Illinois News Index

Highland Park Press, 17 Jun 1926, p. 13

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tigmat ttad" " {'3 "Oh, but I eouldn't live without romance,” I mourned, "life would be cynical sud matter-of-Net sud eold." "But wait, my dear t there are msny kinds of romance and just as you've adjusted your little girl ways to become s housewife and moulded your wishes and desires into others that are congenial to his, so will your conception of romsnee ehange-s sad it reslly should, dear ehi1d." _ "What do you mess, Mrs. Wright, that there no many kinds of ro- maneet I don’t know but one kind, thn afraid." _ _ _ . “Neither did I, " one time," she replied with a far-away dreamy look in her ”a, though her lips still smiled, "rm'd be surprised to know that there’a romanceinkeeping amm- ordored home, now wouldnt you. my char? Or in makinc everything so comfortable for Curtis: that he'd adore being here or that there's " most the - thrill in viewing row aft-f row of shining 'jolliea and jams, native work of your own, yea," she "muted. "Nat as much thrill an thorouaodtoho in "eiattrpinkhotir Melanin-t an old atom wall.” _ “Enid“ you how I loud holly. "Romance," she repeated, "listen, Sdlie, Pm going to tell you some- thing ubout romance that you’ve never known before." . lack of romance and sentiment be.. tween the two of us that makes me - I leaned forward eagerly in my chair and she began. “Al for romance," she continued, "this is a bit of advice from at old woman, little Sallie, that I wish all drives who were starved for this thrilly-bubbly kind of romance would Mderstand. DON'T EXPECT THE ROMANCE or MOONLIGHT AND HONEYSUCKLE AFTER YOU’RE MARRIED, EXCEPT AS AN IN- DIVIDUAL, AND THEN YOU’LL NEVER FEEL YOUR HEART BREAK BECAUSE HE FAILS TO THRILL WITH YOU TO A SUN- SET OR A POEM WHEN HE'S PROBABLY THINKING ABOUT STOCKS AND BONDS." , “Nonsense, my dear, when you've lived as long as I have, you'll begin to know that husbands and, lovers are two vastly dliNrent menrAnd. " though they won't admit it, they are eech true to type, I can tell you, I think, just exactly why Curtiss went to the deuce without you to-night and why he probably will have a very good time." I couldn’t anticipate her thought. She went on.; "He knows that he has you now for his very own and he can go to a party and hove a very relaxing, care- free time. Even flirting a bit, per- hepe. with all the silly little f1appers out there, but) my dear, all the time he is conscious of the fact that he he: 'e sweet, charming wife It home. You furnish his background, you Bee, and he wouldn't even get a 'kick' oat of dancing and chatting with those little deliutaates if he had not won you first; Do you see what r mean?" l "Yea, I believe I do, because before we were married he didn't care " all about such things. But ith, ,the iill mxmuWAmm J Ili": _-to--.-"-".-".-".---.--.-- WY. m iT, use P-"""."'"""""--"--'"-.-.-----". I ------_--__----_- - . “It’s not mun-L " Ail” V old-who'd]. Tca: a A durum" 'tl""')" 1tuttsuatmsoatasm l WIMIIWAMW 'illllll WV, . Mi 1 l , '=-= -', gnu rr Aliiiihiiitl q , {A (tFi I -, // , , FWC2 ‘ I - . V IN 12:4; al ' li ' ' , Mil i?t2tt. 'tll!), ~ Its" t 'i'" Bai e Ell 1Etttit 4 =a lim " giltSi, da, -2: ' a " , kl ,7" tillifjiti"t \ / ‘* I C)) r " i 'MiMt" 'il l, w, . 5, ti , let "No, it really hm't, my dear," she shook her head, “that’s what I’m try- ing to tell you-that the resentment and self-pity you felt for what you thought was romance leaving y0ur life is a fundamental emotion known to al.. most every wife, who isn’t ty, bride, and I'll wager you'll find one such idea in the repertoire of every woman who writes these little songs.” For (moment there was silence in' the room. It was as if the shadows still sang softly with the echo of her voice. ' “I think I begin to undemttind," I exclaimed, “I wu wondering tet', if there were others like mWe f who felt romance drifting away, tnit now you've made it so beautiful!” clear ind I feel quite comforted ttbt Pm not done in this you-min: for the pretty-poetic-the fairy things of life." ( "That's strange that you should have thought of that verse for I was just repeating some of Edna St. Vin- cent Milky, Along the same line, when you came tonight." "of coum you no not. And, listen, my dear, Ater! your enthusium and keen npprhisintton for than thin” 'not made with unds'-.for thr'ongh them you will 1min tn inner joy that no cir- cumstance or condition can an may. Then, when Curtiu doe. thrill over something that you, too, have found most dear, it will be a plenum lur- Fl... ind, than he doesn’t. you mm't feel pomnnlly insulted " his noc- loct but," the concluded, “you'll just mall" that heh a nun.” was that Ill. land can. it It" lit. “You precious child!" My 1 guest none as she spoke, preparing yuan. rGraioodtUAtG,mrmthof, cheerful ,irtMrttrtft"e. We! iiriii"ihiiC"uii'i"iriGriikTukt "Oh, its just that for one aesthetic man there are, I guess, five hundred who are not. That's why so many of the poets have woven this theme into their songs. We not new. Fact in, its " ancient as the hills and " im- mutable u the stars. Remember Fnith Baldwin's lines?” She leaned forward and there wu a singing cadence in her tones: " ‘Love unzht'me in a golden net "Ronuutee---auurditn" she pointed out, "you see it was written by . man." She laughingly put‘the book back into its place on the wall and when she had resulted herself I beg- ged her to go on. as women are most susceptible to spiritual things, blind faith and ritual and .tsueh--to men these intangible things come hard, they've got to SEE with their eyes." "Look here!” she exclaimed, “just as I thought." I follovied her finger eagerly along the printed line. She reachéd for a dictionary in one of the book shelves on the wall. "They are n11 disciples of Beauty at heart, but ment No. no, now- just And lo I bike and sweets' and sew And-lie awake It night?" All scented rose and me Love lured me to a little house And set ine tasks to do. I look from out my window pane To Hills of Fir-Away My feet grow wary for the roads Beyond the break of day. But “we has such imploring eyes, I could not quench their light ,'tfi'iii7Es, Curtiss worked many hours 911 the job of planning the new houses for the large mining settlement just out of town. He woe trrtntto push the work throutrh.ao that the men and their families could occupy the houses in the fall. His concentrated ettort on matters of business during the day, together with 'the unexpected heat, which continued even at night-time, made him irritable and diMeult to un- . We tmrthoueht that the tut d; of Sawhor- would be cool u firtrt two weeks of the month prom-ed e release from the Ce heat whietrud extended over the - tire south. T But suddenly the west - er chanted end e was of intense t inch u Birmingham had - - pedeneed, began. Everyone who on d arrange to do no, got out of bonnie. many had returned thinking the' h wave had spent itself in the months shad. t cl 1ytdiiiirtutvmtndwhonruavrii tured Curtiu " tho dines, I f My calm. This lovely woman presence new to linger on. H words were like a hand-chap nnd t framed a little prayer, for, t kn ' without I doubt, that I had found friend. . I m HIGHLAND rm Page. new an. Mutton QUALITY p br Economical Transportation“ Offering every modern feature to satisfaction, Chevrolet is the s finest low at. It is winning new buyers by of thousands every month. Such world-wide g'ttg,tr, gigantic volume production make possibe Chevro s amazingly low prices. See it! Drive it! 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