Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1926, Page 90

. TER. WINSLOW - BY THYEA -SAM - ——— : Grandmd, Had Nevér:Had Much; But Now Was to Have Real Luxury: ' HE wedding avas ovegs Gind | dever’y did nfuch for grafndma: but, | the apartmentsgrandma rged Walter a' distinct matrimonial - possibility. | cape Fowe ofrdiot| thed, , Youifgs people=sGrandma got | to stay to dinper, her family would | None of the callers had ever returned | “the Mhere The fifinily | endukh to ‘eat? antl she slept quite | be'glad to have him:. Walter was a | for a second call. Her father had| had - 1 Igabpel | comfortably on the’ davenport, except | rofind-faceds good-natured looking fel- | lacked finesse and skill, or perhaps Walter # e, with 'a woigleon” retless nights. ‘She would ‘have | Jow %f 32 or.sa, with small eyes, a [ Isabel had too definitely, lacked charm.| 1 almost ugbeliexable feeling of | 1jed “t6. helh “with -the coeking, but | wide, rather .empty smile and -7 weak [ Now, with the fat, and "sfow Walter, | M oand contentment. Grpndmaf dauglters-inlaw . haves ways of. ‘their’| chin. andma. found out. on grandma found liftle difficulty.. She n had not felt so, pibasuradly’ex nd Sgandipa Cwas ey one ta 'willk home that he -had.a small; but [hinted at suitors whem- Isabel had oy fo: mot_sinee ' sirouble -by “teving to-interfere. | (qependable, mercantile ppsition. It | “turnéd down.”. She told, of:her own: when, Gr 17 Martin e glwavs. <ot he mmn;m.y washed grwvas ndt a, spléndid opportunity, but [popularity and girlhood, how, much! ~ wid ” Uied® Hved the dishes and® qusted, 8id/ quite s gdod as Isabél might expect; {liké her Isabel was, héw girls of ‘Isa white house 40 Mo ) What sive could.. - oo begter pephaps,’ than Isabel expected. |bel's type develop info such,splendid s heomise dai tar o Unttf Gragdmd Jlartin was 66, when | fsabel had shawn no great longings cooks and housekeepers and mothers. fs ot Decause of whnt magr® she: Mad comd, to livé with her 'son | f3¢ matrimony. Lacking personality, | Waiter, a bit confused and perhaps n to . 4 David, - wfter Hor “childrén grew” up | she licked the need of.attraction as|fascinated by the net spread around ! and, mfircied, grandgna. had Ii ed with welt : A him, continued’ to ‘call. * Finally the: It was her daufhter Jessic and, Jéssie’s hus | “:Grandma Martin _did what shé | engagement was.annéunced, and this | cause gr afid and their daughter Ruth.| could to invest,Isabel with charm.|was followed as quickly as possible by | chuid |*Grandnia’had asststed at he hifth of | £1b the.way homes she talked &bout | (he wedding. 5 G g A tiree childgen and ‘at the | her gring Walter far a favor-| "Davia was gratetul to grandmi OF courye ils €F two of' them. e *Grandma | ablé Impfession: She flattered Wal+| {iaving an old maid daughter was dis. .due, in o ) but, - then,tshe * feved.| ter. in her old-fashioned. - gentle Way. | pjeasing to him, nqt the right thin randma b 3 : L ut Jessie wés grAndmads | On arriving homg, grandma went intd | it reflected on his success, He defi- | lter Rteyr b el t aas a litde djfferent. | the - kitcheh A8etoil wae - Her el acknowiadued: thint!, granging | dnra that | Ruth “tvas-grandma’s fayorite, grand- | daughter-in-law, -who was preparing |'yaq * touna husband; a good hus | s o srgndma’s NI | chilg. : She” had ‘helpéd” réaf’ Ruth, | the meal, about the guest she Kad{pani: too. for his onjy dangiter That | Jartin—kn iw ‘oo, » and whel's |y her,aid dresded hersand petted;| brought home, what a nice woman [ &fpe Ol (0 B0 P R?’«l!lfl!i’\fl e | : titother, I wits ! Tlh [ magried® when ' she wis' JVhiter's «mother. was,. and Walter | o jiately after the engagement, and randm. vl she hagl v ! untifii tvas glad Ruth married | Sedmed ,a_tine gellow,” too.w Sofething | e S0 WUEK T SEAREMERC, 800 ried, an stich a*fiTk than. asvoviris @llow ahd ) might ceme of it. * Mary had hoped ) {oftCate, & NIV, IS PR GRE8S 00 | : wot” very righ,, thoygh, with .o ‘steady’]. that “1#ibel’ would be . popular, even' o " ehising, It Mary ot Isabel position, * apd | exceédingly fond of #marvied: by now. While pretending | e "oy amas help, they ‘did mnot ‘Ruti;- Ruth and.her husband moved $ great indifference fo grandma’s hints, |0 00 er the thought .of nwher ) trapserved | she ovened some of her own canned | ;1 nqiacs assistanee became a bit oxt s yeug cpeadhes:’a special treat, and prepared | £38 000 ane £ { . 