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The Brussels Post, 1938-1-26, Page 2$NTITLE,Dw "ROMANCE AND MARRIAGE" By Rosemary' Beryl (SYNOPSIS) Mary Easteott, supremely happy, about to be married to. Richard Terrill, is warned by her friend, Lydia Marks, that there are two danger' periods in marriage, the 1ll second year and the seven, She harries Dick and in her hap- pinese laughs at Lydia's warniug saying '"Dick la different: 13ve years later on return from a week -end business trip to parts Dick tells ber he "Is fed up with fife as he has found it." I•1e does not wish to leave her and their small son but he must have his freedom. He is interested in another woman Liane du Carve. * * * It Vas the strong side of his character which came out now. "I .Mu not going, Mary, de Yea understand tbat. I am only alter- ing the Perspective of things, that is all—and you promsled to obey,, "Man-made words!" It was a gibe with a soh breaking in her throat. Everything had ;one down ,in this 'sudden holocaust, everything Follow summer to its alleyeer home. Tluillto golf under blue sides, relax on warm sands. For a .winter vacation, or a longer.. stay,, there is -never a' dull moment. And living costs are very moderate. Choose your awn route. Fares apply directorviathe Canadian Rockies, Vancouver and' Vic- toria to San Francisco ed`one or both;directi:ons. FULL INFORMATION' AS TO ROUND TRIP ' STANDARD' FARE. } TOURIST FARE • COACH FARE On Application to d y AOen1• that, had been sacred, and beauti. 6r1, And than the passion came, the fierce mevolt that the should so de- liberately wreck her life like this, and for that other womanl She ,tried to break free from him, thrusting him frein bel, "Lf you WOW; go then I will," she gasped, "Because you have made it the end!" cheeks to bring the rose colour there Is any gou.g to be done I'll dotr it, but you W111 have till the morn!n- ing to decide, You ere dioessed now and upset---" Mary broke tree from him and backed away to door of the room which had been left wide open after his entry. Her blue eye.; were bright and hard, and her mouth was twitching; she was seeing him as she had never seen him befure. Well, he had expected she would take it pretty. badly. Suddenly she remembered Dicky upstairs in his t'ny bed, and with a swift, piteous cry she flew upstairs to her baby. Dicky was the one scrap that remained out of the wreck unchanged, hers. Upstairs! - Dick shrugged bis shoulders and sat down wearily, feeling very sorry for himself—sorry he had ever married at all! Why a man would marry when he could have freedom was a mystery o f �'he ages. The weakness that was part of the real character of Richard Terrill had come back to B ien and the bard set of his mouth took on a 'b'itter twist, Romance was the trap of 1t', only the romance die not last. When that bait was gone there was only the bars to shat a man in from his freedom, If Mary had been differ- ent, say, lake Lianoe du Marvel There was _«mance there enough to last the years. He sighed. He had been a fool! Digging over the back garden when Life had called! He thought that Mary, upstairs, must, be putting him down far a pretty blackguard, but there wasn't anything in That affair with Liane du Marve really; it hadn't got as far 08 that yet, but if ha were free— It was only that he was fed up, bad been fed up for long enough now --and was to chains. That was how it seemed to Richard Terrill then, He bad hated hurting Mary and had put off doing so because she had been a good elite as wives go, but he bad felt sbe ought to know. And any1way, better a painful scene »ow than a lifetime of failure and frustration with the internal obains of married life! Mary had ;laid he could go, which allowed how 1n'r ai she cared, Well the morning would tell. If she .were of the same mind tben Would be proof enough that she didn't care if she. were resely to break all bonds between them. Most certainly she did not care, her love had failed him, He began to tee] quite sorry for hdmsellf, and forgot to be sorry for her. And he had imagined it next to Impossible—this getting of freedom. OHAPTER III, Freedom '"Mumanie, you crying.'' "No, pet" Mary's voice was broken, and stefeeleig• "Pin— can't