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Evening star., 1914-11-15
Warner-Moore.

Miss Mary Gillingham Moore, daush-
ter of Mrs.~Joseph T. Moore, jr, and
Mr.. Brainard II. Warner, jr., of Ken
stngton, Nd, and this city, were mar
ried yesterday afternoon at o'clock
at the home of the brides mother. Mrs.
Joseph T. Moore, jr, of Sandy Spring.
Only a company of relatives and per-
sonal friends witnessed the ceremony,
which was performed by Rev DIR.
]. T. Marshall of West Street Presby-
terian Church. this city.
The house was beautifully decorated
with yellow chrysanthemums, autumn
leaves, palms and foliage plants. The
bride was escorted by her grand
father, Mr.. Joseph T. Moore of Sandy
Spring.
Miss Warfield Crenshaw of Richmond,
Va, was maid of honor, and the little
three -year-old cousin of the bride,
Alice Moore, also of Richmond. was
flower girl. Mr.. Philip Warner was best
man for his brother.
The couple left during the early
evening for their honeymoon travels
The wedding march was played by
Miss Roberta f. Allen of this city, ac-
:ompanied by Miss Irene Kimler.
Mrs. Warner Is a granddaughter of
the late Mr. Henry Tyson of Baltimore.
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Dinner Parties.

There was a delightfully."- informal
meeting Of clever women and men at
the dinner Of a dozen which the Sec
retary of State and Mrs. Bryan enter
tanned Friday night, John Mccormack.
the singer. being truly the central
guest and the real reason for having
the little party. The Secretary of State
is very fond of Mr.. McCormack's gifts
and never fails to hear him. He sang
for the company following the dinner
last night. The Attorney General and
Mrs. Gregory were to have been
guests of the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Bryan in their box at the concert
in the afternoon, but were detained.
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Garri-
son were of the party and so were As
sstant Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Sweeney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Armat were
hosts at a small dinner party Friday
night. when the Secretary of Com
merce and Mrs. Redheld and As
sistant Secretary and Mrs. Edwin F.
Sweet were guests, with a few others.
Miss Gilmore. Mr.. Frank Hyde and
Mr.. and Mrs. Morven Thompson were
among those who had guests dining
with them last night at the Chevy
Chase Club.
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S. R. Home Tea Dance and
Card Party.

The Southern Relief Home tea dance
and card party, which is to be next
Saturday afternoon. November Il, at
the Willard, has aroused so much In
terest among society people that the
committee has found it advisable to
engage the large ballroom. A section
of the Engineer Band will furnish the
music for the dancing. Mrs. G. Law
ton Morgan, Mrs f. Z. Meredith, Mrs.
James Willard Ragsdale, Mrs. William
l.. Marshall and Mrs. William T. Bag
gett will receive the card players at
o'clock. They will be seated at their
tables by the ushers. Miss Pocahontas
Butler. Miss Dorothy Shuey, Miss Helen
Stuart Griffith, Miss Lois Sprigg. Miss
Josephine Mason. Miss Ruth Bliss, Miss
Margaret williams and Miss Edith
Oracle. marshaled by Miss Ida Bowie.
At o'clock, in the interval between
card playing and the tea dance, there
will be an exhibition dance, and Mrs.
Howell Smith of the refreshment sec
tion, with her able assistants. promises
delicious things to eat and drink.
Among those who are to be hostesses
are Mrs. Samuel Spencer. Mrs. Fred Nc
Guire, Mrs. w. G. Brantley, Mrs. w j.
Rassdale, Mrs. Frederick Moore. Mrs
Rust Smith. Mrs. J. p. Tarvin,. Mrs.
Miss Armat, Mrs. Ryan DevereuX, Mrs.
II. F. Moore, Miss Sally Mackall, Mrs.
r. s. Rust. Miss Horatio n. Taplin, Miss
Fairfax, Mrs. A. x. Phillips, Mrs.
Charles Cowles Tucker, Mrs. Elisha E.
Meredith, Mrs Leonora Hoffman. Mrs.
Samuel Graham, Mrs Delos Blodgett,
Mrs Edwin Pearson Parker, Mrs. James
F. Hurley, Mrs. Theodore Shuey, Mrs.
Emory Reisinger, Mrs. C. c. McChord,
Mrs Charles G. Matthews, Mrs. VIII
liam l.. Marshall, Mrs. Absalom Wal
Ter, Miss Mamie Randolph Heth. Mrs.
Cuthbert Harrison, Mrs. William OF
way Owen, Mrs. L. H. Quirollo. Mrs. a.
v. Zane, Mrs. w. T. Hancock.
In charge of the tea dance are Miss
Sally Williams and Miss Nell-Rose
Baggett, with the following young
people as aids: Miss Jane Gregory,
Miss Burleson, Miss Sidney Burleson,
Miss Mary Lord Andrews. Miss Ark
wright of Atlanta, Miss Maude Park
er, Miss Helen Blodgett. Miss Alice
Theobald. Miss Pansie Wilson, Miss
Mary Yunger, Miss Virginia Griffith,
Miss Ethel Bagley, Miss Elizabeth Liv
ingston and Mr.. Lorimer Graham, Mr..
Mahlon Janney. Mr.. Herbert II. Bun
eel. Mr.. Hugh H. Obear, Mr.: Marion
Baker, Mr. Hunter milford, Mr.. F. w.
Gwathney, Mr.. George Mop. Minetree,
Mr. Walter Alexander, Mr.. McGeorge
Parker. Mr.. Sim Price. Paymaster Cen
eral McGowan, Mr.. Holcombe Latting
Mr. George F. Mitchell, with Mr.. Will
liam Payne Meredith as chairman of
floor committee.
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Crampton-Riley.

