XXV
When a man has cultivated a
itactical and methodical habit of
‘sd and body he pursues the so
Vsustomed tenor of his ’wsy. what~
ever the ferment of his spirit. Cla-
bering°s spirit was mercurial. but
since subject to his will, and it
:fwouid no more have occurred to
In to neglect his regular work be-
cause is was in love and a state of
suspense than to put on pgttieosts
nd walk up Fifth Avenue. it
ht be better or worse under
foreign lmpsdt. but it would be
done. and all else banished for the
‘ " rThers were times when he wrote
"‘ getter surrounded by the stimulav
tions of the once: when he was
neither tagged nor disturbed he
worked at home. During this week
of incertitudes he roeerte. lunched
with friends at the Sign of the ln-
! dian- Chief. a restaurant where the
overeat of ‘hem—snd those who
fire so excitedly sure of their clev-
srnsde that for the moment they
-nvinced others as well as them-
selves-foregsthered daily. Then
Ate Went to the 061cc and wrote or
filled to other men until it was
time to dine. lie could always be
sure of companionship for the eve-
.s'ing. On his "day of!" he took a
train out into the country and
‘ walked for hours.
There was a great deal of scintil-
lating talk in his group on the sig-
5‘“ nincant books and tendencies of
‘ the day. and if the talk of French
youth in their clubs before the
Revolution may possibly have been
profoundcr and more tar-reaching
in its philosophy. more formulative
, in its plan of action, owing to a
, 'stiil deeper necessity for change in
- the social order. the very fact that
these brilliant young Americans
" had no personal grievance but
merely sharpened their wits on
hustlers in which they were intelli-
Zach: enough to take an interest,
’_ « ’ 'vcd their cleverness from becom-
’ f" mordant or dir:::'tcd by pas-
n. it was an excellent forcing-
ouse for ideas and vocabulary.
; But their most solemn causeries
zysre upon the vital theme of The
.; merrican Reputation in Letters.
" st. Present. Future. This was
.‘flhe age of Youth. 'Shonid any of
his old reputations be permitted to
live one—save in the favor of the
negligible public? it so. which‘iI
“ii the recent reputations they
. ’ouid have liked to pronounce
. .. -uaiiy great. merely on account of
._ ocir commendable newness, but
* hithey were too conscientious for
g ' that. They appraised. debated. re
cted. finally placed the seal of
eir august approval upon a to-
"i-ueusms by errangemsnt‘ditb
, Metal-es. ins. Watch for the aerosoyersion produced by Frsnlt
Lloyd with Corinne Griffith as Oouotsss'Zattiany.
' Copyright lacs by Gertrude Asher-bo-
yored few. Claques were arranged
i L
’l
tur-
if the public were obtuse. The fu-
ture? A few. a very few, were se-
lected from the older group. many
more from the younger. and or-
dnlned to survive and shed their
undying beams for posterity. From
b no Judicial pronouncements there
was no appeal. and the pleasant
spaces of the Sign of the lndian
Wet. so innocuous to the unini-
tiated eye‘. was a veritable chsrnel
. house that stank in the nostrils of
the rejected: but. inconsistent even
as life itself. those melancholy
Braves were dgnced over by the
sprightly young test of the t.
Sometimes there was a terri
upheaval in one of those grav A
.\ dismal figure fought his way out.
“ "tone on his csrements. and stalked
; firth. muttering: " 'But I stride on.
asters. No hope i have, no fear.“
leaving a puzzled uneasiness her
ind him. '
'But forgood or til. it was a mat
\_ “clsm was at lastrbeing taken seri-
" ‘ously is the United States.
There wasajazspartystthe
' o of a hospitable girl artist:
uldrmClsver-ing danced,.with:s;sv-
. "d the prettiest young settles-
M recent Broadway name until
”and drsuk assist to snake
*‘fihdssths’r‘estotdi
\
“There. was a Jazz party at the studio of a hospitable girl artist
m Where Claverlng danced . . . until dam."
wear for congratulation _thst sritir
W n... smut:
apparatus, inherited from hard.
drinking Southern ancestors. Al-
together. "he gave himself little
time for thought. and if he felt at
times an.inciination to dream he
thrust is‘from him with an almost
superstitious fear. He would spoo-
ulsts no longer. but neither would
be run the risk of invoking the
thughter of cynical gods. it unint-
aginable disaster swalted'~him. at
least he would not weaken his de-
fenses by a sojourn in the paradise
ot fools.~
Ha avoided Oglethorpe and Diu-
widdie. and although he had en-
gaged himself to dine at the Good-
riches on Thursday night he sent
an excuse.
On Thursday morning. as he was
turning over the pages of one of
the newspapers his eye was arrest.-
ed by the nsms Zattiany. He nev-
er read Society paragraphs. but
that name would leap to his eyes
anywhere. The announcement was
as brief as “social notes" always
are in the daily editions of the
morning papers: “Mrs. Oglethorpe
gives a luncheon tomorrow at her
house in Grsmercy Park to the
Countess Zattiany of Vienna.”
Sol She had satlslied Mrs. Ogle-
thorpe. That was one on Dinwid‘
die.
On the following night he bought
himself an admission ticket to the
Metropolitan Opera House and en-
tered at the. close of the second
act. As he had half expected. she
wet in Mrs. Ogicthorpe’s box. and
it was crowded with men. He fan-
cied that his older friend looked
both gium and amused. As for Din-
widdie. his expression was half-
wittod.
He went home and took a bro-
mide. Sleep. being a function. is
outside the domain of the will. and
he had had little of it since Tues.
day. And sleep he must if he was
to be in alert command of his iso-
uities on the following night.
XXV:
Madame Zattleny stood before
the long old-fashioned pier glass in
her bedroom, a large cheerful room
recently done over in white chints
sprayed with violets. The bright
winter sun streamed in on a scene
of confusion. Gowns were thrown
over every chair and hats covered
the bed. They all had the air of
being tossed aside impatiently. as
indeed they had been. and the maid
with a last comprehensive look at
1181; mistress began to gather them
up and carry thenr to the large
wardrobes in the dressing-room.
Mary regarded herself critically.
She had wished (not without mal-
ice!) to emphasize her youthful ap-
pearance, but not at the expense of
dignity. and she felt that she had
achidsd the subtle combination in
the frock of soft black velvet cut
with long. sweeping lines and of an
excessive simplicity: and a black
velvet hat of medium also with a
drooping brim that almost covered
one eye. The long white gloves
disappeared into her sleeves some-
where abovs the elbow and she
wore a single string of pearls. She
looked very Parisian. very elegant.
as Mrs. Oglethorpe would have ex-
pressed it. and very assured. In
one visible eye her face was serene
and proud. , _
She had felt some trepidation on
Tuesday when she had sought out
Hrs. Oglethorpe and made her ex-
planations. but she felt none what-
ever nt the prospect of meeting
these other twelve old friends.
Whether they approved or resent-
ed. were indulgent or elevated their
respectable, noses and intimated.
fton are no longer one of us.” was
a matter of profound indliterencs
to‘ nary Zettisny. She would have
avoided thsm‘sll "it been pos-
slhls. but since she bed superstar
permitted her band .to be forced
moronsly andxamnse herself with
whatever drama it might afford.
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play: or comedy.“ drama; or trage-
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plays written by regular authors and
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their own plays. Playsby American
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