Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 31, 1914, Page 3

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(Copyright, 1914, by the McClure, Newspa~ per Syndicate.) “N-no,” said Forest Harwood, medi- tatively, “there isn’t anyone I can think of, dear.” “I have racked my brain, too, so I guess we’ll have to eat our Thanks- giving dinner without guests this year,” said his wife. “I'm sorry Bess and John couldn’t come, but they seemed to have planned something of their own,” Harwood went on. “They’re going to be married in the spring, I believe?” “Um-hu,” mumbled Harwood, as he became interested in his morning paper. On the morning of Thanksgiving day Mrs. Harwood announced that she was going to church. “All right, dear; go ahead and I'll run down to the pond and have a try at the ice. If I find any woebegone- looking individuals who seem not to be expecting a bite of turkey, may I bring them along?” he asked his wife as she left for the village church. “The bird is big and there are plenty of ‘trimmings,’” Mrs. Har- wood replied. Harwood reached the pond to find it already black with crowds of skat- ers. He joined them, and was about to go home after an hour’s good ex- ercise when his eyes fell upon John Adams. “You, John? I thought you were going out of town for Thanksgiving dinner?” he exclaimed. “I—yes, 1 had intended to, but it all fell through,” the young man re- turned. “Come along up to the house then, and have dinner with us. Where is Bess?” Harwood asked tactlessly. “Bess? Ah—oh, she's having din- ner with some relatives, I believe,” John Adams managed to answer. “Come on! Helen will be delight- ed. She's at church, as usual.” And Harwood fairly dragged his friend home. When Mrs, Harwood arrived she was smiling broadly as her husband opened the door for her. “I've found a guest for dinner! Guess who?” “I'm not & good guesser—but 80 have L” “Mine is Marian Peck. She was in church alone and we sat together. It seems that she was to dine at her uncle’'s—John’s stepfather, you know, i but for some silly reason about Bess she wouldn’'t go at the lnst minute. So I asked her to come to us.’ Forrest began to look worried. He said nothing. “What's the matter? Aren't you pleased, dear?’ asked Helen, anx- | lously. “Oh—ah, yes, but my guest is none , other than John Adams, so if it's din- 'ing with him that Marian is trying to avoid, she's strictly in lt i Mrs. Harwood laughe® “All we need now is Bess to make it a truly , successful dinner party, eh, dear? Next time we'll let well enough alone ‘md dine alone.” The telephone rang and the young wife ran to answer it. She returned in a moment wringing her hands. - “Worse and more of it. It's Bess! She's in tears. Says she and John were to have had a cosy little din- ner at some romantic inn they both knew about. Her family hadn't been :lblo to get home from Europe, you know. But some way or other she— | Bess—discovered that John would be breaking up a family party at home, a party of which his scepmtherl niece, Marian, you know, was to be a member, and she refused to go with him. They quarreled, had words abowt lonely and is coming to dine with us! | There! Can you beat it?” “It'l be some Thanksgiving!” Har wood remarked in current varnacular. ' “Marian, Bess and John, the quarreling lovers! Fine company!” returned Mrs. Har-' wood. When all three guests were in the off her outer wraps, Marian Peck in the living-room by the fire, and John Adams scowling in the library, the host and hostess met in the hall. “They’'re here,” whispered Helen in her husband’s ear. Forrest nodded. 1w “Pm going to let it work itself out,” explained Helen. And at that moment Bess descend “Don’'t I know Marian, and she’s heartbroken, and Bt the bone of contention, ' THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., DEC. 31, | house, Bess Burleson upstairs taking' 1914. Scene from ‘“Alma, Where Do You Live,” “ALL IN WHITE” Not for a debutante is this adorable little frock, although it looks so inno- cently young. The frock is for a youthful matron and is of white crepe ! de chine with a draped white satin bodice and shoulder straps of V\hlte ' ribbon. o ROOFS T0O MUCH NEGLECTED ed the stairs, Marian stepped from Valuable Space in CIty That ls Seldom the living-room and John appeared ! in the library door. There was absolute silence as the five looked from one to another. “What a jolly little party! Forrest, boldly. “Oh—ah—yes—very jolly, very jol- ly!” echoed John Adams. And then and there there were ex- planations. And with that, thanksgiving and congratulations were mingled so close- 1y that they could not be separated. Turned Down. | | Put to Any Kind of Use Today. At a convention of owners and man- 1" gaiq 88ers ot “skyscrapers,” held recently | in Duluth, one of the speakers made ' an interesting prophecy as to the fu- ; ture uses of the tall building, empha- ll:ln. in particular the neglected roof. | “Bungalows built on top of tall bulld- Ingl. he predicted, “will house the owners in summer. A permit for such ! & bungalow has already been taken ' out in Chicago.” The rather odd suggestion brings up the whole problem of wasted opportu- “Last night I hot-footed around t0 pyeies which the roof of the average old Mr. Blowster's house and asked ¢5); pyilding presents. Long ago the him for his daughter’s hand.” “Well?” “Then I cold-footed back.” — Quite So. hotels realized what an asset a roofis, i and developed the roof garden. In a number of the middle western cities the upper floors and roofs of commer cial buildings are leased by the “Young Whitcomb should get on in prominent city clubs, which thus se- the world. He's a plugger.” “Yes. 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