you see --1'm laughing, I'm I'm laughing at you, Dicky dear, You looked so funny asleep. It made me laugh, you know," And she did try to laugh, blinking at those tears, and choking back the sobs. She had dropped on her knees be- side Dick's bed, huddled there in abandon; and Dicky had awakened sleepily to her presence, She was beadirg over him now, making that fine pretence that she ' was tucking him up. He reached up ails baby hands to caress her cheeks, and there was light enough in the room for her to see every sweet line and curve of his face. Her baby with Dick's dark brown eyes, "Its a wet laugh," he said solemn- ly. """Just like. you was crying," His chubby fingers were damp with her tears. Mary took the baby bands in hers and pressed them passionatley to her lips, gulping down the storm of sobbing that tbreatned to break through. 'You—love .me, don't you, Dicky?' she said, in a broken gen, "'And daddy," he assurea her. That did break her down so sbe buried her heal against the bed- clothes by bis side and the sobs she Eagle . View of Rio for Cruise Members lit fleiitgyt'nor'rollini downrto Ilio bust 1'eisurely sating there aboard a ]lrxury liner will go a happy crowdrof winter cruise tour- ists neat. 7`ti eary when the Cana adien' Pacific liner Impress of Austealicr� headd south.' from New York January 15 on a West In - aim.; arid 5o'tith' America cruise, The >d onorous Latin city that -was nq tad Rio de Janeiro be- r,au so`"3ts harbor wad discovered in the lnentli of January and mis- taken for WO mouth of g river eleitn5 thief the harhor is theB MugworlMugbeautiful. Certainly Other 1)03111 Weald ould have to show BeBetteto i'haY title 'clai'm, and tilers le gamily a doubt that the Etnpreee of Australia's cruisei3as the mountain residential section sengers Will return confirmed "Ilio fans." From the heights of the lofty Corcovado, a mountain peak on which Stands a huge figure of Christ, and from the summit of Pao d'Assucar, the famed "Sugar Loaf," members of shore exeur- sions will have an eagle's eye view of the city and harbor. Thrilling in itself is the ascent of the Sugar Loaf by aerial defile - car in two riders, first to the half- way -station on Penedo do Urea, then to the summit of the conical Sucar Loaf itself, Boldest these two excursions ti 0i'e are other time arranged for tiro five-day vista, The lovely mountainous region Si` num and Z w`1a1� of Petropolis will be the ebjer•!s ce of excursions and rt tramline there will be a party ,xenrsioe, to enjoy the exntir, night u'r. Rio Is not the only u,rr 1, rail 0n this Bruise. Barts' , f 4t d:r and Sumatra are 1ek:fel.. t::c;r will be visited during thethe1 (ley trip, white on the nrainlun,l 4,1 youth America, La Guaira, Vefe-tnela, will shpre with Rio the Mt' Ta of the Empress off Australia's passengere who will be bank in New York on February 17. Metered above aro the Tlteatrn Munieipai at Rio, a view of Bota- fogo Bay from the Coreovado rihowing the Sugar Loaf, the ca- ble-cat�stt ascending the latter, and the Empress of Australia, the cruise ship that will visit Rio. THE BRUSSELS PAST colald net cheek came. tree, It ;vas that liking of Ills father with her, when there was en Milt left that did i", kle wits Leeks boy fie Well as iters, and tsbe and the choking unite a ply ess. "You ma crying, inuntimle;" be ee- cased aextously. 1 ant not, Dicky boy," she sobbed. '11 am net—Teeny. I am still laugh. Mg" And site still stayed there, with One art" curved about him, .stayed till she tremor of her sobs passed, and presently, with ' her cheek against his, he dropped .off to sleep, Her heart exhausted and weak, Maty walled 1111 the long lone silence and his quiet breathing told her be was back In slumber oleo again, The else arose. It had been a long time since she had left Dick, and he was still downstairs. And this wa,s their room, Was----! She crossed the floor of the roiln as it utterly vreary, and trwted the key in the lock, * m * Mary did not imagine sleep eon mune to her That night, and she laa on the bed orvy to was WI mora Ing should dawn. She was e hausted in mind and spirt: an body, but how could she sleep wit her world in ruins In the mornlag she would make clear to Dick that it was the en He