2 e that ar [ sulad of tinned .fish hazy even to him, and finally disap- | ANDMA USUALLY FOUND HERSELF GROWING Y | peared altogether. ol . g 3 Rt ; & Lk 2 ” i il lone. - Josste | * Dinner at the Magting' wan wually | R Taane) wos magried, and Tsabel | | SLEEPY RIGHT AFTER DINNER. AND SHE WAS went 0. ! “to _live with Huth, k0t the simplest. Grindma and: Mary |ing Walter hai' gone to’ Atlantte City c ! . ASHAMED OF IT: FOR ONE OF THE FAMILY quite way to'do. Waturally. | put the dishes on the table, and David [on s honeymoon. They were gomeg o ! : ’ . ALWAYS SPIED HER IF SHE CLOSED HER EYFs But.., bubse,, & . *not | served. Ralph,; rathet spoiled and|<pend a whole week in’Atlantic Clty, | FOR A MINUTE. Rave mandine! even i %iad [.petted and of a snarly and,morosa{und then they were coming.back: to. wanted .to have her. Ope ox- | digffosition, aeas.always seérved first.s New York and going to.a hotel to|in et the table, Ma. No use vour|was rather awkward ing caught | ready for one instead of ing to|ing doing ER T'he @RCCL L YOURE man on @ ry | Then came Tsabel's portion, and then | sy until they found a suitable apart- | standing around in here, with nothing [still in bed or not completely clothed. | Lunt for them in little, secret places. |« play me \ rube ‘L support - his his* mother-and 'her mother's was Fadled out: After|ment. Now that Isabel whs married, [to do. “This morning. as usual, grandma was [and to be sure that no one would| Even then Granma did not suspec e % ndmoth: sides indma | that cfime andma's plateful, and | ghe ame suddenly. vagtely unim Finally dinner was on the table, and | the first one to wiuke up. he got up | want to pass through one’s room or | what was to folloy was Dat Seamidiy Y kaew:that, ' She 15 glad REY was | then David served himself: David Was | portant .to grandma. ier room was |the family seated. Four seemed - few. | quickly, and putting on her old gray uld see one through an open door-| who spoke, still prond because Tsabe ggly sand that “uessle s “happy: | not specially selfish, aboyt food, but giferent. | There had been five, and six when |bath robe, which hung in the hall| way had finally a-quired a husband na M 1 { | to Chicago GE st - bath*f crandma’s second ‘son had heen dead | titles .she prepared, and \her not l'aonversation that was going en in the | uently-In the last two months. It | grandma's dresses and the family |days, but grandma hardly knew it.|fo be running avound in the rain fe St 1o i ) yoars gso grandma had gome to | quite enough “for two helings ve:|\iVing.room. Mr. and’ Mrs, Martin, | Was,nicer this way. “Six at table make s, she made the bed. She|She was not accustomed to running | findi hotel room? You got 3 o wa ntet RRErEY v [live with. David 7+ Linained at the end. grandma’s portions [ Ruiph and a bov named Howard,|@ 1ot of dishes. to wash; one gets|tucked her nightgown into the pillow |#ronnd much any more. And with a | cuit cases here. Why not stay? Afn ation or ju: tiftle, ! 4 eDavid Martin wWas a.good man— |suffered perhaps a. trifle more than|-Ralph best friend; Mr. and ‘Mrs. | Pretty tired. slip next to the pillow, as she always | 100m to herself, going outside for|we got room off_or” on, 3 ¥ I'good, but rather clpse; . settlel nd [ Martin's own. 5 | risher, friends of the Martins, and| ~'They spoke of -the wedding: what | did, for some one was always opening ; pleasure seemed superflous. Didn't| “Sure we have.” agre~d Mary. S| whims—or= 3 e—inore | Slomn, - MAry, David’s, wife,,was,a | VWhen there was a dinner guest the |their daughter Efleen wera discussing | the minister had “said; agreed he'd |ihe hall closet if she hung it up|she have all the pleasure she could|was the type of woman who neve ghrd to he o swoman. Crandihy appreciited | usual custem of serving was varied, | the wedding. They had all Just come | Spoken very nicely and not too 1on; | there, and saying things about it. | think of right there at home> Hav:|zets used (o men, no matter how lon More 4t t v Virtues, but Mary just s 'and there was usually a lttle more 10| baek from the station, piled wather |about the trp and fhe weather stay.|she put the bedelothes back into the | INg @ room to herself was even nicer|she hus been married. Despite he prned up’ v e had a“tong * ujper-| eaf. “Instead of eating: almost in si-| closely into taxi-cabs. s ing nice. 5 | closet, closed and fastened the daven- |than she had thought i Tack of goud To harm and he “a “tRin qnofiih and a way of | lence, proken only by a few com “Didn't Tsabell look sivest! I've| Grandma took courage.’ She had to | ,,op¢ “gepositing upon its sleek and | sibly be. After 12 years—i2 prime, almos _ways. she c Saying . things Shortly ok, npy talkings| plaints “from! Ralph, a whine from |pevet seen her look better in my life; | EWP & bit to make the words come. | yncomfortable surface the two hand. | the dining room, of hurrying morn stted eve with ever AL AL LSt %evid hpppy, | Isabel, -4 staccato sentepce or two|I'm glad she got miarried in & blue | Then she said: ; | embroidered pille that = reposed | ings to get up. of walting nights to|man she met. uspicion of Gr¥indma was glad of thit, and David | from. Mars, a few comments on the | gyt instead of in white.” i if you'don't mind, now that | \peye by day. Grandma hurried 40 |80 to bed. Well, she had her own I rish nhination_ and. his family §ere bappy iy o quiet, | Weather or, business~business wa$ al-| " “Did you notice’ Mrs. Roberts and | [5tbel-—don’t ynln_clhtlr.\{u that T might | 0 bathroom: it was the best time|room now. It was not so much that|shyness ar usness. St ind to, Erguima, alpost & Sour way;| Ways dwll—from David, the famillv|the three daughters in church? It's|PayYe=go wie-lsaliels Toomi. . |to bathe. . If <he waited until later, grandma thought of the room as a|did | L "1 could: Grandma ed Ruth, with her,litfle’) tried o br(v‘;.k .;\y m:r- [a”unm-vu11 con- lahout time one of those girls——"+ T srchtied) e e 35 pretend §t | Martin_and Ralph \\on-‘\\unrnv:_v to {Ii\‘m:;lr‘shb}'d:innn]l”|'»\ll'lw AL .h:‘ L and my ne subbles and 5 and Jessie with | versation, touching lightly on topices| ., W s 5 ol ¢ | at night grandma was too | like that s just pleasant. com-| son—going S {feliness and -heg | Of the day. The first night that Wal-| o o ¥ "\""\\\I\o:”m oo i il o i S 1h o | tivea v dressed. She | plete. She was old, and she had tried | we didn’t ha + for them P, ter’ dinéd With the family. grandma | “COPF PO S e b ‘Of course, Ma, if you prefer Isa-| o ean house dress from a |tu do the right things. She had had Bu b room enougt trjed* with great eage to create sabel sald they'd mvrite tonight or | bel's room. though vour bed s mewer | (510" \¢"ijrce “that she had carefully | bard times, losing grandpa while “iin) fakic protestgd Walter, polite Lustire,” whout . David's® faniily, But |&° spirit of gayety” quite at variance tomorrow, anyhow. I hope they have afd every bit as'good as the one Mary | jijjen fn the buffet drawer under|Was still voung, and after grandpa | W 1 crapdma had not had muck choice | with thg usual beHavior of.the family, y 3 k% kak It meapi a lot to the whole family, to . | \ TR with hef,; Fhere wassno one else Matry was economical about the guan Grandma pretended interest in the| Walter came in, as he had done fre- | cios next to Ralph's raincoat, | It rained steadily for the next three 1 say. voi folks. what you wa | | apt them.sdré Uniesyemr pieasant sunderstangable love of gossip amd diseussion. There wasesomething room,” said Isabel good weather in Atlantic City. . |and 1 sleep on.” jinad e S Ll died, when the children were litle: | - . “She certainly made.a sweet bri “I] think It would be . nice,” said | {16 Kitchen towels ~She alwavs put|lst that did not make any differene 2 ¢ v 1 #ér, -this -visti. N:wln‘;u:\ listened as long. as M'w.”r""\'\'q(:lllm Ma. might as' well take it.” | IWays took the top towel. They'd iE e o T ot J“W'ij(;“k\[“]‘\ e e s spandm . _ 3 4 e | Grandma 1lis as s as . Ma, as' we e SOEh st heb I AR found her|and David, into good children. gooc stood. trembled. but refused to i O o tmte] . From the first Walter seemed ‘falr- lpuld, Then quietly, so as mot to'at.| Mary spoke’ as if it were w new | '2ugh at her i they 'found o X ; e mriment <md hie| T interested. After dinner Ralph putfiract attention—but, then, grandma |1 osses . it wveh Rotse: dressek ] Deople: . THoue: hard: times were Ton@ kyeve. ' She walited fo. say Soniaths thought “just occurring to her ":\Hfr,"’l o i S Ao; why, even the nights on the dav: | ¢ b dn bbbtk IR e iladory, athar fome records on the phonograph,.and | didemost things quietly: it made her|spare room don’t mean nothig but | \GE FAVE SUTE PERERC g [ enport were long ago. This was now © she could. David | el usually silent, expahded enought| feé] less in the way-—~she wafked out’| company,‘and we don't need ‘em. You !