Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1924, Page 71

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON., D. . GRAVURE SECTION —JANUARY 20, 1924, t . . By W. E HILL The Friend of the Family it The Chicago Tribune Mabel's erush. Mabel has hrought her last term s girl § friend back home for vacation and she's busy making Ehe! legley friond. . Fhe/ family with the friend wiio the family love her. Every term Mabel has a new one just will talk outside has to wateh its : for the family love, especially Mabel's brother The polite friend. The acme of politeness is the friend of the family who hates prone sonffle. *T'm afraid von Larkin is the SALT of the earth.” ey B, Wi Hior SeAnt to marey ohe of thess dwws. won't like our dessert—it’s just a simple little prune souft saidd the hostess. Right then and there the polite “but you have to be just the least bit caref wr Tom is°still untouched by the god of love gruest took the wrong turning and professed to love prune souffle. From now on whenever the polite friend is you tell her—she IS5 so leaky.’ Al Tabel S Natest asked to dinner prune souffle will be served and he will have two helpings pressed upon him. The much-discussed friend. Some fricuds till up a great lack of something to talk about in family circles. * Did you ever uch an ugly red hat on any one !’ some member of the family will say. " Red! Why. it was old rose—1L saw her in Christian Endeavor with it on!"" Another memberwill add, * Well, 1 don’t see how she can 2o out on the street looking the way she does!™ and S0 1t goes, The well-informed friend. The friend with the inex- haustible fund of information can tell you anvthing on the shortest notice. He knows just what the Ger- man mark will do six months from now. what 1o do to get vid of roaches in the back entry and < e subtleties of the Ruhr situation. And what he doesu’t know he will have a theory about =0 The girlhood friend. When they were just little slips of girls they went to school tozether. And what one didn’t think of the other did. Then they married and they kept up the triendship—off and on. First Millie would be offended by Jennie’s not being cordial enough at some one’s reception, and it would blow over. Then next month Jennie wounld think Millie had tried to lure away her cook. And that would hlow over. And then at Christmas time one ov the other would send a Christmas gift that wasn’t all it should be, and there would be a coolness. But taking things all in all they 've been pretty firm family friends. The friend with the heavy bhanter. “Well, well, well,”” banters the comedy friend, *look at Joe all dressed np like the King of Siam in a soup to nuts suit! What's her name, Joe? s she good-looking t Aw, come on, let’s have her name!™’ The useful friend. Whenever they want some one to sit up with the childven or look out for grandma and the kitchen fire on evenings when the other members of the family are off duty, Miss Simms is telephoned for. And Miss Nimms never seems to mind i bit.