Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1926, Page 30

The Saving Sawyers. JOLLY group of young pe sat_before the gas log in Sam Kellen's pretty apartment. Doris Killen, in an exquisite orchid-tinted gown, sat on the {nearth rug toasting marshmallows, {which she offered in turn from the ‘point of a hatpin. They were all mar- iried, just star in life, Peggy Blis tand Lero Horton and Ted, Cornelius N and Jane—"Plain tJane,” as they called her, although she was not plain at all, but a fresh- ubstantial-looki young wom- h gleamix They w and prospec mentioned t in expected to enjoy their vacation in Canada, wh Sam Killen said in his lazy, downrizht way: “Well, it's 0 early for me to be thinking of i 1 haven't got my Winter Why 3 you go, Sam?" S . aned for- ward, the i on h clear, fine . the way Jane makes us do.” “Oh, Jane Dor laughed. “We all know how stingy she is, the dear old thing.” Jane blushed and Leroy Bliss de- fanded her with a quick “Good thing to be stingy sometim: I vow ex penses swamp & man sometimes. The stration: 5 . , don’t lay it onto the adminis tration, Ted Horton cried, gayl “Lay it onto our wives, who want many things we can’t afford.” Betty pouted and there was & eral laugh, in which the discussion ended. “I know what the erowd calls u Jane said as she and Cornelius walked home to save car fare. They call us the Saving Sawvyers. Of course, 1 don't want to be made fun of, dear, but: i “Never mind what they say. You keep right on the way yvou're doing,” commanded Cornelius Sawyer, squee ing her arm. But Jane w: grave. The wyers lived in a mall apart- ment, for which they paid about half what the Killens paid for their fash- fonable location. But Jane made it very cozy and homelike, simple though at followed she it really paid nelius were doing. tlon, especially aft Bligs came, wearing a marvel of a new hit, to take Jane for a spin in the shining new car. She did it again when Betty Horton took her on a shopping trip for the purchase of smart sport olothes. . The weather was getting warm and | 1he apartment seemed close in spite of all Jane could do, and she was very clever with ice and air, too. Why, she could get a whole ocein breeze out of a Jump of cold crystal as big as your fist. That came from training. Jane had had to economize all her life. And when she married Cornelius, whose salary seemed sufficlent for every- hing, although it was much less than what either Sam or Ted or Leroy was receiving, she decided to save for a definite object—a home. For three vears they had put aside every penny not called Into active use. When their friends came to dinner Jane pocketed her pride and fed them on cheap cuts of meat cooked deliciously, instead of chicken. She was a good cook and vould make every ounce of food count. “Cornelius, are you tired of our ihrift plan?” she asked one night. ““The rest of the ave nothin and see what good times they have. Tt was just after the Blisses and Hor- 1ons had left for their vacations. Cornelius gave' her his tender smile. “What's a vacation to a home?” he sald. “That’s what we're saving for, isn't #t? A vacation is over and for gotten inside of a month, but a home lasts forever. By the way, I heard about a nice little place that's for sale out Westend way. How'd you like to Hook at it, Jane?” It was excessively hot in town, and the thought of Westend with its trees and wide-open spaces appealed vastly %0 Jane. Even if they hadn't all they this real home business now. Next day they went to see the place on West street. It was a _two-story house with six rooms, a front and BLVE St teet 95 s AV *Bizes..l v iis ciated! $1.65 (3 pasrs, S“;.;L) $ 1 75 APr. RIS et et Stk E TWELVETEN o W des ¥ Sheer Chiffon—Light-weight Silk 3 W ¥ i W W back porch, a good sized lot with gar- den room and a big tree. The price was a little more than they felt they wanted to pay, but they took it, never- theless. And a week later they moved out there. There was still time for Cornelius to make a garden. They were blissfully happy. Jane, beating eggs on her back por\h, which the tree shaded, envied”nobody, and Cornelius, looking up at her as he worked in his garden, pitied ever man who had not a Jane and & hom Of course, the Blisses and Horton and Killens came out to see what w being done. They came to dinner and ate the young lettuce and radishes and green onions with gusto. . ine declares she’s going to keep a few hens,” Cornelius said. ‘“There room, 1 think, for a coop in that co ner where I'm going to put up the down: “All we can afford is a flivver.” moonlight night nd cool air blew in from the west, nging the scent of the pretty flower rden mext door. A nighthawk cir- cled and uttered short, penetrating cries. Otherwise there was a blessed quiet “Well,” Sam said, “I wish we had money enough to buy a_home.” | "“So do 1" Ted Horton spoke { quickly. ~“But we never shall have.” » | Leroy Bliss threw the end of a Turk- ish_cigarette over the railing. | “I expect to pay rent all my day he said. *‘Peg wouldn't live out like this for anything, would you, Peg?" “Seems lonesome to me,” said lively 's not lonesome at all,” Jane said. e have the most wonderful neigh- ‘Neighbors! What are neighbors?"” | Sam laughed. “There's one coming now,” an- swered Cornelius. It was Mrs. Holmes, steering for the back door with a great bowl in her hand. Jane whirled up and ran to meet her. After a gay convers tion, Jane came back with a tray, spoons, dishes. “Ice cream,” she said. “They made a big freezerful, expecting company, and the company didn't come. So we are luck Made out of real cream and eggs. Dorls, here’s your portion.” They ate the delicious cream appre- ciatingly while Jane planned how she could return the pleasarrt courtesy on the morrow. Her thoughts were inter- rupted by Sam Killen saying in a low voice: “So this is what neighbors mean! Ix come out here to live, Dor!” ure,” Doris résponded. THE END. (Copyright. 1826.) VON HINDENBURG WANTS SIMPLE SLAB ON GRAVE German President Wants Plain Marker, But if Monument Is De- manded, He Prefers Uniform. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 23.—President Von Hindenburg wants only a simple slab over his grave, but if 2 monu- ment must be raised in his honor he prefers that it take the form of a | likeness of him as an old soldier in uniform. Prof. Hugo Vogel, who often has painted portraits of the soldier Presi- | dent, reveals this in telling of a talk | he had with Von Hindenburgh. . simple slab to be placed on my grave,” he quotes the President as saying. “Just the name Von Hindenburg sho be engraved upon it; nothing modern or inartistic or gaudy. As far as I am concerned, you might add | on the back of the slab: “Letters will | no longer be accepted; I've been both- | ered with them too oftgn since 1914.” " 1f posterity insisted on erecting a monument to him, hewever, the fleld marshal expressed the hope it be the figure of an old soldier in his regalia, adding: “I shouldn't like to be represented, as is Kalser Friedrich in Bremen, sit- ting naked upon a horse, or bedecked with any old bathing cloak.” D st S St S S S bt S e SedT e S ey “A Last-Minute Gift Suggestion!” MGCDN : i i fi i ¥ *“LONGER WEAR IN EVERY PAIR® a A COMPLETE STOCK « ... 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