Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-12
HOME LETTERS

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Alice could always count on at
least three letters every week from
home. Her mother wrote once a
week, and Clara timed her letter so
IL would come a few days after, while
Lawrence wrote once a week and
frequently oftener than that.
The evening after the concert Alice
tried to write Lawrence her impress
sions OF it. But she felt ii a hopeless
task.
~ can't describe It. or how it
made me feel" she confessed in her
letter. II forgot 1 was myself. /
thought I was being carried out on
the waves of a stormy sea- think
Tvs read that somewhere, for I "
saw the ocean. though I'm going
down to the shore I was car
ried away from the world. l never
dreamed there was anything so glori-
Gus and mad and heavenly as that
sort of music. Why haven't I heard
1t before? 1 want to understand 1t.
I'm learning so many other things L
want to learn all about this too"
A few days afterward Lawrence's
answer came.
lyon are a sweet little ambitious
girl" he wrote. I'm glad you want
to know all about music. though l
doubt whether you or anyone but the
great masters ever will. i car ap-
preciate that feeling of being ire
sistibly carried along on q tempest Of
sound experience ii every time l
hear Wagner. too. We'll take in
some concerts when 1 come to the
city to visit you; meantime. I'm send
ing along something to help your
laudable ambition"
But there's nothing enclosed in
the letter, I wonder what he means"
she murmured aloud.
Next day she found out. A large
anyaTa,n ~ "a NJ a nAdracCaH IN har and
inside was a subscription to two seats
for all the evening concerts of the
symphony orchestra. h stared at
1t without comprehending, and final
ly gave it to Christine for explana-
ton. Christine held up the envelope
and began a wild n joyous dance
about the room.
you are certainly going to marry
a fairy prince she said when she
finally settled down. MY child, has
he any relations like himself Shat
might be fascinated by me-? Do you
know that this means the best seats
for fifteen concerts this winter, for
about the best music ever written p
"WiH you go with me2" Alice ask
ed.
"wiIl L? Well. you're a fairy
princess Christine descended upon
her and Rugged her. II really can't
afford to spend money ON these
tIlihSEs u y wv IL oAg -
you to the opera in return. Now go
back to your letters"
There was one from Clara that
morning. Like many quiet people,
CLARA vas more her real self on
paper than she was when she talked.
Her letters were always amusing.
"Berenice grows fat and more
adorable every day" she wrote this
time. We wish her black hair
would curl, but it won't so your
mother and / sheared it of like a
boys, and ] plmple 1t over her head
and she Toes look cute. I'm practic-
ing my ~dressmaking on her. The
first experiment was a dress of yell
low chambray shocked In green, ana
she is the sweetest thing In IT! j
took her to the post office and MRS.
Myer fell in love with it. so she or
dered a copy of 1t for a niece OF hers
Fancy Mrs. Myer, who never spends
a cent she can help, doing thatl
"Berenice was carrying an enor-
NOUS yellow ballon which Mr.. Mar
lowe brought her. He came around
In tina long low car of his. and TOOK
your mother and the baby for an air
ing and he was nice enough to ask
me / think looked pathetic. l sat
on the back seat. your mother In
front with him. My dear, she really
almost chattered! You can't mag
inc how your mother has improved:
I had a bad headache, thatS why i
was asked. Poor Mr.. Marlowe hadn't
heard from you for a Week, so we
GOT ont our letters and read them to
him."
aren't you %jealous?" Christine
asked. Alice. ~girl-fashioa, had read
parts of her letters to her roommate.
Not a bit" Alice answered.. KIN
so glad he does go around there. 1
want him to like Clara and be nice
to her"