An attractive home wedding of last
Tuesday evening was that of Miss
Cleone Frances Riley, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James ]. Riley, and Mr.. &.
Coleman Champion. The youthful bride,
who was beautifully gowned in white
crepe meteor, with duchess lace trim
mings and carrying a shower bouquet
of bride roses, was attended by Miss
May Donohoe. who wore a gown OF
pink crepe meteor and silver lace and
carried Killarney roses. Mr.. Ernest
Riley, brother of the bride, acted as
best man and Miss Margaret Furr
rendered the wedding march. After the
ceremony, which was performed by
DR.. Register, a reception was held for
the immediate family and relatives. A
buffet supper was served, after which
Mr.. and Mrs. Crampton, the latter
wearing a travelling costume of ethio-
plan broadcloth, with fur trimmin gs,
with hat to match, left for the north.
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Twentieth Century Club Sec
tons.

The travel section Of the Twentieth
Century Club will meet on Wednesday at
1890 am. at the home Of Mrs. William
F. Ham, 2s21 Woodley place. The French
section, under the direction Of Miss Eliza
beth NJ Carhart. will meet Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. at the home OF
Mrs. S. T. Cameron, Emerson and 18th
streets. The subject for the day will be
La Poudre AUX Yeox." The section OF
parliamentary law will meet on Friday
at 12 o'clock at the home Of Mrs. Ernest
P. Bicknell. who will entertain the mem
venes Mrs. E. H Town. leader of the
section. will act as parliamentarian at
the meeting of the District OF Columbia
section of the Mothers Congress in the
oak room Of the Raleigh on Tuesday at
. p.m.
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Colonial Danes Club.

The Club Of Colonial DANES will be
addressed tomorrow at 4:3O pm. by
Don Carlos Ellis of the United States
foreign service. His subject Will be
Saving Our Country's Forests" and
the lecture will be illustrated. Members
of the club may have guests as Oh
Tuesdays.
Miss Ellen Wood will address the
club Monday, December I, on her sum-
mer's experiences. This lecture was
recently delivered before the contem-
porary club in Trenton, N. j.. and was
much enjoyed,
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Are Going to New York.