had talked as though he wa going on sharing the home wit •her— to though that were possibl now! But she could remember word Dick had said en their honeymoon such sweet words they had seems and true! "It is like that lake," he ha said, speaking about his le,* fo her, "It has been there million of years, and it has never ebange Love is like that, my love for you Mary!" She had believed 1t so utterly, I k um1 1• x• d h d� h e tl d 1• d was the whole meaning of life that Dick should love her. That had been revelation, and fulfilment and the uttermost coming of beauty ;nth the soul of everything. It was God's own ordinance— everytbing! But there had been something else, it was a little Joke at the time, and they had laughed about the floating island under that lake and how it came to the surface alter a spell, altering the appearance of everything, It had been a joke at the time because it had seemed that Dick had chosen the wrong thing to liken his love to. Yet it was true enough! And the Island had come up—altering every- thing! It had been there all the time, be- low the surtace, only he hadn't guesed it, And now it bail shown itself, the bidden island which altered the h th in sl he ru t m ha 10 appearance of everything! Dick ad been ke"ping it. to himself for o long! She closed her eyes because of e tears. And when she. opened thein morn - g had come. It had been a good sleep as all cep must be, end it had cleared ✓ brain sn that she could s' the of the uieht before more in- elligently, understanding it in its ore deadly simple formn. Dick had 13 0(me tired of n,.,., and d been tired of ber for quite a ng time, only she hadn't guessed 4 fs M. H. Brothers BRUSSELS, Phone 53X 1'JSDNaeS'DAY, JAN. 2 933 DECORATIVE SILHOUETTES rl� f's >rieele ilitri.tvi ,,•e., a"..'i-4ri'fvtaaa Since the puppy is likely to move, a photographic flash bulb, which elves an Instantaneous flash of light, was used In making this silhouette. PHOTOGRAPHIC silhouettes are a source of decorative pictures —and camera fun—which every snapshooter should try. The arrange- ments are simple—a white sheet stretched over a doorway, or divi- sion between two rooms, with a strong light behind it and the cam- era set up in front. By arranging his subjects in front of this brightly illuminated sheet, the clever photographer can ewe street any number of imaginative or story -telling pictures. Costume snaps are particularly interesting in silhouette, and there are possibili- ties for many humorous pictures of the "it-cau't-be" variety, For instance, a juggler can be pic- tured keeping a dozen or two balls or bottles in the air at one time, or a camper can be pictured with two skillets, flipping a dozen flapjacks at one shot. In both these pictures, the objects to appear in the air would be cut from black paper or cardboard and pinned to the sheet at proper points. Tho sheet must be stretched evenly, as wrinkles will show in the pictures. I ighreng behind the sheet should also be as even as possible. Five feat is a suitable distance from lamps to sheet. Three sixty -watt inside -frosted elec- tric bulbs w111 provide enough light to give good results with five -second time exposures, using a box camera with its lens at widest opening, or other cameras at lens stop 1,11. To stop movement when pets or small children are appearing in silhouette, use a flash bulb behind the sheet. Or, with two or three large size flood bulbs snapshots can be taken. Wizen tieing the flesh bulb, some- one can flash it at the correct mo- ment at an "okay" signal from the person operating the camera. There should be sufficient light, from un- shaded regular household bulbs, be- hind the sheet for the "cameraman" to see the silhouetted images and to know when to give his "okay" signal. When the silhouette Is snapped, of course, all lights must be turned off in the room which contains the camera and subject. Unless this is done, detail in the subject w111 show, spoiling the silhouette effect. The photographer should also be watch- ful of stray light from windows, and mirrors which might catch ligbt from the illuminated sheet and throw 1t toward the shadow side of the subject. 