} i the coffee on when Mary came |and she had her own room, a pleasant | "iecupted one hedl- | o add strayremarks - to the conver-|of the room. down the hall, and into | might clean up in there tomorrow o the Eteran . Thais was a st | room, all' to herselt, and nice meals d “there: was 1t #hésgion ‘of | SALON. . % 5 | Isabel's room o 1T could fix It up tonight,” said | [1." Lreakfast of stewed fruit, a|David and Mary and Ralph did not |# bit sneeri s in a h erfndma haying - that room. Thee| The next’ week -grandma cafled on| The room was: upset, full .of dis-| Grandma. ..She was ashamed Decauge | coeal with milk, and toast. Grandma |mean to talk unkindly or abruptly to | about it. it ger bedrdom.bel ably to| Walter's mother: it Was quite all|girded things, the shell of Tsabel as a | her voice ‘quavered s | was so excited she could hardly eat | her, for that was just their wav: and You could have it: a bel, the “young.-lady daughter”,| V€Nt of course, as she lived ofly a.[girl; the box and tissuespaper for the| .‘Wait till tomorrow. We're all tired |, cthing, She waited patfenily for [ row that Isabel was gone, things did | Ways sai Grandma volce Y6 1 Sears n. » Ralph aivendy’ [ blocks*away: Gfandma-found out figwers; the dressing-gown’that Isa.| Ut after the wedding sald Mary.| i to leave with his cusiomary | not seem so crowded. Four people in | (dvered > add some ¢ [ fecupied the couch, In the living room, |that “Walter had. two brothers and|pel had been “wearing. out.’;” hot good | “You got a place to sleep, you know.” | gy~ folks; dont work too hard,” |five rooms is not much: one could not | thing it ! She waited “o they had byught the Tavenpodt for | that his,mother did not ebject to his|enough for marriage and Walteri Isa:| Ralph pouted, but about something | meant for 4 great pleasantry. He had |ask for better than that, better than | “Ves, we dld say if Tsabel went aw . aying, Walter came home white a1's old slippers, letters that had|else. He did not seem to care about | an idea that “women have got an | srandma had quiet, peaceful life ;un could I;'A‘\v her wm;f ~-n;l lr-\‘»- reavily, “I'll agree to that. But Ise but couldn’t. What could she say? ‘Grandma’s got that.” sald Ralph “She has?" Isabel was cool. alm. . % had skept in i .T‘: ‘\_ . $_Ixapel was married, and grand- | Erandma was: there—grafdna hadfcome that day, a weddirig present halt|the room. Tomorrow! It was a cer-|easy time of it.” It was as i Isabel|with one's own son and his wife und | @ 3 . TR sked srand. ma avas to, haye Istbel's room. Grang.. Straved. from her ‘usual ecustom ‘of iin its box. e T i tainty, then. he could haye Isabel's | had never been there. No one men- | their son, and a room to oneself. el ain't awa Isabel's right here s ot rooms long | hurryings homg S Ty—and v\-:mxwl-r This room—she'd clear if out today, 'room, her own room, a room all to{tloned her name, and vet there was At noon on the fifth day after Isa. | He gave his slow, patronizing smile o J%) i ~ E i t ond® tin¥,, eten, shey Bramima home again and. staved 1o/ still warm as it was from Isabel—way | herself. . e F | her room hel's wedding Mary received tele-| “We can't put Isabel out. can we N i« Dhvid and :Mary* had | finner. Grandma dnd David- flattered | Hors, Had not Davitl:ever Mary, said | Grandma cléared ‘the table after | After the dishes ware done and |gram from Isabel from Atlantic City, | Isabel and her husband?” he went on Isabel ‘would bot amargy,| Walt Ralph’ listened respectfully | 0 Grandma was a trifle afrald of | dinher, taking innumerable |iu|om-‘n.«lgmnlm.-. had swept and dusted the | economically using just all of the al-| ‘What's the nse of them going to el retive (L0 hiS opinions, wpd Isabel's -silence |her daughter-in-law, and yef sofry for |between the.kitchen und the dining |living room, she suid, with a careful | Jowable 10 words: hotel or hunting around in times lii a Woman 3 1 s k| made her seem just pleasantly shy. A | he It was hard on Mary, hawing |room. She “brushed up” under the |attempt at nonchalance: “Raining here; more fun at home:| these for an apartment” If they four R 5 b e e s [ veek *later grandma telephoned - over |an old womén. 