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LOVE IS FOR TOMORROW
BY VIRGINIA SCALLON
RELEASED BY CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER 31
OUT OF DEFERENCE to her
week-end hostess, Marcia selected
one of the entrancing little after
noon dresses that hung in her
closet. Made of a hand-blocked
linen of peculiar green tones, it
flared stiffly to the floor where a
shallow pleated ruffle of white
added effective decoration. The
simple square-cut neckline was
flattering, and Marcia had a
scrubbed look of buoyant health
as she joined Lona von Brecht’s
other party guests—a rather
sophisticated group—on the
veranda.
Lona was quick to appraise the
girl who modeled her gown so per
fectly, and proudly presented her
to a Mr. and Mrs. Ben Aldrich,
who had just arrived from their
own home further down the beach;
and a promising new actress billed
simply as ‘'Marcella", accompanied
as usual by Heindrich Mueller, her
agent. Others Marcia recognized
as guests on that previous occa
sion when she and Ellen had ac
companied Walt and Tony to a
“pouring”. Liquor was again much
in evidence, and as she accepted a
whiskey sour, she studied the
group around her.
She could well believe Lona was
“as smart as any husband’’ when
she noted the expensive style
with which she was able to main
tain her beach home. She was
never conscious of how many were
enjoying her lavish hospitality,
only seeming pleased when a cos
mopolitan group made life gay and
Interesting. Marcia wondered
when she found time to work, un
til she realized she had seen her
only on week-ends. Intuitively she
felt that Lona probably threw
herself into her work as whole
heartedly as she did everything
else. And, indeed, Lona was the
life of the party today.
She was laughing hilariously at
the story Marcella told about her
first experience trying to land a
screen test under her real name of
May West. “What chance did I
have with a name like that,” she
had dramatized, “when the origi
nal come-hither girl had made it
a byword from coast to coast?”
Then she admitted that the vogue
for brevity had_been responsible
for her choice of only a single
name, and henceforth “Marcella”
was to cling to her and toi shine
In the brightest lights over every
theater in town. She was a genu
ine hit, and Marcia was pleased
to meet her when she was just
starting up the ladder to success.
In the midst of her responsibili
ties as hostess, Lona looked in
quiringly at Marcia. “Where’s
Gary?” she demanded. Not real
izing this was the nickname of
the escort whom Lona had se
lected for her, Marcia thought she
must be referring to a dog. Con
scientiously, she began to look un
der her chair and around the
porch.
“If you start calling, *Here
Gary—Gary—Gary,’ that will be
the last straw,” the man appeared
from around the corner, and was
genuinely amused at the laugh
he’d caused at Marcia’s expense.
“Eventually I may prove to be an
old dog Tray, but I resent it at
this stage of the game.”
Though he laughed, Marcia was
to realize that he would prove as
faithful as the original dog Tray,
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albeit the inadvertent cause of a
near tragedy in her life.
She made room for him on the
swing beside her, and the party
divided into intimate little groups.
Lona had Stanley Walters, Louis
Andrews and a newcomer by the
name of Littleton Stork gathered
about her, nor did she find it diffi
cult to entertain them all.
“I wish 1 had that woman’s
capacity for enjoyment,” Garrett
said to the girl at his side who
was watching their vivacious
hostess. “She’s always the center
of some group of people, and
usually they have smiles on their
faces. She can bandy nonsense
with the best of them; yet she’s
the shrewdest business woman in
southern California.”
“I wondered about that,” Mar
cia answered. “You see, I’m just
a stray waif she picked up. I ! ve
only been here once before; Lona
took pity on my loneliness, I think,
and invited me here this week
end.”
“Luckily for me,” he said sin
cerely.
“Nonsense,” Marcia disclaimed.
“But I’r.i interested in knowing
more tu,*, ut Lona. How has she
achieved the success to make all
this possible?” With an expressive
sweep of her arm, she indicated
the lavish beach home, the swim
ming pool and tennis courts which
were a part of this playground at
fashionable Malibu.
