El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09
4 NarratiDc Of Everyday Affairs
Their Married Life
Warren Is Guilty of Piece of Reckless Extravagance and
Rather Spois It,

, you want some one sent up to serve
this?"
Whole Bill Comes to $50.
no, we don't want a caterer" said
| Warren quickly, Just send the things
up; and how much is that2"
Just a moment" said the man, as
he quickly figured it up. That is for
twenty four, isn't it? Thirty dollars"
Helen gasped a little. Somehow she
hadn't expected that much, although
she knew that it would be impossible
to arrange for any less. Then, of
course, there would be nothing. to pay
for music.
And how much for the caterer
Warren was saying.
But, Warren, we don't need a ca
terer. Really we don't" eXpostulated
Helen. It's extravagant"
Five dollars extr-, sir"
''Au right, send tie man along, and
have everything nice"
Certainly, sir; we'll do our best"
A moment later he was bowling
Helen and Warren out Of the store.
But, dear, what made you?" said
Helen, as they walked over toward
Broadway You know 1t is eXtrava-
giant, and we needn't have done it at
all"
Il don't believe in doing things by
halves" said Warren as he strobe rap
idly along. You women always econ
omize on the things that aren't nee
essary, and then go and buy something
that you can really do without"
But Warren, We could have done
without caterer, surely"
yes we could have on a pinch, ut
it would have meant that Nora would
have had to do it al, and you know
how she is when she is hurried. I'll
never forget the time bred aud Carrie
were at our house last year"
Warren, don't make me think Of it.
I fairly SILVER, really I do" -
Well, isn't it tru5 -
About Nora, of course its true; but
then I was planning to help her"
How can you expect to have a good
time at a dance if you have the re-
freshments on your mind every min
ute?"
."Other people do. and I suppose I
could if I tried"
We'll the things done now. We are
going to have caterer, and I hope
you won't worry any more about the
thing or I'll be sorry ever consented
to have a dance inthe beginning"
Don't say that WLrren. 1 promise
not to say another word about it. I
thought it was extravagant, that's all"
"a thing isn't eXtravagant If you
can afford it and if there is sufficient
reason for having it" ended Warren.
AT least not in my way Of thinking"
Helen was silent. She was glad that
simplify matters, and Nora was really
no good If she had to be hurried, as
Warren said.
We'll, I suppose you won't admit
now that you are glad you came" she
said finally. 81 certainly should never
have engaged a caterer for the eve
ming, and If I had you would have been
furious"
Il can't see that I would have been
angry" said Warren However, it's
better to have a man along in a case
like that A woman can arrange the
little things, but a man should always
take the big things off her hands"
There isn't anything else to do ex-
cept to arrange to have the victrola
brought over"
Eyes, there are the dance orders and
the records and other little things like
that And now that I have taken the
big things off your hands don't come
to me afterward ana say that after all
# was too much for you. You women
would die if you didn't have something
TO complain about"