4 mother-in-aw, living | table and put the ohairs in order. She | “I—I belleve Il go in now and | have dinner with you.” one, they'd have to give the landlor e glitpering cut g d thin -t with |to Mrs. Reynolds for an_embroidery | with her all the time. . Grandma knew | washed the dishes then while Mary |fix up Isabel's room. 1 think I'd| Grandma was sorry about lsabel. | all they've got. No. sir, as long as AR rasher uneven dnd sraight dight drain, | pattegn that shé” thotight Mrs. Ré ? [ helped with the drying. Ma skin | jike——" It seemed a shame her honeymoon |0t & Yoof over my head, my home by ONE s mose too large eftnd bones. | nolds had,-and Walter brought it over| andma crept out of the room. She | was ténder, it seemed: hot dishwater “You certainly are Nankering after | chould be spoiled. Still, Tsabel seem- | vPen my children.” ies MasgilaS e O . had o« sharp, | that evéning. Grafdma prepared lea-|did not want then:io find her there: | hurt it. Grandma's hands were thick: | that room. Ma.” Mary answered. | od far away, of no fmportance, in o | There was a pause. Martin looke i I e e e @ hen <he Epoie {hel for the: visit as well as she could. | they might laugh.”. Ot'course they did | ened and bent. with rheumatism and | “Well, you might as well go ahead.|Jifferent world. lsabel and’ Walter | 4Tound, expecting praise for his e ) ipRabs, AnE B el < - 1o the, [y pe ne-man ke . And | Isabelpdid not like advice from an_old | not exactly know how 'shé felt about{used to dishwashing Don't put that lace scarf back on the | would o to & hotel and then buy | quence rtin, ha w 5 S # 5 S | The dishes done, grandma sat|dresser. Isabelll want - it: 1eave | heir furniture and get an apartment “Well, if you insist,” sald Walte | down jn one of the dining room chairs | all of her things in her cl the | Grandma would even help Isabel fix sure suits me if Isabel wants t. with some sewing, to wait, as she |way she has them until she comes | r@RUand FO0E FUE AER SOT (0 | Of course, if we'd be a bit of troubie always - waited, for the evening to[back and looks ‘em over. ' e S iy it Isabel pass. Tomorrow night she could =o| “Of course; that will be all right. [ 17 10 Pt e “Papa’s right,” said Isabel to bed _early. Grandma usually [ My things won't taks up much room,” need enough money, with everything found héiself growing, sleepy right | zrandma said pleasantly SABEL and Walter came home, | <o high, without spending it on rent g = 2 ¢ |after dinner, and she ‘was ashamed | ok % carrying suitcases and talking all | We might as well stay here at home st + i f : of it; for one.of the family always | | at once about the rain, the trip, the | It ain't as though we aren’t going 1 dad o he hbught 3 i . | spied her if she closed her eves for a | [T was - a delightfid occupation. | \pingq that had taken place during | chip in and help with the table, Wa! Closet, and thuti- . « | minute, . and would say something |- cleaning up her own room. First|jepers absence, little things, letters | ter and 1.” she finished grandly, wit ne i5"785: And rwiren, T 3 about, There's grandma . asleep|she swept it, opening wide both the | %70 8 SUCIEC: Hao ™ cqding | a nod to Walter ng.rooni, onie had 3 y again.” or, *Wake.up, grandma. You | Windows. Then she dusted, golng| ¢ “Sure thin That settles that. e o 4he i look o funny with your eyes closed | carefully over every round of the{™'ni, oo wae an exciting meal that [ain't no charity patien sald Wa (i two chalrs, nolishing the mivror and | 3R B A0 Ve, in his | ter g o ,:j"_",_"“t’;nu",'f,"f‘{w she made | dow, rather stupid way. described the | “T'd better see about our room | My, and Mrs.. Mattin played cardy at | (8 bed: PULINE on Ber own 80| 1o s of the hotel room they had |said Isabel. Then. to Grandma. “Yo b g {the dining ¥oom table, quarreling |{iectn SREL S ‘m,:md"m'M“"Hm I¥ | wecupied. of the lobbies und the grill- | moved Your things in and all. T suj ey : % < [ .| peaceably over their hands. .Grand-| o S0 o GonG: there were three | room. Isabel, too, occasionally volun- | Pose y % s Sl {ma nodded a couple of times, woe |hr possessions: there were | thvee | (Cred a word of pruise of their trip [ Grandma nodded. ~She couldn Qileliacts | up again. This might was lke nearly | ¢ coset space. From the buffet, hid- | 4nd of their expenditures trust herself to speak ; | e m-“‘:‘:i e (‘l,'l;”rp:-}-‘fixld:‘h.'.