Garrett explained how Lona,
who had known nothing but pov
erty all her early life, had been
forced to work from her earliest
'teens. She had one bit of gpod
fortune: to be employed by Mme.
Valeska, a dressmaker whose care
ful training was the backbone of
Lona’s later success.
“She has very keen intuition
and a charming way with the
ladies as well as the men,” he con
tinued, “and she soon built up her
own clientele. Within a few years
she had begun designing *on her
own’ for some actress who later
became famous. When she swept
up, she took some of her favorite
satellites with her. And almost
overnight Lona’s styles became a
sensation. She was quick as a
flash to capitalize on the break,
and today she has one of the most
exclusive shops in Hollywood.
She’s easily worth a half million.”
Marcia gasped at the magnitude
of the woman’s wealth. “She
can’t be more than 35,” she rumi
nated, “yet she’s done all that,
found time to play, and—had two
husbands! Whatever became of
them?”
“Oh, I guess one of them didn’t
like the idea of being ‘Mr. Lona’,
and she divorced the other one for
some reason or another. Neither
of them seemed to interfere with
her life much; she knows what she
wants and what’s more to the
point, she knows how to get it. I
guess she realizes that men can
be had for twobits a dozen, when
you have her wealth and person
ality.”
“Maybe some men,” Marcia ad
mitted, then almost laughed aloud
to think of idealistic Sandy giving
a second thought to such a mar
riage. “I guess she’s just the kind
to whom a man isn’t as important
as other things.”
“Not any one man, anyhow. I
don’t imagine she believes in this
one-man-for-one-woman theory;
she’s more inclined to love ’em
and leave ’em. But vou. what’s
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your theory?” the man leaned to
ward her, waiting anxiously to
hear what she might say to give
him an insight into her character.
“I guess I belong in crinolines,”
she confessed shyly, “but the trou
ble is that kind of clothes doesn’t
belong on a business lady. That
seems to be my trouble: I’m a
dual personality.”
“Double trouble, eh? And can’t
you decide which is the stronger?’’
Garrett hit the nail on the head
with this diagnosis, although he
was merely parrying what he
thought was a pretty statement.
* No,” she shook her head. “I
don’t seem to be like Lona; I can’t
be two people and do justice to
either, it seems. Os course, I think
it could be done, but I’ve found
complications.”
Marcia didn’t realize how much
of her pergonal life she was re
vealing. But suddenly Garrett
could see beneath the veil of allu
sions, and sensed the serious
meaning behind words he had first
thought to be frivolous.
“No —men are selfish where the
woman of their heart is concerned.
It takes a strong character like
Lona to be able to give full ex
pression to both sides of her na
ture. And sometimes,” he said
with a far-off look, “sometimes I
wonder if the woman in her is
really satisfied with the taste of
success.”
“Well, she’s free, white and 21.”
“And I’d say you were about
20 to hazard a guess!”
“It’s a compliment to Lona’s
frock, then; I’ve been able to vote
for two years. Not that it’s done
any good.” She smiled up at him.
“You women are all alike; you
want to feel that your single vote
swings the balance wheel over to
your side. You like to be the one
to break a tie vote and realize a
sense of power. Aside from that,
what do you, personally, like?”
“I like to draw,” and Marcia
challenged his interest with the
pride in her voice. “I’m really
quite good if given half a chance.
My only trouble is a few surplus
ideals,” she said ruefully.
“Unnecessary scruples, some
people would call them, I suppose,”
he said. Then suddenly he smiled
broadly. “Well, there are two
things we have in common!” he
admitted.
“Scruples?” she said wonder
ingly.
“Yes, and an interest in art in
any form. You see I’m a pub
lisher, Marcia. We’ve been trying
to put out some really fine books
and I’m afraid my idealism has led
us into a few costly experiments.
