Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1929, Page 35

T Queer Causes of Wi It is estimated by a British experi that 4,000,000 bottles of medicine arf wasted annually because the averagt teaspoon holds more than the usual THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 24 1929—PART But in this one matter she stood| Onrter resolutely got out of bed. He |Cartr! She didn't want ot give up the firm, and for days the silent battle of had been & fool, he realized. Snap-|freedom of her tiny apartment. “I wills continued. Phyllis loved Carter | ping on the lights, he wrote a note— | hate for us to be separated, but you passionately, life without him would be | tore it up—tried again until one sat-|will have Carter,” Mrs. Gregory an arid desert. But her mother |isfied him. Then he telephoned for a |sobbed. needed her! The girl moved through | messenger. “He's to be here by 7| “Yes—Carter,” bewildered Phyllis the daily routine with a sense of un-|o'clock,” he instructed the sleepy- | half whispered. Romance and Toothpicks. n | your mother,” he said presently. | unmistakably that a little matter of |reality. There were faint smudges un- | voiced operator. “The letter I'm send-| “Besides,” Mrs. Gregory was holding | dose. Another queer cause of waste if oz | 'Phyllis had to admit that he was| Phyllis felt herself flushing hotly. | toothpicks could not come betweon him |der her eyes that told of sleepless|ing is of vital importance!” The Car-,her daughter’s hands tightly. “I can ! the railroad whistle. More than 2434, P“YLUS- brown-eyed and slender, | right fundamentally. “But still” she | “Mother would be delighted fo have and his love. Shy and tremulous, | nights, but her mechanical, set smile |ter returned to bed, and slept soundly take better care of Timmy here, and 026 tons of coal are used every year tq 7 , “T should think your brother could| “If he reaily cares for you he won'tI entertain her for once,” Carter grum- | potice a lttle slip like that” Mrs.| THE DAILY STORY (55 re ot o ot o ot . 2 | laughingly replied. staring at his carefully scrubbed nails, Carter had smiled, she thought, with said nothing. annoyed surprise. T'd like to meet| A month passed and Carter showed ,what you say, that counts.” had ideals, inherited from the ingisted, “being able to talk corrcetly |you take dinmer with us one evening,” | Phyllis crept into her mother’s arms to | never faltered. for the first time in a week. | the neighbors can come in during the | blow the whistles on the raiiroad en- romantic, semi-invalid mother | indicates good breeding.” she suggested difiidently. tell the wonderful n>ws. “Carter loves| A week passed, Phyllis, too, was asleep, with tear | day. and gossip a bit, as they've always gines in the United States, and it is who named her Phyllis May. Carter accepted with alacrity, and He wants to be married rightiwhich self-sufficicnt Cartr found how |stains on her cheeks, but peace in her |done, and I'll feel—well—independent.” | estimated that 1,000,000 pounds could But there was little time for Phyllis did her best with the dinner. | wholly and completely love had taken heart. For ecarlier that night Mrs. | hatever will make you happiest,” |be saved if the whistles were moved the nurturing of ideals in the Gregory | to 5 oW She was not ashamed of the apart- ssion of him. It could no more be | Gregory had called on her daughter. She | Phyllis managed to say. slightly forward and adapted to & sine household. Phyllis began work at 14, (° Phyllis hated Tim's work. To her jt | MeRt. It was comfortable and taste- mother answered, satisfled, iprooted than could his very heart be | was embarrased .and tearful, but; _“And” Gregory half iaughed, | gle high-pitch note. standing on her feet all day behind| Phyllis hated Tim's work, o her it |11y it not expensively furnished. Her| Then came pians for the wedding, torn from his bosom. And all this an- | determined. What Phyliis finally under- | shamefacedly, “Timmy and I hoth like | the counter in 8 10:cent atore and | Aod CUIY I every :‘”:,“*’( of the wWord. | p\other had a real Irish linen table- land efterward. “We'll take a short |guish was because a delicate old lady |stood from her motner's rather