The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-24

Ilnishee their turn with only a freebls
ripple OF applause
Told you Wall street was broke.
was down there last week. love. those
brokers' are blue lot? They'll not spend
mucn tonight. Hold on. there!" demand-
cd warren. Let's see that label!'
Reluctantly the waiter unwrapped the
napkin ff.m the Bottle
thought so! If you serve champagne
"'sn your supper why don't you serve
| oecen- ia and? Rather have a good bottle
OF beer than that stuff"
| Lock! whispered Mrs. Stevens an a
"oniah In heavily beaded evening gown
| swept by. L saw that very gown at
| Ardinan's last weet-S25O."
We're about the only people here not
oressto, complained Helen
| oH, tney don't care what you wear
as ions as you spend your money
AS 1t drew near twelve the IN bles barac
filling up, but it wa. NOT the hi,ar,c,.
crown Of last New Years. Everyone had
the champagne served with the dinner.
put rev ordered moro. Hard times..
| were apparent
neien was wondering II Warren would
nave to pay the bill While Mr.. Steven.
was always willing to do his part so,,.-
row II was always Warren who paid. Be-
| es'use they went In the Stevens car
| "arfen always felt under obligations tn
pay more than HIS share Of their outings.
| cut tonight as neither she nor Warren
nad wanted to go out Heller, though,
this should be the Stevens. party
Inc thought that she was not wAJ
EaHhieo' too. Ii she had. known thev
we're going to supper she would have
worn her Paris gown and her layalliere.
uu. 70 spend all this money and to feei
uncomfortable, and unannronr,,t 49,,
dressed seemed such a waste.
with the first stroke of twelve. came
.ne customary turning off Of the lights
@u = burst OF hilarity, after this the
instrument soon died out. in marked con-
s..., 20 iast year. when 1t had kept up
| until almost dawn ~
We'll. this seems pretty dead .. oh.>-,
ca Warren. Ready to go?'. "IIere.
mats mine, protested Mr. Steyens
"hen the waiter brought the check,
An Argument.
Notning OF the kind" as Warren took
possession Of II.
Now. look here, Curtis ~. hro,-r.
perfunctory. "ush'
Wei, our quiet evening NJ hor,e
| turned out to be a most expensive IN. ;.
was Helen's untactful comment a. sn.
sWltched on the lights In the darkened
Now. what do you me.n no .,...
savagely "Hinting at nv navir~ tn.,
cneck. Well. when go anywhere rn
Keep up my end. Understand? What Az
you want me to be. anyway pikerY.
He.eh' remembering that the new vear
was hardly an hour old, did not want -
begin It in discord ~
NO. dear" resting her head for
| moment against his arm ..rm ryad vo,
uio your share. You know I'm Just "a
| ierceiy independent as you are, fms,
meant that II we'd stayed at home. we,o
nase saved that money. But It's horri0
| that way"
Then let's match for It," Mr.. stev.n.
1rew out a quarter
An right" laughed Warren. "rau..
MI Stevens Tipped the ooin. Helen
leaned forward tensely II wa. head.
warren would have to pay. Somehow n
Ieways camo out that way.
she could not see the checS INF n,
tneir suppers alone were twenty. besides
the mineral waters. cigars, eordiaIs. .no
the tip. "'.u
The drive home through the now a.
serted streets was as depressing A m.
orive nome always IL after an even,pe
OF stimulated gayety.
Helen kept thinking Of the twentv five
dollars and Of how little they had for n
They could have bought a Persian rug
for the hall for twenty-five dollars.
And all the table linen that would have
bought! Ehe was planning to get some
during the January white goods sale. Ana
final Happy New Year. were quite
the candelbara she wanted for the din
ing room! What they had spent for their
supper would have bought a wonderruJ
candelbara.