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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1928
Page
15
Er eyes the future with thrill and fear on the eve of marrying Rod Bryer. Her mother and Lila sense a changing world while Bertie Lou masks longing behind jibes and old fashioned reserve.
Across town another father felt the same way. Mr. Bryer wanted to have a frank, heart to heart talk with Rod, but be.
Red kisses a weary Mums with a hungry passion. Bertie Lou refuses to share confidences and reads to her mother before leaving. In a flower papered bower the woman kneels on pillows, listening to summer insects, certain sleep will not come.
Bertie Lou prepares for a morning wedding to Rod at an old house with elm shade. Florists decorate, vows consider under the elm, and a two week Hills resort honeymoon follows. Bertie Lou muses on happiness and divorce while Rod’s affection and past loves surface in quiet doubt.
Bertie Lou creeps to view wedding gifts on the night before her marriage to Rod and confronts a bronze paper cutter from Lila Marsh. Lila’s past looms as a menace, reminding Bertie Lou of the rival she once faced and the power she now holds in her future.
Bertie Lou resists the pull of Lila who once offered a dagger symbolizing danger while Rod’s future she now guards. Lila, popular and unattached, has no steady beau yet Bertie fears losing Rod as possessive pride tightens. If he leaves, others may claim him.
Bertie Lou finalizes travel and wedding plans as bridesmaids help her don a white taffeta dress. The gathering chatter among bridesmaids turns to Rod, Lila Marsh, and Bertie Lou’s readiness, with secrets and rivalries surfacing.
Bertie Lou prepares for her wedding while doubt and memory of a second love haunt her. Family pressure, warmth, and social ritual frame a tense moment as guests gather and the organist begins the processional. The bride climbs toward the vows with a heavy heart and a whispered collision of emotion.
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