inco- | to keep toothpicks on the table.” dragging her weary body to school "\: i e x&m tfnclt:l = “:‘c_f!’tl‘“ cloth, relie of better days, and the old | trip,” Carter had said. pressing her |and a hard-working boy would be in!herent words was this: Mrs. Gregory | THE END. three nights a week. By the time she .thing he could get. He speedily found ahogany sideboard, incongruousiy mas- | dark head against his shoulder. “I'm | the way in his new 14-room home. didn't want to live with Phyllis and ' (Copyri 29) was 18 she had finished night high fomething intriguing about bathroom e “gave gignity fo the dining room. buying you the home you admired in | ortiant. 19 school and mastercd shorthand and |ixtures and boasted that one day he |Jie Save dienity fo the dining toom, | BVNE o typewriting. Now, at 19, she had se- | Would be a millionaire plumber and | surub ‘his nails clean for once.. | home, at last!" breathed cured her first stenographic position |live in & porcelain-lined home. | But good-natured, well-meaning | Phyllis. | and was beginning to feel that her feet | But wth the entry of Carter Ashe Tim almost spoiled things in the end.| “Just We two,” and Carter's arms| were firmly set at last on the first)into Phyllis' life, minor worries were| The dinner, from roast chicken to | tightened. Phyllis tensed suddenly, ! Tound of the ladder of success. | forgotten. = Young and good-looking, homemade ice cream and caramel land a stab of fear pierced her heart. | From her couch in the front room | ¥ith that well-groomed air that women | cake, had been perfect. Carter had|“You forget mother, Carter,” she whis- | Mrs. Gregory nominally supervised the | SO admire, he seemed the materializa- become genial and cxpansive. Phyllis | pered, brushing her lips lightly across | household. “Tim. you must wash your |ton of all she had dreamed. Car-|was very happy. Before they left the | his hands more carefully, They are posi- | !Cf Was one of the richest customers |table Tim looked around inquiringly, | “No, I've thought it all out. She and | tively grimy. And your nails of Harvie Bros, where she was em- | then rose and rummaged through the |Tim can keep the apartment and I'll| SAw. ifor Petew as Sicther E\lnufi He came v;xxto the office occa- kitchen cabinet. He came back with ~ngage a good reliable woman to come e e ke, ol sionally to. talk with Mr. Harvie, and!what he sought. “Sis forgot to put in every day end take charge.” | y “But," Phyllis remonstrated aghast, | S, uld sfter a few casual chats with Phyllis. |them on the table." (‘;:; ag\:h"n & wilnwxuin,‘;i‘,,‘?‘,:f‘;.g ‘hiy, | Same oftener, invited her to lunch and | “No, no thank you," Carter waved “a mald can't take my place with | shoutder. “What with vou and Py | ©'CD suggested dinner and the theater. |them awav with a strained expression, | mother. It would take all the joy out | vt el o g . Phyllis accepted the luncheon invi- | Tim helped himself. “Take one, Sis, |of her lfe if—if—she didn't live with | el S8t 00 prace ., tations and eventually the theater, but | he invited. us! And Tim—" she stopped, her Phyllis would exciai Ao, ot school,” | she declined to take dinner with 'him.| After her guest had gone Phyllis | voice thick with tears. SBrammar doa't SESNENROL | “It's my only meal with mother,” she;gave way to angry tears. “He'll think ou'll decide differently after you ot mean anjthing," | explained, “and she looks forward to| we're common and don't know any- | think it over,” e declared. “Trust to bt L t : torturing hours in| “Sure, and I'm a well-bred plumber” assistant,” he boasted, closing th: ar- “You deserve the best,” her romantic | pos Street cars of Belfast, Ireland, are tq be painted a delicate blue and white in« stead of the present glaring red. New Spring SPORT COATS Regular $12 end $15 Values Navy Twill SPRING SUITS Regular $15 and $16 Values $13.75 In solid Navy or with hairline stripe. Well made single and double breasted styles. Expertly finished and lined with fine all-silk crepe. All sizes. An Easter Special on FUR SCARFS! Thibetine Furs that very closely resemble fine Red Fox scarfs, (also Beige, Brown and Grey,) with head, feet and large brush. 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