Mrs. Gregory and Miss Jane Gregory
will go over to New York Wednesday.
Mrs Gregory will return at the end Of
the week, but Miss Gregory will be abb
sent longer, going to Philadelphia to
visit and remain until the Army-Navy
foot ball game. The Attorney General
and Mrs Gregory and their young son.
Joseph Nalle Gregory, student at a
military school at Winchester. Va, will
meet Miss Gregory in Philadelphia for
the game. Thomas Watts Gregory, jr.,
who is at school at Iawrenceville. N.
J.. will Join the family for the game.
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is entirely relieved by the light green
paper of the side walls. Sheraton table,
sideboard and other dining room pieces
add the final touch of attraetiveness.
Mrs Ridgely will take an apartment
for the winter, and will make frequent
visits to New York. where Mr.. Ridge
ly's business affairs are often calling
him. Mrs. Ridgely is rather busy these
days making sleeping shirts and knit
ting helmets" (warm headpieces) tor
the troops OF the European battle lines.
as many 9th .r Washington women are
now doing.
Speaking of people who are coming
to Washington, some of the older men,
bers of society have
A Passing Noted noticed with regret
the passing of a
With Regret. former resident.
whose death has not been chronicled IN
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Dozen Cotton Frocks.

Pretty Miss Sallie Williams, daughter
of Senator Williams of Mississippi,
boasts a dozen exquisite cotton frocks,
the materials for which were sent her
by manufacturers of the south. and
which she will wear for afternoons and
evenings this winter. They will see
service during the early dancing sea-
son. The cottons are masterpieces of
the loom and were sent to Miss Will
liams in recognition of her work with
the recent cotton show held in Wash
ington and her further efforts in the
cotton show in New York
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Lecture at Lowe Home.

The Rev. DIR. George S. Duncan gave a
lecture yesterday afternoon on Ancient
Egypt at the residence of Rear Admiral
and Mrs. John Lowe who entertained the
members of the section of archaeology Of
the Twentieth Century Club and a few
additional guests. Mrs. Lowe is in charge
of the department of archaeology of the
club, which holds its regular meetings
on the second and fourth Tuesdays of
the month.
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Annual Bazaar.

The Southern Industrial Educational
Association will hold its annual
bazaar for the sale of baskets, cover
let's. rugs, hand-carved nut bowls and
tea trays. knotted and tufted counter
panes. feather fans and other articles
of mountain craftsmanship. November
16 to Il. at the Southern building. Mrs.
Seth Shepard, Mrs. Samuel Spencer,
Mrs. David White, Mrs. E. H. Day, Mrs.
Leigh Robinson, Mrs. W. 1. Mccoy, Mrs.
Joshua Evans, Miss Elizabeth Dodge,
Miss Margaret Parker and Mrs. A. s.
Stone will receive.
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To Visit Miss Haywood.

Mrs. Chester T. Barnett. who Is Wis
iting her grandfather. former Senator
Henry Gassaway Davis. at Elkins, w.
Va. will come to Washington this
week to be the guest of Miss Doris
Haywood.
Mrs. Barnett will be the matron OF
honor at the marriage OF Miss Hay
wood and DR.. Hume. December ?, at
the Church OF the Covenant.
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Will Give Musical.

The Musical Club OF the Eighth
formal bow before the public next
Wednesday evening. November is, in
the temple. The concert will testify
to the musical awakening of the young
people of the temple. There will be no
charge for admission and the public is
cordially invited
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-Worthington.

Miss Margaret Russell Worthington
of this city, daughter of Mrs. John p.
Bowling, and Mr.. E. Adie Hummer of
Sterling, Va. were married in Balti-
more yesterday at the cathedral by
Rev Father Stickney.
They were attended by Miss Anna l..
Leige of Vienna, Va, and Richard H.
Hutchison of this city. They will be at
home to their friends after December
l at 416. the Dunsmere.
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Gossip Of Society.

