The Mount Holly news., 1919-12-30
ECONOMY
ny CHRISTINE HAYES

% by the Mcclure Newspaper syndieats.)
the hot water to a foamy lather with |
the soap shaker, and as she did so, the |
dishpan suddenly blurred to three dish |
pans, and a big tear splashed down |
among the breakfast dishes. For when
one has only been married six months,
a quarrel-even a slight quarrel-with
ones husband, can make a sunlit
kitchen seem very dismal place In
deed. And this was not slight quar-
rel, not at all like the time she had
forgotten to send Wallace's collars to
the laundry, and his quick temper had
famed for an instant. only to be sue
ceeded by the loveliest making-up time.
No, this was quite different. She
tried to recall all the scathing things
Wallace had said about her ideas of
efficiency and economy, but could only
remember the sound of his voice, and
the expression of his eyes. How angry
he had beenl All because of that
wretched charge account. That had
been last night at dinner, and Esther
had comforted herself with the thought
that everything would be all right in
the morning, for Wallace was like
that. He never carried one days
grievances over to the next. But at
breakfast he had read his newspaper
and when he left for the office-well,
he had kissed her, but such cold I'M
personal kiss that now, thinking of 1t,
Esther's chin Quivered, and she almost
wished he hadn't kissed her at all.
The doorbelli 1t must be the tailor
for Wallace's suit.
1t proved very busy morning. Es-
ther found that Wallace's wardrobe
boasted two fairly good suits, besides
his best one. In her zeal she pressed
them all. and 1t was one o'clock be-
fore, flushed with pride and exertion,
she held the last one up to glory In It's
creases. How surprised Wallace would
bel
Half-past five came at last and with
II Wallace. Boyishly running up the
stairs three at time. he dashed into
the kitchen where Esther was getting
dinner.
"Never mind the dinner. Lovely" he
cried. Hustle up and get into some
thing festive. We're going in town to
dinner and to the theater-a regular
celebration, Just for ourselves"
"But-but what" began Esther.
"Tll tell you all about It at dinner"
he promised.
So mystified, but unQuestioning, she
ran to get ready. ut must be some
thing very nice," she puzzled, coaxing
her hair into the coiffure that Wallace
liked best, $50 I'll wear my blue
| georgette."
Half an hour later, shouts from Wal
/ lace's room. "Wowl What" fol-
lowed by more laughter Esther hur-
| ried down the hall.
Her husband was standing In the
| doorway arrayed In the queerest look
ing suit she had ever seen. The trou-
sers were pressed with the creases on
the side, and the coat
Am going or coming7" demanded
Wallace, convulsed with mirth.
1t was funny. Esther tried to laugh,
but she had never worked so hard
over anything In her life as over those
| three suits. She had been SO sure of
Wallace's delightful approval. and 1t
would have helped SO much with the
expenses that worried him. And now
her plan was all a failure. So her
laugh was q wee bit shaky.
Wallace must have OWNED all this,
| for he kissed her and said gently
Never mind, Lovely. You won't have
to economic any longer. We're rich.
childl I've been working in my spare
time on a new device that took in to
the Brown company today. They were
SO impressed with 1t that signed con-
tract with them for six times my pres
ent salary. Therel Isn't that wonder
| full AS for our celebration. 1t will
| be quite as nice to have 1t at home.
And as for my SUITS" with a twinkle,
'1t will be far nicer to have them
| done In town."
Hops are grown In number of
II
part Of the state Of New York many
farmers make a speciality of their
growth. The yield is from 700 to 800
pounds the acre In that state, but on
the Pacific coast. where most of the
hops consumed here are grown, the
yield is between 1000 and 1000
pounds per acre. Oregon produces
more hops than any other state in the
| Union. BY far the greater part Of the
hops raised have been consumed In
the breweries Of the country, but they
are also used In pharmaceutical prep
arations. The present one-half Of 1
per cent beer contains hops, but not
In such large quantities as in beers
Of the larger alcoholic content And
then 1t is not likely that the kind of
beer permitted under the prohibitory
law win appeal largely to the drinkers
of sold-time beer It seems certain
that the demand for hops will fall of
greatly.