My Marriage Problems
Adele Garrison's New Phase of "Re%elations of a Wife."
The Si range Way Claire Foster Went
About Her Toilet.
The anxiety in Dicky's voice as he
asked me what was the matter with
<'laire Foster was like a match ap
plied to a heap of oil-soaked shav
ings. But with the Machiavellian tac
tics which I think are often a sub
conscious accompaniment of jealousy,
t covered my real feelings under a
stinging retort, which held no note
of rancor against the girl.
"X do not know why she shouldn't
be ‘sore at you,' as you so exquisite
ly term It,’’ I said icily. "An exhi
bition such as you gave Just now is
not particularly calculated to allure
any woman a generation beyond sav
agery.”
Wisely, I gave him no chance to re
*ply. but hastened into the room Claire
Foster had Just entered.
As I closed the door behind me
1 heard a sound from Dicky, which
might have been an exclamation of
anger, hut which founded suspiciously
like a chuckle. Was it possible?
Speculations as to Dicky’s men
tal processes fled at the sight of
< 'lalre's bedtime beauty rites. In the
minute or two which had intervened
between her entrance and mine into
the room I had planned we should
share, she had taken off her gown,
and—enveloped in a negligee—was
seated at the only dressing table,
which she had strewn with an array
or rather disarray of toilet articles.
It looked exactly as If she had turned
her bag upside down upon the sur
face of the table.
The face she turned toward me was
i^Rmeared with daubs of cold cream
and she was rapidly twisting the
front and side locks of her hair about
kid curlers, I stood frankly staring
at her for a second, then, snatching
at the remnant of my breeding, turned
my eyes away from her and began
to busy myself with iny own undress
ing. But an amused little laugh, and
the sound of her voice in an indo
lent drawl, turned my face toward
her again.
"Thanks for fhe Compliment.”
"Are you shocked, old dear?" she
gibed. "I’ll admit I wouldn't take any
'prizes at the artists’ ball, but it's
only dames with complexions and nat
urally wavy locks like yours who can
do without these little artificial aids.”
The wondering comment that she
had gon* through no such perform
ance upon the preceding night in the
mountain hotel was upon my lips, but
I forced it hack, although I filed
away for reference the undeniable fact
that her hair had been wavy and her
complexion good in the morning of
the day Just closing.
“Nary a shock,” I answered light
ly. "But truly I never dreamed that
you needed any aids to comeliness.
In fact, I think you are cheating
yourself into thinking you do.”
"Thanks for the compliment." she
retorted. "But 1 know my own limi
tations. I won't be long, though. I'll
be through here and cleared away by
the time you're ready for the table."
She w*s as good as her word,
and my furtive glances as she worked
made me puzzle over her actions more
than ever. For she was taking no
pains whatever with her hair, slm
'ply twisting it up rapidly in varying
sizes of curls, with no attempt at
regularity. And when she had fin
ished and swept her things into a
disorderly pile at one side of the
dressing table, she turned to me a
face so changed that I wondered so
pretty a girl should be willing to
look so ugly even in the privacy of
her room, let alone before the eyes
of another woman.
Heedless of Dicky.
She tied the girdle of her negli
gee more closely about her waist, fas
tened it at the neck with a brooch,
then caught up her toothbrush and
tooth paste and walked toward the
door.
"I do hope there's warm water in
the bathroom faucets," she said, with
her hand on the doorknob, and I
caught my breath in the realization
that Dicky was still in the room fac
ing the door, and that he would have
a full view of her grotesque appear
ance. Had she forgotten that he was
there?"
For the fraction of a second 1
struggled with the temptation to let
her go without warning her of Dicky's
proximity. I felt meanly that
he would see her in such unattrac
tive guise. Then my conscience tri
umphed and I breathlessly Enid:
"Dicky's out there.
She waved a debonair hand toward
me as she passed through the door.
"I should worry.” she said blithely,
and the next instant I heard her voice
accosting Dicky.
"You are absolutely the laziest look
lng thing J ever saw," she said.
Isle e p y-ti m e tales'
JIMMY RABBIT
ONCE MORE |
P.A.\RTtll%XOTT BAILEYj
A Warm Welcome.
•limmy Rabbit and hiB mother were
giad to see Mr. Rabbit when he came
skipping bark to the place where they
were waiting for him In the woods.
“I've found a fine house," he told
them in great glee, “Some cousins of
Uncle Isaac Runny once lived there.
0He says this is a good neighborhood.
We'll move right in and be all settled
before we know it."
So they caught up their bundles of
household goods. And Mr. Rabbit led
the way to the old hollow tree which
Uncle Isaao Bunny had pointed out
to him.
Reaching It quickly, Mr. Rabbit
stood beside ttfe door, while he mo
tioned to Mrs. Rabbit to enter firBt.
“Our new home!’’ said Mr. Rabbit
with a smile. “It's better than the
one we've just left. It’s bigger; and
nMfcj
‘What's tha matter ?%he spluttered,
for ha had a mouthful of mow.
t do believe the neighborhood is more
fashionable.”