u,sbinyton is to have another real.
I;,. nrt,ce 40 one Of its residents The
nv. pi me- o. go. 10, he.n entirely
fortunes Oh war nav Ao. a a.,
an ill wind, for they have turned III
our direction a good looking and agree
hra ,,o,,. man who is expected to
""'e Souls ,,,1.- an acouisi-
prove hifnseii dS PoP"
tion to the young bachelor set He'e
as he was in Montreal
Uo 10 prince Hoh.nlohe -Schillings-
o.,, of the Austro-
hrSt, II ne" se'i ..o.,
Hungarian embassy. lie was soi'ii' e'eU
with the consulate at Montreal, ana
s,or+ much time at Murray Bay, Can
~ -. .,,.,,io,,,n,o summer re-
ada. lhe ft'ost A.,
sort OF the Dominion, durlhs 'he sum
hare he WAS the guest of Sir
- NxiIIiams-Tavlor
anu :. ,,. war came he
When the news OF inc WH'
Immediately left for MontreIi 10 a..
tempt to join his regiment, ne ,ir,-
he was disappointed IN t,ia' has ne peen
orn Of his dearest friends in battle as
an enemy. When Prince to,a h6hen.oHe 6is repie
left Murray BAY TO Try 70 JON - r.
ment the young son of his host tne
nSnod"n,e re. 9 ini,, his Canadian regiment, ana
Hoheulohe has been instructed ny M. ms
SoTerni.tn. ~ " Wasbington' In
,.iGantalIv those who play tennis will
ind him a good companion. and. last,
hut not least in these days. he is
ycrv good dancer
Also Prince Hohenlohe is exceedingly
Democratic a trait borne in common
by many princes who have lived in
Washington A prince in the Almanac
lie Gotha is something to stand in awe
Of but a prince in the flesh is not al
ways so awe-inspiring. Every one re-
members how democratic was Prince
Koudacheff of the Russian embassy,
and as for the Prince de Bearn. ne
might almost have been called the most
democratic young man in America
Prince de Bearn, who married MISS
Winans of Baltimore. useu 10 say tnat
one of the happleSt evenings ne ever
had was upon one occasion "nen ne
sat on hour barrel IN the kltchen OF
Mrs Charles ). Beli "hlle the la''er
daughters maze moiasses cahos.
Evening star., 1914-11-15

the Washington papers. Mr.. Coe Down
ing Tows, a son of Mr.. Francis H.
Tows. formerly treasurer of the Rock
Island Railroad Company, died in New
York the other day. Mr.. Tows was
member of the Metropolitan Club for
many years, and he and his wife, who
was Miss Heaton, had a house on 18th
street northwest. where they enter
tanned extensively in a most delightful
manner. They maintained a camp in
the Adirondacks. to which many Wash
ingt0nianS have been invited.
Why Thanksgiving day has not yet
been chosen this wear by any of the
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me like it's a powerful lot OF fuss about
little cup Of tea
It was a powerful lot of fuss" but
the girl was powerfully attractive, too.
-
A worry Of the Washington hostess,
that old question Of precedence. will
not perplex her
One Detail Less soul as much this
to Bother About. Wanx Man ambassa-
doris are not dining together, and when
one is invited, it Is pretty even bet
that there will be no others. The seat
Ing OF guests will therefore be COM
paratively easy. dinners just that much
more informal. and possibly just that
much more interesting, and just that
much more numerous.
So far as precedence is concerned, one
remembers the bon mot of Baron Mon
cheur, the former Belgian minister,
who said he didn't care the Belgian
for a tinker's dam, whatever that may
be, how far down the table he was
seated. provided his hostess was gen
erous and had made sufficient pro-
vision to insure that the supply OF
food did not run out before it reached
him.
Mrs. Benjamin +. Warder, after hav-
ing dutifully visited her three married
daughters and spent
Mrs. Warder Back considerable time in
travelling with them,
at Home Here. has opened her
house on X street, and expects to spend
the winter here. Neither of her daugh-
ters expected to be with her this
winter.
The Warder house is ideal for enter
tanning. and. incidentally, just as suit
able for everyday living. 1t is of the
French chateau style of architecture as
to exterior. and while it apparently
cold, 1t has many surprises. The high
cement wall that fianks the entrance
on one side conceals a little patch of
green, which, if it does not carry out.
at least suggests. a garden. AS one
enters the front door of the house one
glimpses through a side entrance in the
vestibule this little garden. concealed
from the busy thoroughfare behind the
wall. There is a stone bench. lnFltlns
to rest while among the greenery.
while stepping stones imbedded in the
grass lead on.
Inside the house there is very at
tractive library, large room with a
raised platform at one END, with VIII
dows looking down X street and across
it, and here writing desk IS placeo
in a niche which offers seclusion-
Evening star., 1914-11-15

