Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25


gets when she first discovers
that these new people in Honey
suckle Lodge are. old friends Of
hers. l expect SOME poetical rea
estater wished that name on it. Any.
way, it's the proper thing out here
in Harbor Hills to call you place after
some sort Of shrubbery or tree. And
maybe this little stone cottage effect
with the green tiled roof and the
fieldstone gate posts did have some
honeysuck1e CROWN around some
where. It's a nice enough shack
what there Is of it, though IL Id Deer
layin' out the floor plan I'd have had
less cut under front porch and more
elbow room inside. However. as there
are only two Of the Rawsons it looked
like it would do. That is, it did al
first
Just think, ,Torchy." says Wee. i
haven't seen Marge since we were al
boarding school together Why, i
didn't even know she was married.
although I supposed she must be by
this time"
Well, she seems to have found
male of the speciss without your
help says 1. 10. Ks like perfectly
good man. too
"Oh, I'm sure he must be-" says wee,
''or Marse wouldn't have had him. In
fact, I know he is, for I used to hear
more or less about Stanley Rawson,
even when we were juniors. l believe
they were half engaged then. Such
jolly, lively fellow. and so full of fun.
Won't 1t be nice having them SO
near?'
"Uh-huh" says I.
Not that we've been lonesome since
We moved out on our four-acre Long
Island estate, but l will say that
young married couples Of about our
own age haven't been so plenty NOT
the real folksy kind. Course, there
are the Cecil Rands, but they don't
do much but run a day and night
They're regular class A twins. too, and
L expect some day they'll be more or
less interestin';. but after they've
been ofiicially exhibited to you four
or Ave times, and you've heard all
about the system they're being
brought up on. and how many ounces
of pasteurized COW extract they sop
up day, and at what temperature
they get it, and how often they take
times I'm thankful the Rands didn't
have triplets. When I've worked up
enthusiasm for twins about four
times. and remarked how cunnin' Of
then tolook SO much alike, and con-
fessed that I could tell which was
Cecilia and which Cecil. ir, feel
that I've sort Of exhausted the sub
ject.
So whenever Wee suggests that we
really ought to 60 over and see the
Rands asin ! can generally think
up an abb. Honest, amt Jealous
of their twins. I'm glad they've got
EN- Considerin' Cecil. sr, and all.
until can think up som ething new
to shoot about twins I'm strong for
keepin' away.
Then there are Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry
Kip, but they're ouija board addicts
and count 1t dull evenin' when they
around the tdinin' room table under q
dim light and spell out a message
from Little Bright Wings. who
checked out from Group at the age Of
six and still wants her Uncle Jerry
TO know that she thinks Of him out
mind hearin' from thetspirit land now
and then IL the folks there had any
thing worth sayin', but when they
confine their chat to family gossip II
seems to me like a waste Of time.
Besides. I always come home from
the Kipps feelin' creepy down the
back.
So you could hardly blame Wee for
welcomin' some new arrivals in the
neighborhood, or for bein' so chummy
right from the start. She asks the
Rawsons over for dinner. tips Mrs.
d Ap Swrfx -
wash lady who'll come in by the day
and otherwise extends the glad hand.
Seems to be a nice enough party,
young Mrs. Rawson. Kind Of easy to
look at and with an eye twinkle
that suggests 9 disposition to cut up
min mate. so far as looks 60. He
could almost pose for a collar ad,
with that straight nose and clean
cut chin OF his. But he's a bit stiff
and stand -ofiish at first.
''Oh, he'll get over that" says Wee.
place down in Georgia where the So
cial set is limited to three families.
and he isn't quite sure whether we
know who our grandfathers were"
It'll be all of then IL he asks
about mine" says I.
what I think Of the recent slump in
July cotton deliveries and IL be-
lieve the foreign credits situation
looks any better.
Why. hadn't thought much about
either" says 1. but I've had a good
goin' to show strong for the pennant
this season"
Stanley Just stares at me and after
that confines his remarks to Stain
that he don't care for mint sauce on
the roast lamb and that he never
nj nj
HUH" says 1 to Wee afterward
When does he spring that jolly
stuff? Or was that eonundrum about
past me-" -, =
No. hadn't missed any cues. Wee
explains that young Mr.. Rawson has
been sent up to New York az assistan,
manager of Savannah Arm of cotton
brokers and is taking his job serious
That's good" says I. but he dom,
need to lug it to the dinner table. does
he?'
We gave the Rawsons a week to get
settled before droppin' in on 'em for
an evenin' call, and I'd prepared for il
by readin' up on the cotton market
Lucky I did, too, for we discovers
Stanley at his desk with a green eye
shade draped over his classic brow
and a lot of crop reports spread gu,
before him: Durin' the next hour
while the girls were chattin' merry in
the other corner OF the Twin room
Stanley gave me the straight dope or
boil weevils. the labor conditions in
Manchester, and the poor prospects
for long staple. l finished. as you
might say. with both ears full of cot.
ton.
"Stanley's going to be a great help
don't think" says 1 to Wee. Why
he's got cotton on the brain"
Now let's not be critical, Torchy,'
SAYS Wee. "Marge told me all about
il. how Stanley is good deal worried
over his business and SO on He's
really doing very well. you know, but
he can't seem to leave his Office trou.
hles behind, the way you do HI