El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-28
Their Married Life
Warren Takes Dislike To Felens SelfSuppOrting, Old
Time Friend
Time nend.

ELT rERE comes Warren now" an
nounced Helen I am 50
Il 4 anxious for you to meet him. "
The woman who was seated in the
big tapestry chair smiled at Helen's
enthusiasm.
I'm sure I'll be very. glad to know
him." she said in low, attracIiVe
voice Doesn't IL seem strange, Helen,
that all these years have passed ana
you have husband and a little daush-
ter2''
Helen smiled reminiscently and
and Warren came into the room the
next moment, newly shaved and alert
and virile looking Helen felt 1ustl-
fiably proud and showed II in the intro
duction she made.
friend of mine from st. Louis She Is
doing Newspaper work in New YORK.
Miss Knowles, my husband
Warren Gives Hearty Greeting.
Warren acknowledged the introouc-
ton with a hearty greeting
When did you come to New 1ork'
he asked courteously-
Il have been in New York Tor some
time, but I had no idea Helen was here
We lost track of each other long ago
DO you enjoy newspaper work!
Yes, very much indeed; IL Is Ger
taiuly a fascinating game I want he
len TO come and see me at my studio
where I write. I hope you viii come
too"
Helen AeLr the room Win an GLLAS~
to see about dinner Frances AuOW4eS
had been a great friend OF hers when
they were both girls, and she wondered
curiously into what kind Of woman
she had developed frances mac a.
ways possessed a certain attraction,
although she had never bee pretty.
But her auburn hair and fair SKIN
and above all her dazzling smile ana
a certain way, wilfuI and fascinating,
had always surrounded her with men
And now she was newspaper
woman, fighting her way in the world.
Frances had always had a ready VIII
and q desire TO be independent Helen
had always supposed that women VINO
were workers had a certain amount OF
grind attached TO their personalities,
but in this case it was certainly dit-
Frances looked the u-groomed
woman in every sense Of the WORD
Her gray linen suit and her white
hat were dainUly feminlne-she DID
not talk with any advanced ideas OF
feminism and the like. and yet there
was a subtle difference, the difference
between a woman who is married ana
the woman who Is working out the
problem of life for herself.
Helen wondered II she enTted Fran
ces as she busted herself with the
little homely tasks tnat consututea
the preparation Of meal She wanted
everything particularly nice at this, her
friends first glimpse Of her home life.
Helen Has Touch Of Pride.
pride in her accomplishments in the
holding together Of the home. After !
all there was no doubt about the Iact !
that home building was Just as vitality /
important these days as was any klno /
Nora. wen have the strawberry 1
short cake and this grape fruit salad, ]
and the iced bOuillon first 1 guess
that's all and have dinner promptly at !
ESQ
Helen slipped ont Of her apron ana !
returned TO the living room to find I
Frances and her husband deep in /
discussion as to whether a college ed I
ucation was necessary to the success
ful business man of the present. War I
rem did not look up as she entered
neither did Frances offer to include 4
her in the conversation. so Helen had
a good chance to study her friend and
her husband at close range,
Frances was very sweet as she talked
vivaciously. Her cheeks were pink and
she made little movements with her
hands for emphasis Warren was ar
guing easily, with the slightly satorical :
expression on his face that was always /
present when he was sure OF his
Nora announced dinner and Frances
turned to Helen eagerly. anxious 10 /
hove her cause chamDioned- and from
then on the conversation was general
Frances praised the dinner and all the
dainty little appointments that Helen
was so particular about " hen II
came time for her TO leave, Warren
suggested that they ta4se her home,
but she refused 10 allow such thing
why, run all over the city alone
and think nothing Of it." she protested
lsughingly- And after extracting
promise from Helen to look her up
soon she finally departed
Well dear. what do you think OF
herr said Helen as they went back
into the living room.
7 don't know" returned Warren,
she is pretty woman
and evidently knows her own mind"
Don't you like herr"
4 don't know as she is so all fired
attractive"
That's funny 7 thought you were
aWfully interested"
Just because argued with her.