Why Thanksgiving day has not yet
been chosen this year by any of the
debutantes, no
No Bud Yet for one seems to
NJ, know. From
Thanksgiving Day. now on. until
almost the eve of the Official season,
the debutantes will be the reason for
much of the entertaining. Their moth
ers and their mothers friends do all
they can for them to launch them On
the social sea. and judging by the plans
already talked of many a girl Will have
deep cause for gratitude to her eld-
ers. There will be big teas and little
teas, and, in short, "a powerful lot of
fuss about a little cup of tea," as
sagacious Srayhared colored coach
man once said at the debutante tea of
Miss Polly Morton, daughter of the late
Mr.. Paul Morton, when he was Secre-
tary of the Navy.
The coachman sat on his box, in bit
ter cold weather. surrounded by other
coachmen on their coaches, each
crowdng and jostling each other, up
and down K street for a block, around
the Secretarys home, the afternoon
this very popular cabinet girl was in
troduced. Stream after stream of peo-
pie entered and departed from the
house. younger driver said to the
gray-haired coachman:
What is all this about?"
a tea was the answer. Seems to
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Washington is to have another new
resident this winter in the person of
Evening star., 1914-11-15

Mrs. Benjamin f. Warder. after hav-
ing dutifully visited her three married
Evening star., 1914-08-02

anyhow Who's been filling you up with any such
nonsensical ideas?"
@Thev're not nonsensical deas!" she replied Every
body's doing it, People can't go anywhere or be any
body if they don't dance nowadays. Why last night,
at the Hadeys', the only couple that didn't
dance!"
aYou danced"
4Yes, thanks to two men who took pity on me
and sacrificed themselves to lug around the room
like bale of hay But don't that. l want to
learn howl
aWho's stopping you? Go ahead and learn
aBut want YOU to learn too There are older
than you dancing
4Let EN- the doddering dodos! But it seems to me-
when people reach age
He had gone too far and he knew it before she sad
word. You can't imply nowadays that woman at
forty-seven not when she wears schoolgirls hats
and buys her gowns in the Misses Department. She
turned on him with her claws out.
@Our age Don't you dare call me old, Willoughby
Atkins If you're contented to stick around and vege-
tate I'm not and sha'n't let you, either Don't tell
me your hearts weak and that you the verge OF
apoplcxy Dance it off! I've made up my mind, and
you've got to do as want you to! So now lsten!'
LIE listened He heard all about the young
= from Gilsons wfo at five dollars hour, had been
engaged initiate them into the mysteries OF the wavy
wave and the kitchen-sink. He heard all about the
necessity of his being at home at five o'clock that alter
take his first lesson, and being wise man, he
pretended TO LlollHlS
say against the proposition would have any weight
with his wife in her of mind No, better to give in
gracefully and trust to luck to get out OF it some
how later Perhaps if he stopped in at the jewelers.
So, minutes later, he climbing into his car,
waving smiling farewell to his wife at the front win
dow But as the started he leaned back, roaring:
@Me dance? Not your natural life Not mel
Mrs. Atkins put in busy day. The fountains OF
youth whereat the ladies draw the elements that
revivfy fading complexions and sivering locks, and
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remodel into youthful slimness figures that have taken
on questionable curves scattered about big city,
and takes time visit them all. But twice she found
opportunity telephone her husband, orestalng his
we'll planned excuses to keep him downtown beyond
the appointed hour for the dancing lesson; and at four
fortyve when he entered the house, she was waiting
for him. dressed in short skirt of ample dimensions for
dancing her feet clad in tango slippers tied about her
plump ankles with ribbons and lacy waist open at the
neck completing her outward costume.
@Go right up to your room, Wllloughby dear, she
said fondly "and change your cothes for it's rather
warm, and do put low collar. I'll be waiting for
you in the library"
Willoughby growing but subdued, but still hoping
that something would eventuate to him, mounted
the stairs his As he sat the side of his bed
he saw pair of Strengthening things, and picked them
up. They dancing pumps She must have bought
them for him!
Aha! here was a oophole! 1t confession on his
wfes part that he ought not try dance in any of
the shoes owned and she had bought these things
for him without his trying them on, of course they
would hurt his feet. He'd show her
He took off his street shoes and slipped of the
pumps on trying feel sudden twnge of pain at its
tightness To his horror the pump felt like bedroom
slipper At this moment Mrs Atkins called the stalrs
aAnd-oh, Wiloughby, I've had some pumps made
for you! They're comfortable be- l gave the
your oldest slippers for pattern"
Score one more for Mrs Atkins! His only hope
sudden stroke, fire, or-perhaps he could fall
down the stairs!
He started down; but though he descended with his
eyes closed and with hold the balusters unseen
hand seemed guide his steps, and he reached the bot
tom in safety. But as he approached the library door
and saw the Transformation that had taken place in his
beloved room he nearer to genuine apoplectlc
stroke than before in his life.
His favorite Kermanshah rug rolled up into
shapeess ball. and piled against the side wall, heaped
with furniture. The reading table had been showed
away from the center of the room leaving the floor bare
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Drawings by Frank Snapp
y ERS. WILLOUGHBY
N ATKINS, having
finished her own

