Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1936, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., annd FABRIC SECTIONS Are Famous for Their Good Values! MCNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1936. DAILY SHORT STOR BABY BUGGY By Eileen Tower. Vorn owp » THEE gl who opened the door in answer to my ring hung list- lessly to Lhe knob 88 T began, “I saw your sign in the window.” ' At that ghe drew the door wider, and I stepped into a dim, harrow room of & house in South AWashington. “Sit down & min- ute while I turn the light off under the potatoes.” A faint odor of frying grease pervaded the room. Behind a screen I could see the corner of a gas plate and hear the ‘water running in a sink. I sat down on the thin mat- tress of the daybed that creaked under my substantial weight. The lid of & battered trunk rested against the window sill and over the back of a nearby chair sagged two dresses and a suit of clothes. “Packing is a messy job,” I mur- mured as the girl came from' behind the screen, one hand at her ear, push- ing in a pin that held her curly au- burn hair off her hollow cheek. “It is now, but when I packed to come here” . her cinnamon eyes dropped to the line of shoes in front of the trunk. I moved over to the baby buggy, advertised in the window. It stood at the end of the couch, be- side the only lamp in the room. * kX X "IS IT for your baby?” The girl's soft voice was eager but unsteady. “No, it's for my niece’s baby. She doesn't expect him for several weeks. That's a nice buggy.” “Too good for here, you mean.” The bitter words were tempered with resignation. “It isn’t, though, but I shall go on paying for it—maybe for- ever.” She twisted a narrow band on her wedding finger. “How much do you think it is worth?” “Is it in good condition?” “He slept in it just one night.” The tall girl stood beside me now. “It was to be his crib, too, but he died. It killed him in a way.” She turned to me wildly. have?” Oh, do you?” The agony in her voice spoke the desperation in her eyes. “No, my dear, I'm sure it couldn't have.” Her distressed face was very young; not more than 20, I decided. I had never looked that frail or that lovely at 20, nor now, at 40, had I seen greater pain. I put my large hand on her thin arm. “How could it?” “I shouldn’t have let Mr. Carthway give it to me.” The girl fingered the satin pillow. “But I needed it and he meant to be kind.” “Who was Mr. Carthway?” I knew it would do her good to talk. “He owns a store on Seventh street. Harry worked for him when he needed extra help, but that was not very often.” The girl bent over the trunk. “This is our wedding picture.” Nature’s White Poplar (Populus alba). BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. MERICANS are deeply attached to the white poplar as a home- guard tree. It loses no time in growing up. That is a grand trait. A new home and young trees growing old together make a fine combination. Of course, there are a few very unusual times when a home site can be found with a well-estab- lished white poplar in just the right | place. But this is seldom, and so & devoted friend of the poplar will plant & youngster and gladly watch it grow. ‘The tree is attractive the year around. The angled or round twigs are set with scaly buds, and the leaves are simple and alternate, as a rule broad and on long stems. They are downy, with a beautiful silvery-velvet lining that is a wonderful contrast to the dark, glossy surface above. The long stems are supple, and the Wwind coming along causes them to dance with delight. The sunlight, playing upon the leaves, gives the beholder an impression of bright, rip- pling water. The picture is most pleas- ing and viewed by the home owner always with deep pleasure and sat- isfaction. The pale outer bark of the tree has @ trait of breaking into spots and streaks. The dark lower layer is exposed. The cottonwoods have the rsame habit. ‘The wood is soft and light, the bark bitter. There are many uses for the 3 wood, but pulp-making uses up most tof it. Both types of flowers are crowded into the hanging catkins. Each flower is subtended by a bract with a deeply (cuz hairy margin. & The fruit is found where the pistil- VISIT OUR BEAUTY, SALON e ——— - loveliest. Here you will @ A Large Staff of Efficient Operators @ A Charming, Restful Atmosphers @ Prompt, Courteous Service ® [ ] Individual Attention Free Consultation on Any Beauty Problems Permanent Waves as Low as $5 Special This Week! Shampoo, Finger Wave and Rinse, all for ___ “Is it for your own baby?” “Do you think it could| Before You Face the Fall Fashions Let us rout any souvenirs that Summer has left on skin, hair or hands. Let us tarn you out your She dusted it off with her hand. “I was plumper then and premer." . I ‘WANTED to tell her she was beautiful now, like clay that has been turned and fired, but instead I stud- ied Harry's face. He was tall, too, and dark, with a proud, buoyant look, but though the eyes were sweet. the smiling mouth was weak. I had sat down again on the squeaky springs and the girl bgushed the clothes aside on the chair so that she could keep one veined hand on the car- riage handle. “I waited on table in the Dixie un- til the doctor wouldn't let me any more, and just about then Harry lost his job because Larson’s Garage closed down.” I shoved a lumpy pillow against the ugly wallpaper, and leaned back uncomfortably. The girl’s voice had steadied, and her eyes met mine again. “Harry could hardly wait for the| baby. We'd have made out somehow, though there wasn't much, but Hnrry} did an awful foolish thing.” Her eyes defied me. “He isn’t bad, really,” she defended him; “he just didn’t think until it was | too late. He was dreadfully sorry he'd stolen it even before they came to get him.” “What did he take?” The pity in her voice for him hushed the tones in my own throat. * ok k% 4 A BABY buggy. Not near as nice as this one, and when Mr. Carth- way found out why Harry'd done it, he tried to have the charge with-| drawn.” The running water in the sink cut the sudden silence in the| room. “Harry had been warned once be- fore, so the judge said he'd better think it over for six months in jail.” “And the baby?"” “Harry never saw the baby.” She rocked the carriage gently and her voice was hushed as if a baby slept in the room. “He was cut up some- thing awful when I told him, but he says maybe some day we can have another.” “What are you going to do now?” “I'm going home to my mother’s farm and Harry'll come in four months. Mr. Carthway got him some books on farming and Harry's crazy | to get to plowing already. “How are you going to get home?” | The girl's unconscious dignity made the question hard. “With what I get from the huggy I'll have to make it do.” “I'll buy it.” Harry's wife had | need of this "deep reserve strength | and courage. “Where does your mother | live?” ¢ I paid more than I could afford for | the buggy Tommy rides in, but the girl's home was a long way off. (Copyright, 1936,) Children late hlossoms were in the Spring. They hang in clusters of two to four valved pods. There are many tiny seed chil- dren matured, each provided with a silky float for wind-coasting journeys. The trees are planted mostly for ornamental purposes. This one s cne of the three European poplars. The others are the black and the Lom- bardy. There are extensive forests in low, rich lands and on the slopes of moun- tains, composed of trees of the genus populus. They reach a fine size and hold on to life for a long time. They grow well from seed, and will strike root from twigs. They have a habit that has given them a black mark among those who have them as close neighbors. That is of sending up suckers, and their 'eaves have a way of collecting dust and soot. By the end of the Summer. the leaves look as if they need a good scouring. However, if planted where they form a background, the leaves do not dis- close their need of a bath. Anyway, the white poplar has too many good traits to be much troubled with its few faults. (Copyright, 1936, find: ] N\ N\ NN 7 »\\\\W\\\ AN\ } ZAMTIRITINTENNNNN “The Avenve'Tih, Bth ond O Bs., o~ JVING into Fal Y Freedom Flexibility Fine Lines —Artist Model gives you the slim-through-the- waist, flat diaphragm lines you must have this Fall. And being an all- in-one with detachable brassiere, it gives sepa- rate attention to the hips and bust. 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