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The Coming of Stephanie Platow

           Hewasalarge,meaty,oilytypeofmanakindofambling,gelatinousformulaofthemale,withtheusualsoundcommercialinstinctsoftheJew,butwithanerrantphilosophywhichledhimtobelievefirstonethingandthenanothersolongasneitherinterfereddefinitelywithhisbusiness.HewasanadmirerofHenryGeorgeandofsoaltruisticaprogrammeasthatofRobertOwen,and,also,inhisway,asocialsnob.AndyethehadmarriedSusettaOsborn,aTexasgirlwhowasoncehisbookkeeper.Mrs.Platowwaslithe,amiable,subtle,withaneyealwaystothemainsocialchanceinotherwords,aclimber.Shewasshrewdenoughtorealizethataknowledgeofbooksandartandcurrenteventswasessential,andsoshe"wentin"forthesethings.

           Itiscurioushowthetemperamentsofparentsblendandrevivifyintheirchildren.AsStephaniegrewupshehadrepeatedinherverydifferingbodysomeofherfather’sandmother’scharacteristicsaninterestingvariabilityofsoul.Shewastall,dark,sallow,lithe,withastrangemoodinessofheartandarecessive,fulgurousgleaminherchestnut-brown,almostbrownish-blackeyes.Shehadafull,sensuous,Cupid’smouth,adreamyandevenlanguishingexpression,agracefulneck,andaheavy,dark,andyetpleasinglymodeledface.Frombothherfatherandmothershehadinheritedapenchantforart,literature,philosophy,andmusic.Alreadyateighteenshewasdreamingofpainting,singing,writingpoetry,writingbooks,actinganythingandeverything.

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