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CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE DETERMINATION GETS YOU THERE "I wonder if I have mentioned to you, Margie," said Paula, "that among my greatest comforts at this time were the letters I received from my dearest and best friend, Emma. She wrote with great regularity. She had married her restaurant keeper and they were both very happy. "The morning after I got the note from Charlie Montgomery I opened a letter from Emma which said: " 'I am still keeping my weather eye on the finances these days, Paula, because now I've got a look-in my self, and you remember I told you onee I was- going to make some of those Chicago dames sit up and take notice before I cashed in. " 'It may be a silly ambition, kiddo, but ever since I started in at the res taurant as hat girl and saw those fussy, fat would-be Lady Clara Vere de Vere's coming-in with their silly little smiles and their silly little speeches, I made up my mind that some day I'd be the woman who looked supercilious in her gorgeous evening coat instead of the one who stood by with a humble smile in a neat black uniform and white cap. " 'I am going to be Mrs. Julius Se verin of Lake .Shore drive before I get through with this old world. Don't laugh, Paula, I can do it. Why not? Mrs. Potter Palmer was "the wife of the inn-keeper," according to the Princes Eulalia of Spain, and between you and me Mrs. Palmer al ways looked more like my idea of a Btory-book princess than did the Spanish woman of royal blood. " 'It's a game, Paula, this life of ours, and we can almost make of it what we want if we only have the stamina to keep on trying. I recog nized this quality in you, my dear, and that was what made me give you my mitt in welcome to our joyous help-yourself- and - everybody - help you clan. 1 'I am mighty glad ypu are get ting on so well, Paula, but somehow I don't care much for that actor friend of yours. Not that it makes any difference whether I like him or not, but it seems I just got to register think he is a little god on wheels. oumeumes, my aear, it is a gooa thing to take the wheels out from under him and let him skid. " 'By the way, did you know your precious Aunt Rachel and her sweet daughters are in New York for the winter? I expect they have gone gone there to keep their eyes on that English lord they are trying to hook for Gertrude. How I wish you would meet them and lead them a merry dance by showing them what you could do with a proud scion of Eng lish blue blood. "'Dear Paula, Julius wanted to i come to New York on our wedding trip, but I said, "Julie (I call him Julie when we are alone), I'm not going to New York and make all of Paula's actor friends ashamed of us. Wait until I learn a few society frills and then maybe we can do her some 1 good." " 'You see, Paula, Julius is such a dub. He hasn't learned yet that a great big JriufE goes a long way, in this country and he thinks because I can work out his little old finances and make money, which he still per sists in counting in marks, that I am the smartest woman in the world. " 'Besides, my dear, I'm letting my hair go back and it looks like Jo seph's coat of many colors. I won't be a bleached blonde when you see me, and I hope while I am gone the inn won't go to the very dust. W " 'You see, Julius is that silly that he would let the waiters steal him. into abject poverty. But look-a-here, kid, Julie and yours truly are earn ing pretty soon to little old New York and I'm just going to think, kiddo, thaf notwithstanding you ar