Mrs. Rabbit was delighted. She
giggled with pleasure as she poked
her head through the doorway. She
had only one regret.
I* "It's a great pity,” she murmured.
"that I forgot to bring my best bon
net.”
And then site Jumped hack, bump
ing into Mr. Rabbit and bowling him
over in the snow.
"What's the matter?” he spluttered,
for he had a mouthful of snow.
"Matter!” cried Mrs. Rabbit:
"There’s somebody living here al
ready. I can see a pair of eyes in
side this house.”
Mr. Rabbit turned pale.
"Is it possible,” he gasped, "that
Uncle Isaac Bunny played a trick
cn me? He said the house was empty.
I always knew he was an old rascal.
But I didn’t think, on a stormy day
like this, when a family was home
less, as we are—”
“Well, Mr. Rabbit never finished
that speech. For a voice from inside
the house piped up, calling out, “Wel
come home, good people! I thought
I’d come in first and surprise you. I
knew it wouldn’t seem so cheerless If
you found an old friend to greet you
when you moved into your new
house."
It was Uncle Isaac Jiunny s voice.
Mr. and Mr*. Rabbit gave each other
a queer look. Somehow they were
not as pleased as they might have
been. And Mr. Rabbit couldn't help
feeling uncomfortable. He had Just
called Uncle Isaac a hard name.
"Well, well!” he said hastily.
"A ahern! Very kind of you, I’m
sure, Uncle Isaac! We'll bring our
bundles inside—if you don’t mind step
ping out, first.”
“Oh! There’s no need of my going
out of doors," said Uncle Isaac Bunny.
"This is a big house. There’s plenty
of room for me and you and a dozen
bundles, if you had that many. Come
right in!”
"He means to stay,” said Mrs. Rab
bit to her husband, under her breath.
"Don't worry!" Mr. Rabbit whis
pered. "I’ll find a way to get rid of
[ him.”
Tomorrow: The Rabbit Family Enjoy
Their First Meal in Their New Home.
(Copyright, 1923.)
Problems That Perplex
Amwcrad bjr
BEATRICE FAIRFAX _
Doesn’t Care to Diet.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 19. 5
feet 3 Inches tall, and weigh 141
pounds. Can you tell me how to re
duce without dieting and how much
should I weigh? I have been told by
some that I am pretty and others
say good looking. I've went to col
lege almost three months now and
not one hoy has asked me for a date,
while other girls have more dates
than they care for. I am feeling bad
about it. Please couldn't you tell me
w hy it is and what I can do or say to
attract the boys' attention? One girl
T know Isn't as good looking ns T am
and she is real popular. I am not self
conscious or always thinking of my
looks, and, thirdly, I have been writ
ing to a young man I went with a
few times before I left home, and he
has not answered my last letter,
which is about a month ago. Shall
I write to him again, for r do like
him real well? I think of him nlmost
all the time when I am not studying,
i have never told him I cared for him
and he has never told me, but has
acted as if lie cared. I hope you can
answer these Questions. With many
thanks, HAZED EY DS.
• It s what you eat that makes you
fat. that is if you are a normal per
son Exercise will harden flabby
flesh and make It Into muscle, hut If
vou keep on eating exercise will not
» do the wonders you hope for. My
dear, to get anything in this world.
\,,u must sacrifice for it. Perhaps
interlarding dieting and exercising
with Coue s system of saying day by
,Ihv 1 ant getting thinner and thinner,
will Bi'p you the slenderness you
seek. Make getting thin a bargain
with yourself as buyer, and pay with
diet and exercise, will power and per
severance. The correct weight for a
girl of your height Is about 118 j
pounds. Poor Hazel Eyes, don't!
bn me your lack of datee on your i
weight. Perhaps you haven't had the
right opportunity to meet a congenial
soul. However, If you have an un
selfish interest in people and a ready
amiability and sympathy, hoy friends
will drift to you as naturally as girl
friends do now. About the letter
to the boy at home. Most boys are
laggards at letter writing, but since
there isn't anything to do about It
but bide your time. Just wait, and
when It does come make your answer
so interesting he'll have to come back
for more. The old adages are best,
for time has proved them, and It’s
true in almost all cases that the man
! likes to be the pursuer. When he
I does write let him wait and wonder
i Just as you are doing now, but if he
| doesn't let his friendship go, It Isn't
worthy.
Dora: The man should be the one ;
; to say he is glad to have met the girl.
; There are circumstances under which j
| it would be proper tor the girl to J
i make the remark, but they would
I not apply to one as young as you.
I The way a thing is said has as much i
I to do with whether it is polite or not. !
. as the thing which is said.
Jessie: 1 do not believe in friendly j
kisses between boys and girls. You
should have many friends if you are i
' an agreeable young woman, but ,
should reserve your kisses for deeper
i feelings. j
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