breakfast,-a cup of luke
warm water and two slices Of
stale bread toasted, d,-stood
leaning on the mantel with
one dinpled elbow, a plen-
teous vision in pink crepe de
chine and lace. She would
have been more comfortable
seated at the table; but main
tanning a vertical position for
fifteen minutes after every
meal was Figure III on her
Reducing Chart; and when
ones age and circumferential
measurements are tied at
forty-seven and the busy little
flesh polyps are working un-
ceasingly to build one up like
a human coral atoll, one must
give many such hostages to
the arch enemy, Avoirdupois!
Norah, the softly treading
maid, had just placed Atkins
fifth poached egg beside his
plate and replenished his
coffee cup from the percolator
on the buffet. Then, at a
silent signal from Mrs. At
kins, she tiptoed from the
room. Mrs. Atkins waited
till the door had closed, when,
as inconsequentially as if she
had been speaking of the
weather, she said:
@Willoughby, l have ar
ranged for you to take dane
ing lessons!!" Then, like a
quarryman who had touched
the button to discharge the
mountaineering blast, she
drew her breath in sharply
and sunk her head far down
into the protecting shelter OF
her capacious bosom, waiting
for the explosion, flashing a 81;
which the maid had just left tn
might still be within hearing d
There were two hundred an
Willoughby Atkins behind the
dropping the egg that he was
plate, he smote the table with /
aYou've wh-wh-wha-a-a-at?
The bounding echoes of tn
from the fumed-oak beams 0
glass on the sideboard and be
they had died out, to be succeed
Mrs. Atkins dare to say:
FL have arranged for y
lessons!"
Dancing lessons! Julia! !
you talking about?'
81 think your hearing is gooe
learn to dance"
4But great Scott! Me9 W
embroidery lessons, or flying Il
a mean dancing lessons, ar
there is about that to make yor
Nothing, Julia, absolutely r
are just the thing for man of
You couldn't have hit on any
Why, it's been the one passion
to hesitate and turkeytrot! {
heart, how you guessed my Sc
He was getting sarcastic, ano
She pouted and turned her bac
mantel with both elbows and t.
on the floor. Her husband bur
ter as he pushed his chair ava.
heavily.
Dancing lessons! For me!
not! Forget it,
AS if his last words dismis
preached his wife to embrace
going to his office. But, as she
she jerked away and stood gla
expression that he stopped, a
Il won't forget it! | won't!