“',’,:‘: den under towels and napkins, came | “We got to start saving now.” she ";‘_‘\‘YY"N‘:I‘”r';"“,":j;,”‘]"'l‘]‘:‘;“‘”; ber or thé : | 25 A she could g0 to bed at § if she want- | back partition of the knifeand-fork | awful. We saw Irene Jennings tn | "I SN GRG0 el ¢ 141 AT ofetocks e, wai Mra: Murtin [ of Insiiation] ivary fHeE Rt ALAn oG _SQUIKNON uaetito e - gathered together their .cards. said|pad sent to her the year before for “Goodplght, ma." and retired. In|(hy i Bl el it C ; | ine feome part of the house Ralph and | ,,‘r,’;,'fl,,',.',":,“-.\ .,'\'...,nd \-\lls.|\:l}9;|||ln.(|:;! dred and Seventeenth street and |y things. and him here now 4 tWo friends still talked. If grandma | carded when her father gave her a |SImMPLY can’t get another one except Grandma’s got the hall closet she i Lo-n $ i 4 awent to bed, Ralph-would complain: | better one,* grandma placed on a | fof double the price. And when I jalways had. ain't she?” asked David ety PR 4 Y24 2 “We cams fo get something to eat,|clean towel on the dresser. She added | {hink of the hovels 1 saw before I“Itain'tas if we were turning Grand Bl ¥ N | and there was grandma stretched out {a picfure of Ruth and Ruth's two | Went away. it's fierce. Ma. did vou |ma out into the street. Nobodv don i asleep on the davenpprt. This place | children, sent to ier only a few|See that apartment I epoke to vou|need to take it hard. andma car looks like a tenement. Can't 'she|months before: an old picture of |about. the one near the Robinson's.|have the room she's always had, an wait until my company goes home?” | Jessie, and « kodak picture of Isabel | on St. Nicholas? her own bed. awain. Walter an Grandma sewed as long as she conld, land Ralph. Next to this she put a| “Ves. I was there Tuesday. It's | Isabel will have lots of space in Tsa | but her eyes burned hefore she had |little china vase that had been given | kone. and the only one left in the | hel's room. [t's a big, fine room. wit finishéd. So. she folded her hands.|to her at a church bazaar five \n;\rtih'nmlnz has been raised $20 more | two windows: hetter than vou'd g | nit ihid ol R ek b flfors Yo “".|and yopr mouth open.” Tonight some company came to: seé Ralph.| kitchen ¢ vou could keep vour.things in n Trene Scott—and she said that they | (jocet. If —if it wasn't for Walter's gave up thelr apartment on One Hun- | {hines there might be room: hut Wi newspiper irigenis | Tt was uncomfortable, the dining |before, u zay little vase with blue | than it used to be.” at one of those flossy hotels for € Y 5 Ao 4 room chair, but.of course Ralph did |china forget-me-nots on the front of it.| “Gee! I don't know what we'll do.” a And Grandma andm s ]DAVIR MARTIN'wid nor poor, . . ! 1 ‘ } not want her In the living room |To these she added a hand-painted fan| Walter grinned. For the first time got any complaints. She's g A 1 sl it ying, e g = . where his friends were. There was |Jesste had done vears before, and, as [ grandma actually disliked Walter's | # scod home. As long as T gof sibply shop. 1e e’ 1 tiice in » e § e 2 a low rocker with arms in Isabel’s |a final touch, a faded daguerreotype |grin. Until now Walter had been | home. T zot room enough for all « e 12.vedrs, hut -he had never i . H 4 . voom! i 1in a broken frame of Grandpa Martin ) some one for Isabel to marry. Now My children and for my mothe used the number of? his j h A, ; 3 Grandma . woe up with a little)and herself, taken 60 years ago, sit-{he became a person. u personaiity, ! Whve right now, Grandma’s bed < In New otk s “high 1 i \ ¥ start, ashamed of. having dozed. and. | ingly stifly. holding hands. “A’ fine |and to grandma an unpleasant one, | better than the one that I P ¢ ¥ pays for 4 B d | picking up, the evening paper, read |array! The room was in order, her|igo cure of himself, 100 slow and fat |#1d vears newer it is: t's 1 b : W per rqom? i { P X .