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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER
For the LOVE of EVE by Lucy Walling
CHAPTER XXXVI
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1933.
The building, convenient, to her paint brush. -- work, jwas in a neighbourhood no "I'd hate dreadfully to leave longer considered fashionabu, now," she admitted," "though I This factor, which seemed importhauglit the place was impossiblo tant to Eve, apparently gave Miss at first." Gordon no concern.
youngsters to work and plan for, at the delicatessen at the corner apartment house, just off the avente beauty with hammer, nails and d I can see that now-when it's too and make some of that potato soup The nerve-wracking day follow-latal Mnyba It'll be too Into when I was telling you about.. It would ing Dick's departure was over at you ace it. Believe me, dearie, by be a real kindness to mof It never fast. Evo had worked an hour the time a woman is 50 it lan't a scems worth while to cook a hot after closing time. Wearlly the big name for herself or a big galnty meal for myself and yet I do get nilide her way to the wash room that seems important not when tired of restaurant food.
Miss Gordon, the coat buyer, was shio's facing a lonely of age. | Evg_nccepted the invitation glad- there before hor, vigorously cleana- Toll you what," the brisk, ly. They stopped at the delicates ing her face with soap and water. kindly woman went on as they son shop and while Miss Gordon Evo felt gallty, remembering the descended long fights of stairs to bought half a roast chicken, greans costly error in the advertisement the street (the elevators having for salad, a small cheese cake and of the spring cent sale.
stopped for the day), why not rolls, Eve selected a box of candy come home with mo to dinner if ne her contribution to the Hills you haven't any special plans for fenst. the evening? I'll get something
But Bndle Gordon greeted her chicerfully, "Don't tell me one of you pampared office girls has had to work overtime!" she scoffed amiably. "I thought that never happened to anyone except us slaves behind the counters,"
"It happens about four times n fweek to the girls in our office," Eve returned."What do you mean -pampered? Thut word isn't in the dictionary of a department stord executive,"
"Isn't that the truth!" ngreed the other. "It's hard work, nil right, but I like it just the same. Maybe that's because It's all I know. When I was 14 I was stock girl at Rosenblum's. And I've been through the whole works wrapper, errand girl, sales. woman, assistant buyer and now
after 20 years-a buyer. My first salary was $2.50 a week. It wasn't easy in those days. I was the oldest of eight children and ull I. ever got from my pay envelope was car-fare. I carried my lunch from home, done up in a newspaper. A sandwich and homemade cookies, maybe, and an apple. Likely us not we'd have nothing but potato soup for supper. But it was good potato soup! Plenty of milk in it and tiny egg dumplings.
"My mother was wonderful. I hate to think how hard she worked for us. My father worked hard, too, but always for small wages. He never got shaad-nover had a business of his own. That was a great disappointment to my mother. But he didn't care about, running a business. All the time he could have to himself he would
play on his violin.
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"He was a tailor and my mother made him teach his trade to three brothers. They had her business head and they made good. Started a little shop is a rickety old building on a side street. Now they own Gordon's on the avenue -Gordon's tweeds, you know, They could outfit the Prince of Wales himself!"
"Gordon's? But I thought-I've heard" Eve began, then broke off in embarrassment.
"That. Gordon's is owned by the Kovaleski brothers?" Sadio finished the sentence for Eye matter-of- factly. "Well, it is. Abe and Sol and Ben. My name is Koveleski too but my mother thought we should have an American name In business.
"It's funny about names," Miss Gordon went on. "Our old country name wasn't good enough for a first class clothing store or for Bixby's coat buyer but it was just right for Abe's Linu when she turned out to be a real violinist."
"Lina-Linn Kovaleski?” Eve re- peated in amazement. "Not--not THE Koveleakl, the famous girl violinist ?"
"Sure," returned Sadie Gordon calmly. "Why not? She could carry a tune before she could walk and she was playing in public at four. She can make a violin speak -our Lina can! And she's a good girl, always thinking up some little surprise for her mother and father, I used to think it was foolish the money Abe paid out for lessons for that child. But he always said she would make good and she has. But here I go, bragging about Lina, and your husband waiting down at the side door to take you to dinner!"
At this mention of Dlek doubt and luneliness again overwhelmed Eve. "He isn't waiting to-night," she sighed. "He left yesterday for the Adirondacks. He's on a new Job there," she went on, encouraged by Sadio Gordon's unexpected friendliness. "He'll be gone for a year-longer, perhaps, Ho's super- intending a big construction job- some hospital buildings."
"You'll be leaving us before long then."
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The certainty in Miss Gordon's volcó irritated Eve. "Oh, no! I'm not leaving," she returned spirited-| ly. I'll go on with my work here. We're modern-my husband and I We started our marriage on a 50- 50 basis. It has always seemed to me that a woman's career is just: as Important ne a man's."
"Sounds grand, doario, but tho arrangement doesn't always work. aut as you expected. If I wore you I'd chuck this job and follow that! handsome husband to the wilds be- fore it's too late-even if I had to Ilva In à tent and eat cauhed sal- mon and baked beans three times. a day. It isn't-safe to ha so carn- less with a husband these days!; Too many lady pirates cruising. about the gen of matriinony. -
This career bustriens is all right) while you're young and ambitioua "but by the time you're my age you'll probably learn nothing, la so important in a woman's life as a homa, a husband and two or three
Miss Gordon lived in a large
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Miss Gordon, beamed at this
"I've. Hved here for 15 years," she assured her hoatces when. they "This potato soup is delicious," she said aa though in answer to Evo's unspoken thought. "I could were seated at the cheerful tablo. afford a better place now, of course. faise and gave Eve detailed dt- but I'm used to this and it seems rections for making the soup. too much bother to move. You can surprise your husband what you're thinking that if you with it some evening," she said. were, in my pince you'd call" a second-hand man, got rid of this "Oh, I don't havq much time for ugly furniture and take one of cooking. Eve confessed. "Dick those swanky new apartments on gets home first-or did when ho the Heights where everything Ja was here. Ho usually had dinner done merely by turning an alectric! nearly ready by the time I reached switch. Woll- think I like this home. Now that ho's gone I sup better!"
poso I'll cat out most of the time" “Likten, dearle 1--18 looks to me Eve, setting the Jablo and pro- na though you'vo picked the worki's ; paring the salad while her, hostess wonder for a husband. Not many peeled potatoes and put them on to men would go home at night and boll, found herself telllut Sadle cook dinner! Don't be foolish and Gordon about Mrs. Bronks' old let some othér girl vamp him away house with its great trees and from you. Why don't you tell | attractive garden and how Dick Earle Harnea you've got ́a now job
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