The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-09

The debt a woman owes to her hat is
considerable. Fortunately, the girls in
this picture have the looks that are
under no obligation to any style of at
tire.
They comprise the Beauty Chorus
in Our Own Land at the Hippo
drome, and their good taste in select
If I could only go home Christmas,
The thought of spending Christmas
and New Years here alone! Oh, those
two days will be worse than Sundays"
Laura, l wish we We're going to hive
dinner at home Christmas, and Id
have you with us. But Warren's moth
er is having a family dinner and were
going to his sisters for New Years.
But oh, I'll tell you what I can do
intend to have little tree for Wini-
fred Christmas Eve, and you must
come and dine with us then"
"Oh, I'd love tO-but | didn't mean
that, I'm afraid I've talked 50 much
about Sundays and holidays that you'd
think"
you know don't. Iean understand
it must be dreadful to be here alone.
And there is something about Sunday
that does make it more lonely than
any other day, Warren has only been
away a few Sundays since we were
married, but I know how hard they
were. And a holiday must be worse. |
wish Id known you were here. Id had
YOU up for Thanksgiving. We had all
his people for dinner"
Thanksgiving, Oh, | think that was
the hardest day of my life. If | could
have gotten into the office, I'd have
gone down there and worked. l tried
to work here. to sew and get things
in order, but / just Couldn't | wrote
to mother in the morning, washed my
hair, and then-but why am | boring
you with all this? | suppose because
it's been so long since I've had any
one to talk to"
And there's times when it does help
to talk. Then you didn't go out at all
THANKSGIVING? You stayed here in this
room all day?'
Laura nodded. 81 suppose l should
have gone to church, but somehow |
didn't have the heart to. And oh, it
was the longest day. I tried to sew
and to read-but I COULDN'T do either.
And there wasn't anybody in the house
after dinner. They had dinner in the
middle of the day-and everyone went
to the matinee or to call. The old maid
on the floor below and | were the only
ones here for supper. And oh, the sup
per! l didn't go down because l was
hungry-but just for something to do.
The halls were dark and as there
were just us two, they had only one
gas jet burning in the dining room
and it's a basement dining room! I
came back up stairs and threw myself
/ on 40 CT nf
the evening"
"You poor child" murmured Helen.
Il do wish you could get your mother
here soon. | can see how hard it is for
YOU to live like this. But don't you
think in the meantime you could get
into a more cheerful boarding house,"
Yes, but I'd have to pay more
and the more I can save the quicker
I can get mother here"
SHE ASKS WARREN.
| A half hour later Helen was hurry
! ing home, her mind full of Laura and
! her loneliness. Her cry of ooh, the
! Sundays and holidays-I can bear
anything else!" kept haunting her
| When Warren came home she told
| him of her call.
And she's living in the dreariest
/ IlloSt uSpI eSSluS bOdl uIIlS mousse L We
! invited her here for dinner Christmas
! Eve. And l thought We might have
/ Miss FantOn and Mrs. SandfOrd-yOu
know they're both alone, and it must
be SO hard tot spend the holidays in a
boarding house. And oh, Miss Andrews
| tool always feel SO sorry for her.
/ Don't you see, dear, We'll make our
! Christmas Even dinner for the home
| less"
"Humph-a lot of detached females
and I'll have to take them all home"
But won't it be worth while-to
give them one evening away from
their boarding houses and real home
dinnerH"
All right, so ahead. But don't
count me in on the entertaining. This
is your party-youll have to put it
over Yourself"
oh, WILL" gleefully. coming over
and kissing him, You won't have to
do thing but sit at the head of the
/ table and look handsome"
All right" modestly. I'll try to do
! that"