- |for & little while. Her ayes hurt and |Toom! Grandma was tired now. but | and round and white. better than the bed I got.” AR e 5 { 1 \\) SHE Wik dreadeuily algeD that did not matter. Nothing seemed ces are something awful,” said | Grandma got up and followed Tsa How ! d bit k g Finally, with o “‘See you tomorrow, 0 matter but the room, a room no-{yajter. “It makes a person wonder | "¢l from the living room nto Isahel brag tiink of* the 4 1 Ralph,” the boys left and Ralph re-|Pody had fo pass through. @ roem | \eihar they ought to of got married | F00M. She took little, slow steps wohe ligs ¥ o | z turned to the living room. | With a door that closed and locked— |or not, eh, Isabel?” [ RO G ROl NS g o < £ 1 Now grandma could go to bed. She | her own room. l e ' ad. T guess,” said | FIEht away, so that Isabel and Walte: | opened: the ‘davenport—it was rather | All afternoon grandma sat and ! .no @06 (a0 PG T BURE SO0 T could have the room. It was ap ‘| heavy—then .brought in. in - three | rocked: Mary had gone .to her card| S0 THO Brulck smile, which lefe | BNt of course. as David said: she' trips, her blanket, her sheets and(Club. Tt was fun just sitting still. | pid Coem & QR ek SEE COTTE (R [ have what she'd always had. had fo her pillow, from the hall closet. Stoop ‘l«\"‘"‘ Dol T put on the | 1, ever. 3 12 years ~the davenport n the dinins | o ihe bed—her back did not | alnner dishes in time. and was just | (P8 L s room. 1t didn't much matter A e i oo ich mow = ahe | finishing setting the table when Mary | | “Rents, rents, vents.' sald David [;01" Sned had Jots of happiness, lo - tsmoothed the sheets with her bent | Came home. At 8 o'clock, almiost as, J oM JOREE o - (O (00 o WA of good times—Grandpa. the years ey afiara . i . y fingers, Tomotrow she could make | S00n as dinner was-over and before | STAaTt. i 4 . @ oming. 1. \with him, the children whe m. nd | | b T o) s oo 5o | she felt eve: pe ] e | always look ahead. T took a four ! yare habijes he ve: Ama. anc D het -bed n the. mornihg, have it eyen sleepy, grandma said bl Sl Ll L B abies; th with T s dioe ' t 4 ] i g 3 : all .ready just for tirning down at | “I'm-awfully tred. Believe I'll go|Xfors [Fioe Bere. = ® & She might even have the room agair H 3 . sready ] £ : : 2 i ! 80| \where T want them. They can't pull | come time, when rents gof 1 . night. ‘Of course Divid and Mary |to bed, if you'll please excuse me. il kA gl R e ¢ vents got lower could not realize how hard it is to| “She worked herself tired fixing up oot Ll i ome , fsabel grew discontented ai home et ! ; o ; b UP | folks take the biggest apartment thex { Gne can't expect too much. Sk N make & bed at night, when one ha¢ |that room in a hprry,” volunteered | gl WG 1€ RRECL SRIIICRE M € 't exp much. She oug top open it oneself, to6, when one is ry. B L i nid Jue Bty T ] o To0l CTAd; KRG f6iv that. WitH old and, very.iired. Still. they were 5 youwrtn . moved UitoNispeVs | 1 ST STREE R S SRy | Suth masted and kaviy, & rice fam. 3 | ®ood. Hadn't ‘they both said she|room?” asked David. Then: “Women |h® hall, ~Domt Kve the F S IR S i T e ) AN en S LingE | v : Lk could have Isabel's room? ro 'sligys wanting o meve avetm | YOUT MENoy 1 slveie Y. - | and Mary Dappy in thelr way, and Jiat wemen itke ca mavher | C g s Tt took grandma only a few min. |1 don't know that her mattress is any| You Sad 1.7 bunswered or. | Isabel marvied. © Walter was s’ goo: e o] : A i utese to get ready for bed. She al. | more comfortable than yours, and it's| & for(Giihes (er it went inid | ma i woui e g good 1o Taatel RS fag s gy X wighout . jasts UG GITEE g ally o b | After she was an old woman ok ulWaysewholly pledsant. | " S " < ‘Y;:’“,R;'T‘;,lfl,: 2:‘5 ‘_{:L‘,‘: ‘“(;":}l‘:l;l “Jts a very mice rpom.” said grand. | Ights were lit, but this was a festive | mustn't expect too much out of life Uartin's expression” ubgut his apart e : ot ety halr, and she | ma, softly, and went (o her own room, | 0ccasion. so all four lights In the m- | After all. she had had good times ent was, "1 don’t want to; give: the . 5 3 3 . . e s up into s voll and sipped | Grandma undressed slowly, with g | mense and hideous central chandelier UI—T'll get my things out right mindlotd all my mopey.”, 1 ed the ;3 . woee Te Ly ST g ! . 3 . ey il Onee. she “had | light on and the shades pulled down. | were turned on, and both lights in |away: just take me a minute,” Grand Lpnght, and nsed. the wkpresion or as JSABER -AAND: WALTER .CAME HOME CARRYING SUIT. CASES AND TALKING ALL AT ONCE ABOUT | ees @ity iof 'p“mn'g it on the buffet | Seated in her bathrobe, in the rock-| the equally ugly glass table lump. | ma told Isabel in her usual. cheerful Foliarsene e Usaitly. | He ha il e . THE, RA] THE THINGS THAT HAD TAKEN PLACESIN ISABEL'S ABSENEE™ .