But we’ll win out and I feel it is
distinctly worthwhile,” he began
enthusiastically, and Marcia recog
nized a kindred spirit in this pur
poseful young man. Suddenly he
faced her directly, a twinkle in his
eyes.
“Do you know, I begin to smell
a nigger in the woodpile,” he
laughed. Noticing Marcia’s puz-.
zled expression, he went on:,
“You're an artist, aren’t you? AndJ
I’m a publisher. Do you suppose)
the lovely Lona had any ulterior'
motive in bringing us two to-!
gether?”
“Why, no—well, I don’t know.”;
She was embarrassed, thinking he 1
might feel she had angled for a
chance to meet the young pub
lisher who was so distinctly elig
ible from many points of view,
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English, University of Pennsylvania.
THIS WEEK-*l5O YEARS AGO
SILL f&HL The Story of the
nwdws Constitutional Convention
0,1787
Sentinel Features
“THE CRITICAL MOMENT”
During the closing days of June,
1787 —just 150 years ago this week—
the Convention meeting in Inde
pendence Hall, Philadelphia, to write
our Federal Constitution, reached
what Alexander Hamilton described
as “the critical moment” for forming
a strong and stable government.
It was a critical period for the
Convention itself, as well as for' the
nation. For during those anxious
days the historic congress hung per
ilously close to the edge of dissolu r
tion. Differences between the large
states and the small, fears that one
group might dominate the other,
had brought delegates to a disagree
ment so serious that some threat
ened widthdrawal, and Benjamin
Franklin gravely urged the neces
sity of prayer.
“Something,” warned Elbridge
Gerry, of Massachusetts, “must be
done, or wo shall disappoint not
only America, but the whole world.
We must make concessions on both
sides.”
To which Franklin added—with
his gift for homely metaphor:
“When a broad table is to be
made-, and the edges of planks do
not fit, the artist takes a little from
both, and makes a good joint. In
like manner here both sides must
part with some of their demands,
in order that they may join in some
accommodating proposition.”
Thus far. in brief, the Convention
had decided that;
The Government of the United
States ought to consist of a su
preme legislature, judiciary and
executive.
The legislature ought to consist of
two branches.
The members of the first branch
ought to be elected by the people
of the several states, for the term
of two years: to be adequately paid
out of the public treasury, and to
be at least twenty-five years old.
The members of the second branch
ought to be chosen by state legis
latures; to be at least thirty years
old; to hold their office for six years,
one-third to go out biennially; and
to receive compensation for their
services.
Each branch ought to possess the
right of originating acts.
BY RAYMOND PITCAIRN
But now they faced a decision of
graver import. It was on the crucial
question: should representatives m
the national legislature be chosen
in proportion to the population of
each state; or should each state b«
equally represented, regardless of its
population. The larger states favored
the former plan, the smaller states
the latter —each group with its own
advantage in mind. On this ques
tion discussion centered, reaching
finally what seemed a hopeless
impasse.
Then it was,
with the threat
of failure con
fronting them,
that calmer
heads among the
delegates sought
a compromise.
Eventually it
took the form we
know today—
representation
based on popu-
lation in the lower house; equal
representation for each state in the
upper.
Although several members had
made such a proposal earlier in
the proceedings, it was a resolution
offered by Oliver Ellsworth, of Con
necticut, that brought it to the fore
during this critical week.
According to Madison’s famous
Journal of the Convention, Ellsworth
“trusted that on this middle ground
a compromise would take place. He
did not see that it could on any
other. .And if no compromise should
take place, our meeting would not
only be in vain but worse than in
vain.”
Even after this appeal the pro.
pcsal had a doubtful reception. So
serious, in fact, was the opposition
that the Convention hesitated to act
immediately. Instead, the resolu
tion was referred to a committee
instructed to report on July 5, after
several days consideration.
• This action had a double advan
tage—lt gave the passions engen
dered in debate time to cool; and
it afforded a brief recess during
which many delegates participated
in a stirring Independence Day
celebration.
Next Week lndependence Cele
brated.
Oliver Ellsuorth