Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1936, Page 40

FB—16 » | THE LOVELIEST By Bonnie Bess Worline. RECAUSE it had been the dis- ciplined habit of her 35 years to meet every calam- ity with gracious poise, Helen Ergle ‘was able to say to her husband, Tom, as they entered the quiet house on Wisconsin ave- nue: “Could you eat some omelet be- fore you go to bed, dear?” just as though her whole world had not crashed only two hours before. She couldn't, however, quite meet his eyes. Tom didn't know that. He thought she was just put- ting on an apron. Tom breathed a heartfelt sigh of re- lief. Helen was going to be a sport, then— Tom knew that he had been a fool. That was searing to his self-respect. But to see himself a fool in the eyes of this woman toward whom he still felt, after 15 years of marriage, & mixture of love, admiration and awe— that was pretty bad. He had realized the instant he kissed Christine that he had let the attentions of a charming woman go to his head. To know, an instant later, that Helen had unavoidably seen them was the depth of humili- ation. Like little Tom caught steal- ing jam, Tom had been sheepishly dreading the time they would be alone end he must face her—and now— good old Helen— * ok K X TOM thought he had never loved her quite so much as in this in- stant that she ignored hid lapse into adolescent foolishness. He wanted to tell her so, but because he found it hard to talk about his feelings he could only say, “Sewll. I'm going up- stairs and get out of this darned rig- ging.” Helen was grateful for the few minutes alone. Not even when Terry died had she been obliged to hang on to her poise so grimly. Then she could feel the strengeth of Tom's arm around her when the world went black—but with Tom gone—what was the use of anything? “How could I have been so blind, all these years?” her heart cried out within her. “Just drifting—con- tented—so happy in my little round of meals and school clothes and pack- ing for camp and late suppers alone with—him.” She put the fire low under the eggs and forced herself to the hall mirror. “I haven't really looked at me— the real me—for years,” she thought. * % % % TA LL too clearly, to her awakened eyes, came the reflection of thickened waistline and broader hips— last year’s chiffon made over no longer Jooked chic, as she remembered the svelte lines of Christine’s satin. Her hair looked ordinary—her hands were a little rough and a little brown and the polish on two of her nails was }o-ling—one stocking was wrinkled— she _ooked, Helen thought suddenly, so obviously what she was—a woman who had dressed with one eye on dinner and one ear listening for Johnny's cough. What really hurt was that Chris- tine was two years older than Helen. Christine with her slim figure, her perfect coiffure, her lean, tapered| crimson nails, her flaming satin dress, tight around her neck in fromt, drop- ping to her waist in back. Helen had been fascinated when she saw Chris- tine come into the dressing room— “Helen Had Been Fascinated.” "mental. Helen had developed a great | dragged her weary feet after each like a wren watchs ing a peacock. She had felt only admi- ration then. That was before, of course, she realized that she herself Was & wren. When she looked up to the balcony and saw Christine in Tom’s arms she was incredulous at first—then sick in- side and dizzy. She dragged her- self back to the dressing room— that was when she first saw her- self — recognized ago Helen had been—well, not & peacock, but & but- terfly, fairy-like, lovely—admittedly the prettiest girl in the crowd. Tom had been thought lucky to get her. She had been so happy and so eager to show her struggling lover she could be helpful as well as orna- talent for getting along. She really liked taking care of her own house, playing with her children, making things—Hfe was full and rich and delightful. At least it had been 101'; her, and Tom never complained. It| had never occurred to Helen to ques- tion her paradise—how stupidly com- placent she had been! | Not that she thought there was| anything serious between Tom and | Christine. Tom was just dissatisfied— he was eager for that sort of gayety— for—that sort of women— Helen wondered wistfully if it was too late for her to learn to be, once more, the sort of woman he wanted— a slim figure in svelte satin eclipsed the dowdy person in the glass—— “No,” she thought desperately, “I've lost my chance.” * X X * SHE went to the kitchen and took up the omelet. “I'll wash these dishes,” said Tom. “You go on to bed.” “He id sorry for me,” thought Helen. “I can bear anything but that he| should pity me.” Each step was a mile high as she other. “Tom—tired of me; Tom— | tired of me’—the words kept eat- | ing deeper and deeper into her heart. “There is nothing more’in life for | me,” she thought. ““Mother—oh, mother—come in and let us see you.” It was Ann calling from the sleep: ing porch, where were four small beds. | Helen made her shoulder go back, her chin up, pulled the corners of her | mouth into a smile. | Four pairs of eager, admiring eyes | ‘were bent on her. Johnny clapped | his hands, Ann drew a deep breath, | Susan said, “Oh-h-h—how lovely!” tiful—isn't she, Tommy?” The ache in Helen's heart sud- denly dissolved. The tears that had been hurting her eyes were there no more. Here she belonged. Even without Tom she was not entirely alone. “Of course, she is.” Little Tom's words came to her ears. “Didn't dad just tell us she was the most beautiful woman at the whole| party—" Ann ran downstairs screaming in terror, “Daddy—daddy, come quick— | something awful has happened— | mother is crying!” (Copyrisht, 1936.) DOLLAR LINER, DELAYED? 6 DAYS BY STRIKE, SAILS Compromise Excludes Sailor in SAVE MONEY SMALL LOTS OF THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 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