Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-14
Their Married
4 y Life Il X
Their New Years Eve Celebration Turns o.,
Be Expensive

| you serve decent brand? Rather
nave good bottle of beer than that
stuff"
Look" whispered Mrs Stevens, as
| woman in heavily beaded evening
| gown swept by. IT saw that very
gown at Ardman's last week-$25e"'
We're about the only people here
| not dressed" complain ed Helen.
| On they don't care what you wear
long as you spend your money"
AS 1t drew near IL the tables began
nlllng up, but 1t was not the hilarious
| crowd Of last New Years. Every one
| mad the champagne served with the
| dinner, but fey ordered more Hard
times were apparent.
Helen was wondering If Warren
would have to pay tho bill. While
Mf. stevens was always willing to do
ms part somehow it was always War
en- VINO paid. Because they went in
INC 9'e'ans's car. Warren always fels
unoer obligations to pay more than
! MS snare of their outings.
DUt tonight, as neither she nor
"drren mad wanted to go out, Helen
'housht this should be the stevens
party
me thought that she was not
! dressed ranked. too If she had
known they were going to supper she
! "oulu nave worn her Paris gown and
ner lavalliere. But to spend al this
| money and feel uncomfortable and In
opproprlately dressed. 1t seemed such
waste.
With the first stroke of - came
nc customary turning off of the lights
@ho d ourst OF hilarity. After this tho
| iherrlment soon died out, In marked
l n 1o ct
kept up until almost dawn.
Well, this seems pretty dead" nh.
served Warren. Ready to go?'
| Here. that's mine" protested Nv
stevens. when the waiter brought the
! check.
AN ARGUMENT
Nothing of the kind" as Warren
TOOK possession of it.
| Now, look here, Curtis. we brought
you out This is my supper."
But already Warren was taking
some bills from his wallet.
linen let's match for it," Mr.. Ste
VEINS drew out a quarter.
All right" laughed Warren
Tails"
, Mr. stevens Tipped the coin. Helen
forward tensely. 1t was
r eaus; warren would have to pavl
| way. oN' that
she could not see the cbecL hr,
IT must be at least twentv.fve. 49,
suppers alone were twenty hssid..
the mineral waters. cigar. oordiaI.
and the tip. 1i1i-
ne drlVe home through the now
tt Yea streets was as depressing as
the arrive home always is after an
evening of stimulated sayety.
heieh kept thinking of the TWENTY
nVe dollars and of how little they had
lor II. She could have bought a Per-
sian rug for the hall for TWENTY-FIVE
dollars! i''
And all the table linen that would
nave bought! She was planning IA
get some during the January whjts
GOODS sales. And the candelabra she
wanted for the dining room! What
they had spent on this supper would
nave bought a wonderful candida ra,
When the Stevenses dropped them
at their door their Good nightn' and
their final Happy new year" were
most perfUnctory.
Wen, our quiet evening at home
turned out to be a rather expensive
one" was Helen's untactful comment
AS she switched on the lights in their
darkened hall.
Now. what do you mean by that%
savagely. "Hinting at my paying
that check? Well, when l go any
where-Fll keep UP my endl Under
| stand? What do you want me to be,
anYWay--a piker?"
Helen, remembering that the new
year was hardly an hour old did not
want 10 begin it with discord
NO, dear" resting her head for
| moment against his arm; I'm glad
you Do your share You know, I'm
Just az fiercely Independent as you
are! I Just meant that IL we'd stayed
at home, we'd have saved that much
But it's horrid and mercenary of me
to think about it that way"