Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-31


here got cold feet ana wouldn't stay
Why, dear, We stayed until after 3
and it couldn't have been much livelier -
'Oh, DO tel us about it, Was it one
Of those real; wicked places" asked
Mrs. Stevenc, eagerly.
Well you wouldn't call it a Sunday
school entertainment" grlnned Warren
They certainly whooped 1t up. Friski-
est place we struck"
Henry, do take that address, If we
should go in the SPRING"
I've got the address all right Cur
tbs has put me on a lot of places. But
wen go slow ~ these restaurants
where they've no price on the menu"
Wen, don't know" unused Warren
We didn't find them so high. Prices
were pretty stlff-but no worse than
they soak you here"
oh, ! thought some OF the prices
were awful" demurred Helen. And
you never did tell me what that din
ner in the Bots cost Tell me now"
for the expense of that evening still
ranked in her mind
I've forgotten" shrugged Warren
! but 1t wasn't so bad, About tho only
place where they really tried to soak us
was the millinery shop where thai
woman wanted to bluff you into paving
$50 for that hat"
Il din't give her much encourage
ment laughed Helen I'D never have
gone back there II it hadn't been for
you
why, did he want to pay $50 for a
matt demanded Mrs. Stevens.
Not much" emphaticaly, But | told
Helen II she wanted the hat I'd call
that womans bluff and get 1t for S25."
And did you?" breathlesly. "Do tell
us about it."
Warren never hesitated to tell sto-
res which attested to his shrewdness,
a9d now he told how he had taken Hell
en- back to the millinery shop. gave the
woman his card. and said If she wanted
TO have the hat at the hotel by o'clock
with c. o. d. bill for s25-that she'd
get the money. And how they walked
out leaving her spluttering with indir-
alton
But she dGn't send the hat" in
creduously.
me hat was there at o'clock all
right. That old lady was too shrewd NOT
TO nail the twenty five"
oh, do let's see it," pleaded Mrs
Stevens. '"'''
Yes, trot 1t out. Helen. Let's sea
what she asked $50 for"
It's only simple street hat" apolo-
siHed Helen, but l wanted it because
II matched my blue suit"
Wei, she DID have a nerve ia osI,
'So Tor that" exclaimed Mr. Stevens
when, Helen returned with the hat
why. DEAR" expostulated Mrs
Stevens Dc
On Mrs. Curtis knows what | mean ."
apoiogetically. III "a man paws $50 for
hat he expects something that u.nI
make big noise-lots of droopv tIunoa
ana thlhgs-that looks like money"
Ihat shows how little men know
ABOUT 1t, said Mrs Stevens derisiveIy
Nooody's wearing willow pmmes any
more, It's the little smart. almost nm.
trimmed hats that you pay for this
year. ''i's
ana they wear them smashed down
over one eye and look like the devil /"
commented Warren.
On while | think of IT," Mrs. ste
Vens' face lit up with interest. Were
they wearing those ruffles around the
hips in Paris"
/ Sort Of bustle-in- arr,n,o.
"'eht' supplemented Mr.. stevens.
NOT as extreme as you see them in
the papers laughed Helen.
And OH. did you see any trains in
iront?' asked Mrs. Stevens.
eS' at the Folies- Bergere. one of
the show girls had
! On remember that" interrupted
warren, Looked like she had her
dress on hindside before
But the discussion of the Paris FASH
Ions was soon left to Helen and Mrs
! stevens. while Mr.. Stevens and War
| rem drlfted on TO Sulzer and Tam.
many argument
/ Ii was after eleven before Mrs Ste.
Nens made the move to 20.
Stayed pretty late, didn't tbeyon
warren glanced at his watch as they
came back from the elevator Now
let's get TO bed. I'm tired"
But Helen had still to straighten M
her room, which was strewn with the
Paris purchases she had taken ont IN
show Mrs. Stevens. As she put them
away she kept trying to think what she
I could give Aunt Faunie-now that she
mad given away her gloves
If there was only something she had
bought for herself that would do, But
Aunt Fannie was SO -matlish-she
never wore anything friny. Then she
looked over the other presents for his
family. for they had not been out to sea
his people yet. II there was only some
way she could change them around-so
she ould not have TO buy anything
for Aunt Fannie
What in the Sam Inn are you doing
now demanded Warren, appearing at
the door in his bathrobe Not even
started to uudress?"
ION. ! won't be long. dear" hastily.
II was just looking over these things
trying TO find something to give Aunt
Fannie"
Thought you got her something"
Yes, ! did-a pair Of long gloves. but
II gave them to Mrs Stevens. Some
ho-. when ! went to give her that
dresser scart-it didn't seem enough !
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