175 John van Guilder, it! His marriage had become it some to him. That was all—e cepa that there was another woman It was still early, so early tha . even Dicky had not awakened, an Mary slipped orf to bed. She ha not undressed and stood to starve herself in the long mirror of th wardrobe. There was something els? th k- ruffled, and altogether he did not x-1 look like a man who had crashed i triumphantly -trough the bar's of t freedom: d Mary made no move to advance; d she just food fcreing a smile to her y lips because of the quaking of her e pulses. She did not knov that smile gave the faintest cynical e touch ;'o ber pretty lips. magic quiet of sleep bad done. I had cleared ;he blur and the rids from her eyes is that the blue o them was hard and bright. But there were tear sznedges nn her fade, and ber heart was heatin fast, remembering that Dick wa downstairs and that she rvaa gain to hint But not with those tear smudges on liar fare, nor in that crumpled frock, and with that ruffled trate What was it Dick had said about that other woman, Liane du ela:ve? "She is different from you, al'o• getter different! She is the wine of life, all sparkle ana Romanee, all that a man wants in a woman She is the 'woman I ought to Lave married," He bad been as blunt and cruel as that about '11 Unconsciously Mary's heacl went up, • The .'hougirts were clarifying themselves In her mind as site made herself ready Ina that meeein_; with Dick. Last night there had been bewild- erment, heartbreak and the piteous daze of soul, there was still the heartbreak, but the difference the morning had brought was that her brain was clear. Dick could have his freedom, she had lost him in any case with that other woman in the background, Who was all R,mtaucel Her cheeks were white so that the blue of her eyes seemed to add to their pallor, She rubb d them to bring back tete rose, Dick's hands clenched in the un - t fairness of it. She didn't care! f "Well," he said huskily, "we un- derstand each other now, don't we?" Mary nodded. g "Yes. We understand each s other—now!" she said, an/ caught Irer breath the merest trifle, Ie was so mall to feel the slightest twinge at the thought that obvieus- ly he had not slept all night, but she quickly heedened herself", "And I1('1'11G is 'good -bye' --that is what ] have 0(1110 clown ''n say'," "Gond-bye!', A man who urs been awake all night is not at his hest, awl Dick wasn't, The word came from him thickly and ]1e strode forward, 111s dark eyes blazing, "What exactly do you mean by that?" he demanded. "I mean you are free lo go to Lane du Marvel" "Jealous!" be sneered. He wanted to hurt her to being so indifferent. I No need In have rubbed her "You won't" he said thickly, "If then, They flamed; end Dick had never seen that fierce light in her oyes before, '"You insult dict," she said. A new Mary, and with a voice like ice, this,ire thought he had visualised everything, but he hadn't' visualised For a m0luerrt he wondered whether to take her by her shoul- ders and shake her, but instead 11e drew In a deep breath, clenching; his hands, and looking down at her from his greater Iteight. There was anmethtng new about her, something he had never noticed betore. He woudei'ed what was the quality of it. "T.here Is just this you ought to know," Ile said, "I have told you about. Liane, but there ig nothing between 71s that you need worry about, I ant not that hind of a roller!" Mary showed 00 sign of it, but for a breatltiegs moment, site Waver. ed—and then she remembered, (To Be Continued) Dirk stood up to face her when she was framed in the doorwnY of the sit1ingroon'. where 11e had spent the night, She looked as fresh a; a rose, as 1f she had slept, It R'ee easy enough to see It ana t0 sense It. Her eyes were bright end clear, and there was that faint Ting(' of colour in her cheeks which wank] have faecleat'ro] bim at any otber tine, but irritated 111111 now, 1t showed she till not thee! Ile hadn't slept, .his face wan hnggard, his sera tired, hie hair -elite Sober Nituetles , , Uncle and ideas atcod WaeCbIog the young peoplf• dance about them, J'll bet that you Hover saw any danolug 111(0 that back in the Mee - ell, Uncle?" "Once -=but the ,place Wee. raided:" ELMER D. 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