South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-27

and he had never. before been far
Their east than South Bend. Ind
Anne. on the contrary, had been
born and bred in New York. with
out venturing westward beyond
Doylestown. Pa Billy had been ac-
customed 20 speaking Of Detroit as
in the east, while Anne referred
10 Buffalo as out west"
Somewhere il is written that
east is east and west is west. and
never the twain shall meet" but the
case OF Billy and Anne was an eX-
ception 20 this rule They met.
After he had spent the first % years
or his life in his native city. bust
ness took Billy Andrews 10 New
York. and landed him in a furnished
room in a gloomy brown-stone house
on w. Seventy second 81. Business
with Billy was only hsurative
term He was a commercial artist,
trained in the art schools OF Chi
cago, and working as a free-lance
He might just as well have stayed
at home 20 sell his stuff. but every
one told him he ought 10 try New
York SO he tried it, Within .
month he was filled with deep dis
gust
At the end Of that time. how
ever. he met Anne She wrote add
vertisements for some firm who
bought his work and she lived in
Harlem fiat with her mother and
one maiden aunt She and Billy
l
other upon meeting, and before long
Billy spent his Sundays with Anne
( in the little fiat or at the theater
or in other places more interesting
than his lonely room in the brown
stone front
And almost before either Of them
knew it they were expecting 10
marry each other. and Anne wore
a modest ring upon her left hand.
This much safely settled, however
there still remained one thing upon
which they could not agree. And
that was the city i'm which they
were 70 live after they were mar
ried. Anne could not think Of liv-
/ ing anywhere except i'm New York.
and Billy could not bear the
thought of staying permanently
away from his beloved Windy City
| 7 don't see anything so much
/ about New York" he would say
! hereticaHy. Just because there are
lot of people in it who are all try
/ ing 10 occupy the same space at the
| same time"
But it's the greatest and most
wonderful city in the world" from
Anne you don't see much inter
esting people or things or shops any
where else And there isn't an
other street like Fifth Avenue"
Fifth Avenue is all right but We
| can't live on il. 7 don't think il
nuts much over little Old Michigan
boulevard. anyway. except that
there is more of it, Michigan has
grass on one side. too"
And YOU haven't any wonderful
river like tho Hudson" Anne went
on. as though she had never heard
him.
NO. but we've got lake a lot
bigger than any Hudson. too"
cor any Harbor and Statue Of
/ Liberty"
20. how do you know what it's like?
We could get a little apartment out
on the South Side. near Jackson
park and the university-"
But Billy, I don't want 70 live in
Chicago. You can do your work
anywhere. what does it matter?
You'll simply love New York If you
( STAY here a little longer. everyone
: does"
Arguments such as this grew
more and more frequent as the time
for their marriage drew near. II
was TO be i'm May. and already Anne
their other plans. housekeeping
| plans. were at standstilI Anne
could not bear the thought Of 60
ing "out west. and considered it
only stubbornness on Billy's part
that he would not live in New York
She really felt sure that he would
he happier here if he would only
try it, and there was no real reason
why he should return 10 Chicago.
Billy. on his part sometimes
thought that New York would stihe
him, he could not bear IT, His city
seemed TO him TO be one Of homes
OF garden spots and parks and lake
vistas where one could som etimes
find room 10 he alone. He was not
Of those who believe all Chicago TO
he a stock-yard and railroad CEN
ter, he knew its beautiful suburbs
its park system. its beaches. Com
pared with the great eastern metro
polls IL seemed 10 him that Chicago
was a comforta BILE overgrown vii
laCe. Offering a man a chance to
live.
And so. as the time grew nearer
and nearer. matters became really
serious between Anne and Billy
They loved each other dearly. there
was no doubt or that. yet neither
one would give in--
Perhaps. after all IL was stubborn