if the a-is are of a vivll c ntrart:ri? color, berullled cr lacc-dg(?d. Toe bona tiiu petticoats have substituted deep fringes for rufrlf d flounce. The fringes are cf th. eejf. mater 1 and arc deemed an aid to perambü m.on.. The yoke fad of S3? is back In the; vogue. It is prophesied that crocheting will ptep Into the limelight once more as the most popular ferninlno indoor sport. However, the most elite jokes are cf rare old lacu or embroideries. Scalloped effects are very good, especially If the scallops are worked In some brilliant color.
Mr, r. T). Sims. 218 W. Marlon St., Io loaves Kept. 1 to mafce her home1 in Ixw Angedcs, Oil. Mrn. hi ins was oJectetl last spring to Uk presidency of th(? South Bond Worn an's club, but compelled to rcslrn nfur providing for only a bhort time because or tho plaoL wliich tuko licr to ÜV? VCpt.
FILES SUITS FOR HEAVY DAMAGES
Asks S20,000 From Two Sis-! ters, Alleging Assault i and Battery. j i Catherine Mowrey has flled separ-
ate suits against Man' and Catherine Khcekcy asking for $10, COO damage In each case. Each woman Is charged with assault and battery, and defamation. As a result of alleged injuries received from tho Pheeky sisters. Catherine Mowrey alleges sho suffered a nervous breakdown and was unable to work for some time. She alleges falpo and defamatory words In the presence of others.
nothing would break her of that habit." "Do?" I-llllan turned on mo In amazement. "Do nothing but get down on your knees In thankfulness that she stays with you. I'm thinking seriously of carrying Betty's breakfast up to bed for her if there's no other way of inducing her to stay. You know a housekeeper is absolutely indispensable to me, and I never could break another one In. Hut Hetty's certainly feeling her oats in theso days of high wages. And from all indications Katie seems no different than usual." "No she doesn't," I admitted. "Eavesdropping is no new thins with her." I should Fay it was a congenital defect." Lillian said dryly. "And if she has no thought of groin? out and making a million dollars a minute I'd adviso you to go slow on the discipline until this domestic help situation clears a bit. It can't last long, but the atmosphere is dynamite Just now." "I know," I admitted. Then as tho distant sound of voices came to us I clutched Lillian's arm. and like conspirators wo moved up to tho shelter of the rose hedge, from behind which the voices of my mother-in-law and Mrs. Durkee came in agitated conversation. It was the second time that I had eavesdropped in tho rose garden. The first time was an involuntary offence. But this time Lillian and I were listening deliberately, for we had to know Mother Graham's attitude betöre we took a hand.
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Now is the time for every good woman to come to the aid of the party. A huge paper mill merger Is planned for Canada. Isn't paper hieh enouch now?
Fashion Dictates Rich Lingerie "By Marjorie"
NEW YORK, Aug. 21. The lower world cf fashion will bo qulto as gorgeous and elaborate for this oncoming season as the upper strata. Do not be confused. Wo are not naying that tho Bowery will go forth swathed In rich garments of metallic lace and brocade that will put even the fashion denizens of Fifth Avenue to shame. The comparison lies between milady's sumptuous outer garments and the Inner layer of Jntlmato "undies" which the stage has taught us to roughly classify as lingerie. It is no exaggeration to say that a rroper inner wardrobe from the epidermis to the outer layer will cost as pretty a penny thij year as tho suit. coat, or dress that cne.'ils all this hidden treasure. Never has thero been such a season of riotously rich and lovely lingerie. For tc ;ctham upper crust it means real Jewels, old laces, ribbons of great t1co. handwork Involving years of labor in some far-off Eastern land, novel and freakIrh effects In embroidery and divers trimmings, and most noticeable of all a scarcity of background for all this applied wealth. "Lingerie shall cost much and be little." is the slogan of the inner garment makers. They say that the fitted lines of outer apparel make this shortage of Inner material a necessity, and that since lingerie shall be largely absent, what remains shah atone In beauty and richness. Negligees are tho most opulent of all lingerie. Good taste fixes no limit to the money that can be put within these boudoir confections. A leading Fifth Avenue house shows a model of heavy, lustrous peach satin
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