Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-29
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR TRIP
IF WE CAN MANAGE"

social plane than she had hitherto known
and found herself besieged with invita-
tons. And of course she began to enter
tain. Even with Titus increased salary
the California fund resumed it's old pro
portions very slowly. Olive often sighed
| because of it. Try as she would. sht
| could not keep expenses down. The chill
dren were growing; they outgrew and
destroyed an amazing lot Of clothes
She herself had to appear in better
| gowns. The house was not all paid for
Living came high. And California seemed
| as far away as ever.
1T begins to- look as If We should
| Titus cheered her. "Oh, yes. we shall
Next year. maybe. Well see."
But next year both children had ar
| illness which cost a good deal. And the
year after. just as the fund began t.
swell hopefully again, Titus was asked
| to become a partner and needed all the
money he could get to put into the bust.
| ness
I'VE won't quit hoping he said. 81
begin to see daylight now. We're get.
ting on. Olive. And we're happy. The
children are growing fine"
| There came day when Alice must
have music lessons and a piano. She
loved music and had unmistakable talent
| for 1t. So the California fund paid for
the new upright and long course Of the
| best instruction.
II get value received every time I SIT
down of an evening and listen to Alice
play" Titus said Think of having 3
guess she'll surprise her Aunt Cynthia
| when we take her out to California
The fund was again growing It was
| almost large enough to take the four OF
them.
| But It seems to me-" Olive reasoned,
| that 1t would be unwise to leave lust
| now. If We walt a few years we car
give the trip to Alice as graduating
gift. Think what 1t will mean to herr
You bet!' Titus pondered He had
grown stouter. ruddier. His hair was
getting gray. He was better dressed and
a different, more important Titus than he
| had been on that day when the idea OF
the California 1und actually sprang into
| being
| Olive. too. had changed. She was
plump. vivid. more gracefully poised Her
| gray hair was fashionably arranged. Her
tiny engagement diamond had been aug
mented by larger one, birthday gift
| from her husband and children. For two
/ or three years she had been president OF
| a travel club The topic at present was
| California. She was deeply interested
and remarkably we'll informed. Folk in
| the growing town regarded her as a cul-
| tured woman, a representative woman.
She was indeed. looked up to. And she
| carried her honors admirably.
So it was arranged that Alice should
| have the trip to California an her grad
1 uating gift. But somehow the gradua-
ton proved far more expensive than they
had counted on: 1t was preceded by in
formal dances. luncheons and gatherings
of all kinds. Alice was the most popular
girl In her class. She received many IA
vors and she had to return them ade-
decided that she must 20 to the con-
servatory. Mabel Lestrange was going.
and she and Mabel were one and insep-
| arabic.
mere you see, goes the California
| fund again. Titus laughed. zone year
at the conservatory will exhaust it. But
Alice insists she'd rather have the con-
/ servatory."
Alice naturally had her way. She cana
home from thetconservatory, There al
| ways was a TX Of eiris or SOME Ad-