Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-14
THE EVENING STORY.
Her Way.
Copyright. 1913. by W. werper.l


On the question of the growing unde-
STABILITY of the neighborhood as a place
of residence the Tanners We're quite
agreed When Mrs. Tanner at the DIN
ner table informed Mr.. Tanner that
three more Furnished Rooms signs
had been placed in windows in their
| block during the day and that positively
it was getting to point where she
| dreaded giving newly formed friends
their locality. Mr.. Tanner came back
with the news that on his way from the
elevated he had been unpleasantly i'm
pressed with the prominence of two re
Gently placed window refrigerators' in
the block below them. and really could
| not blame her for feeling as she did.
Everything being perfectly amicable
on that point, the danger point was then
| touched-the subject of moving. the one
d scordant note in the Tanner home. Al
though they were both anxious to get
away from an environment which con-
stantly Jared. their opinions differed
sadly when it came to locality.
Tanner insisted upon quarters which
would correspond with his pocketbook.
and upon one occasion had suggested
honey little suburb where rents were
cheap and where he might have gar
den. but his suggestion had been in
stantly tabooed.
mo. Tom" Mrs Tanner said. her
mouth set in a determined line. 1T
all very we'll for suburbanites to tell
YOU about their wonderful lettuce beds.
their radish beds. flower beds and the
rest of it. but if you've never had time
to fix simple window boxes here, how,
under the sun. could YOU attend to an
Besides. l was raised in the city. | don I
know any other life. Don't want to-"
So the suburban idea was waited into
oblivion. together with Mrs. Tanner $
oVfV,, IA CHI h 10
neighborhood near the university. where
they had friends. Tanner put his foot
down firmly on that scheme when he
| learned that the seven-room apartment
| ton Beth, until l get raise. Now. the
| only way out little woman, as far as
| I can see, is to stay where we are for
another year Bradford has promised me
an increase them
| Mrs. Tanners reply was a skeptical
| archinG of straight eyebrows and a NUT
| tered commentary on pie crust promises
Then the subject was dropped. And the
Tanners. being young people of peace
| loving natures. it ceased to be a tonic
for everyday wrang.ing. though Mrs. Tan
4 ner ever had in mind the beautiful apart
ment in the beautiful neighborhood.
At last. on a never-to-be- forgotten
visit to friends in the coveted locality
ali in the twinkling of an eye. as il
| were. she found a way to have the Sc,
| apartment.
| Her eyes were brilliant her color higf
with delightful anticipation. when Tan
ner came In to dinner. Immediately the.
were seated at the table the wonderful
plan was unfolded.
1T will be the easiest thing in tn,
| world. Tom" she exclaimed when she
had finished telling him % the .'rav
| ing friends the Browns had taken IL
| order to maintain their charming apart
ment You remember l had a lette
| from Becky Moore last week askns
me to find her a nice homelike place
near the university? She is coming up
you know. to take a course in some
| thing or other. And then your cousin
| Sue Just dying to get out of her pres
| ent quarters (same as we are, she re
| marked in an aside into some place
| where she can be one of the family
| Could anything be better, Tom? 1t will
| be just fine to have the girls with US
| oh. no. dear. don't put it that way as
| Tanner muttered his objection to room
ers and outsiders; Just friends. dear
/ Then think of getting away from here
! and having rent. figuring on what the
! girls will pay, no higher than we have In
| this miserab Bile locality.
! 1t was hard to withstand Mrs. Tan
| ner's enthusia SIN. particularly when Tan
| ner considered that he was very fond OF
| Sue and knew Becky to be an awfully
! good sort. Very shortly, therefore, he