- - [ 2o BUULY 00 DU esed through the | ing ¢halr, she finished David's socks | Grandma decided to go to her room | way. —“Ill tuck ‘em right At BN e e h R v Tt o - | dinine room whila grandma. was stll |and read & chapter in a book & woman | éarly, but it wouldw look right, run } \here T aivass ket fem, 4o you i % P P » e 2 . = 8 0 o o ¢ | he had met in churcl ad loaned | n vay, st yet, so at stiffly el " ke ourselves o tter than . the, bed “m % 1| var fafidia had kndwp thiat if Tsapél] woman Jike .grandma? bui* Isabel was (the room. And there was Ralph, |asleed and bea not liked it. False hair | 18 N8 Che & wonderful evening.|in a stralght chair near the phono-| fortable. It's w mice room. I-1 ep.on.” Heowas ratimr.proud of ! §id not mgrry, the_ dning¥oom daven-|a ‘welcome enough victimi to matrf-|Gragdma had always béen” a - little | OF t ?“.‘:_(f“ ‘ 29 [ At 9 o'clock she went to bed. ' It was|&vaph. hope you and Walter are—are right e way .he jreated, his mbther. . He | pore would.remais’ permamently hers,| mony if* it. reguired nheither -chirm.|afraid. "Ralph had not a room, either, | DIGme Gevss, ol oo e T fine bed, and all ready to get into| ““We'd better be getting along,” Wal- | happy here.” e e e e ridma & hall - been, sthe. *Aetives NOF.exertion—ntost af her.frienlls, had | and Ralph liked to have-his own way, | Arandia Tell Selech SHEORE MREE | sugt by turning down the spread, and | ter said at last. “I might as well ring (Copyright. 1926.) every anonth, and until she grew | . BETNET O Teabales Shé. had seen | MArried. during preceding ~years—so, and.now. of course, being the:son of el i N | with no bar In the center to have to!up from here and find a hotel room . — deat as to ffove an annovinte by avk- | matthm R e ) ché-@id her best to please Walter. glg-| the ‘family. he .might.- thirk—|middle of the springs. Some n ghts | VN Tabout, Vo cmmme Highis oo from e station AN Sl Boile fug questions, he had takén hey to the ‘far less [ikely gir “'- L“i\.”";'“v".‘”“'\\‘ulin;; . bit. hestetically, but trying| Grandma decided to. ask .casually |that bothered .her, though she - had |tHIE FPOPE S A Db S S i New Steam Boiler. e AR e e ey e i | hard to ‘be-entertaintng now: that* the (about It at dinner, .when the guests | learned how.to le so as to &vold it. |, "hor"ygunl time: she was not one|can find a room in some hotel STEAM beiler of revolutions imek overy’ sbasan® Oceasionally! ‘1‘:1,:;:.3;\‘ ot chaiity at. the dadleat ald [EHS K0 O saiie: were, gone, and find out definitely, |. . Lk xRk B S e o * A Mt s e s e o s npede nyh. | S0 Of o ‘member of wihe : sogfety < B "fff“l»‘"“’_ " REECE 1E woke up with a’start the next|Then, when she realized where. she| He went to the telephone in the hall. | <lernn engineer inventor, Bernhar: hine ma7: “Grandma s Wants were) jeabel’ was thed sand witheut i ¢ EIEHG RTINS Y morning, and then remembered: | was, in Tsabel's bed, in her own bed.{ “Only thing they had—room and |Becker. When stripped of its insul tow: when ome'is over 70 and epends | suitors’ . ft'. ‘rafng afternoon, AVID himself was .specially en-| : It was the day s . golng into [she lay there luxuriousiy, instead of |bath for two, eight dollars, I turned | tion ii a cubical box omy abe st of* one's. time seWwing or readifg, | andithe streetiawvere stippery. , Whem | 7 usiastic over the affair. On pre- ’] HE guests left with much laughter | her own rogm! It still early:{ zetting up immediately on awakening, | that down.” he reported. Then added. | I8 inches on a aide. but its inventc here is- Yot it Ldenl one macds,| Mrs Revislds syggeSted thit her Vious oécasions’ he had bfought home | and unpleasant, heavy jests about [ she didn’t , hear any one stirring. [as she usually did. - But she was up|“Seven dollars for room and bath.” |claims it can produce more thun 6 A grang like to nsg (| son, callpd . for. her vt | businest ncquaintances. : . kach call | the vouns couple. Mary sent into the | She was glad of that. She diked to|and dressed and had the table set in|Then. “That one's all filied up: noth- | pounds of steam an hour and get 1y ifnis oF ¢ e stead.; grasdma - ac- | Tad seemed 4o liim important, an kitchen 1y prepare the meal, just » be dressed’ before nny-one had to|plenty of time, It was nice to dress,|Ins doing there.”” Then. “Thev want ! pressure of 300 jounds to the square Tt 20 Levent.. Bach callerr had been to him ! “pick up.” and told Grandma to come | pass through the dining room. e with all of enx'z thinzs apread arouna: elzh s too. 1 wld them noth ' jnch in five minuies.