The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-01
Married Life
the Third Year
~ MAskL HERsERT URNER.

6Y MAO0l hEH6eHT OHNGd.
~Ffve dollars" asked Helen in dis
may viii 1t be that much? With this
drop skirt and all this lace on the
waist! The woman took the dress
from the box in which Helen had
brought It and shook it out on the
counter. Why. we never clean any
dress with q drop less than five dol
lara"
more than | can pay, flushing slightly
Il didn't think It would be over three .
AYou couldn't get it cleaned any
where for three" shifted the woman
haughtiiy, putting the dress back in
the box. why, we get three dollars
for plain white slip like that" point
ing to white null dress in the case.
Meekly Helen took the box and hur-
ried home. This was the second clean
er's she had been to and they had
both wanted FIVE dollars. She felt it
would be useless to try and get ii
cleaned at any good place for less and
she Was afraid to risk the cheaper
ones.
In her own room she took out the
dress and spread it on the table. What
could she do with it? 1t was her best
afternoon gown-a pastel crepe mete-
or. She needed 1t desperately. But it
was too soiled to wear as it was-and
she couldn't pay Ave dollars to have it
cleaned. Since the humiliating letter
from Warren about the expenses. Hell
en- had grimly resolved to spend not
one cent on herself personally.
Money for the house and Winifred-
she must take from him. But money
for herself-she would do without un-
til she herself could earn it. She had
written Warren that she had resolved
to be Independent of him as far as per-
sonal expenses were concerned, and
this resolve she intended to keep.
WARREN'S CRUELTY.
But first of all she must get her
clothes in shape. Whatever new ven
ture any woman contemplates, her first
thought Is always to put her clothes
In order. And so Helen was now going
over her limited wardrobe
She had had so little in the last
year, and yet she thought bitterly,
Warren had accused her of extrava-
gance!
This little blue afternoon gown she
had wanted to have cleaned for some
time, but had put it off, hoping to
have 1t done some weeks when the
expenses were less than usual
Above everything else Helen loved
her gowns fresh and dainty And now
this must be cleaned She could no
longer wear it as it was With a sud
den impulse she took it out to the
kitchen
Della. do you think we could clean
this dress here?"
Della looked at it doubtfully. 81 dun
NO, ma'am."
well, I'm going to try. There's a
bottle of cleaning fluid here that Mr..
Curtis brought home for his ties, and
we've never used it. I'll try that on
some of the worst places, and if it's
good we can get enough more to
sponge over the whole dress"
7 dunno. maam. / don't take much
stock in them celaning fluids. They
most always leave worse spot than
they takes out"
But Helen was not to be discouraged
by Delia's lack of enthusiasm. Della
was never enthusiastic about anything
that might involve any work on her
part.
Ii took several moments to find the
cleaning fluid among the bottles on the
top shelf in the bathroom.
why, Della, this shelf is thick
with dust! Get pan of water and
wipe it off-and these bottles, too
they're covered"
And Della grum blingly obeyed. This
was why she looked with disapproval
on any of Helens ventures-they usu-