The San Francisco call., 1913-11-14
. Their Married life .
Helen Scorns Taxi and Is Sorry For It.


Warren's slippers. laughed apoiogeti-
cally.
These will be miles too big-but
maybe you can keep them on"
In her anxiety about Louise's
clothes Helen had not thought Of her
own. but now she slipped out Of her
drenched garments.
Can l serve the dinner, ma ami
asked Nora, coming to the door
Yes. in just a minute Then. turn
ing TO Louise. Now. what shall l give
you to put on? Oh, wait-pve just the
thing" taking out a pale rose silk
negiigee- Its the one l got in Paris
~ haven't worn it yet
AT DINNER
Louise slipped it on. admiring the
effect In the mirror
You'll have to hold 1t up. It's
awfully long-I haven't had time to
shorten it Now we MUST go in to
dinner or Nora will be furious"
AS they went into the dining room,
Louise. her feet clumsy in Warren's
slippers. stepped on the gown with q
sound of ripping lace And before
the dinner was over she had swept
the long. lace winged sleeves over
the butter and had dropped something
on the front But Helen pretended
not to notice
They had just finished their salad.
/ ,f r -
the hall door. and Warren strode In.
why, dearw Helen threw down
her napkin and ran to kiss him How
did you get back so soon? Have you
had any dinner?"
Yes. had dinner on the train We
got through earlier than I thought
and / caught the $780,"
He greeted Louise cordially, and
Helen explained her negligee
You don't mean to say you were
out In all that Storm" he demanded
And you didn't take taxi?"
..Oh. yes. know, dear. we should
have taken one. but when we started
l didn't dream 1t would rain so hard"
!
impatient shrug
It's almost impossible to get Helen
into a taxicab. It's her pet economy.
All the time we were in Paris-cheap
as cabs are there-I don't think she
ever took one unless was with her.
Helen flushed. for she knew that
Louise already thought she had been
penurious about the cab.
Nora now served the coffee in the
library. and Helen left Louise to talk
to Warren. while she looked after
her clothes.
and Nora had pressed 1t to look like
new. Almost all OF the stains had
come out of the shirtwaist. and Helen
herself ironed 1t dry. Then she curled
the bedraggled feather with the back
of a paper cutter
| 1t was after 10 before Louise got
out of Helen's negligee and into her
own clothes.
| WARREN GETS A TAXI
I When she came back into the front
room, drawing on her gloves, Warren
rose quickly and went over to the
phone.
Hello, Get me taxi, will your"
he ordered OF the hallboy. YES, right
away
most certain that it had cleared of
most certain thaht it had cleared of,
but now she purposely refrained from
looking out the window
/ Louise had dined with them many
times and Warren had never taken
her home in taxi. Often he only
put her on the car at the corner And
now, unless it was really raining.
Helen felt that his ordering a cab
could only be to annoy her-a sort Of
disciplining reprobation for an econ
omy which. somehow. always irritated
/ him.
In a few moments the cab was an.
nounced. and Helen went with them
to the elevator. In spite of her effort
to appear cordial and natural. she
said goodby to Louise rather stiff1y.
When the elevator door clangeo
after them Helen turned back into
the apartment and ran straight to
| the library window
1t not only had cleared, but now u
bright half moon shone in the star
frosted sky. Under the street lamps
the walks were already dry.
There was a preliminary chug-chug
and the taxi backed out from the
curbing below and sped around the
corner.
| She turned from the window with
flaming cheeks. 1t was hardly fair
to blame Louise, but. with true femi-
nine resentment, Helen decided it
would be some time before she asked
her to dinner again.