Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-12

who Prentice Lee Mum was. from MS
great great grandfather down 70 ms
the Hon. Dick Hobson's. And Wnen
they got through with him they took up
milford Marlowe, who was TO. be pest
man, and then jumped to the six brides-
maids. and gave their pedigree ana what
they were goin' to wear; and next they
went into details about all the showers
and luncheons that had been given for
Lulu Belle and the lovely OLD lace tnat
Prentice's Aunt Alicia had sent as an
engagement present, etc, And OF course
come back to the trosseau and what
awful prices they did ask you at these
Maison shops where you went In past
the tubbed box trees and the models
paraded on a real stage.
Saturday afternoon and evenin' that
went on, and all day Sunday. and ! ex-
pect most of Monday forenoon. Any
way. when came home that night the
news that at last I'd pulled on a Few
DAYS for that delayed weddin' anniver-
sary trip OF ours finds Wee CURED up
on the livin'-room davenport Win
sofa cushion over each ear.
"T,f coursef' says she, they were very
n,,ch interested and thrilled over the
affair-frst wedding in the family ior
wears. YOU know. But -
"IIh-huh!" says l. You got an ear
fu1l the first evenin'. And as TINS 10
chiefly your excursion ven ~. pun ha hh,; g.?
is done by the brooks ana ho' w '0
II was easy enough to locate, too.
,.nec,alIy when I had the expert neip
Of some of Mr.. Roberts chubby fr1enos.
So after night on the a Wni.e h Moaa
change at some junction or other. we
lands at this Tessunnic Inn. with all the
wide yerandas and the green-stained
roofdormers Looks like wed picked
the right spot. for about an tne sus s;es
we can see are a few nice old ladies
CANNED around in sunny hooks reaoins
Yesterdays Boston Transcript, ana some
noddv old BOYS startin' off to indulge IN
cow pasture golf. You know the KIM
Of Joint, l expect; where the room ciei n
ereets YOU with dignified bow and a
boot raw accent; where they always
have a log fire going on the big andirons:
and over every mantel is stuneo trout
with q brass plate tellin' how MT. cyrus
Wrhosit caught 1t on such GATE anu
how much it weighed to q half once:
Tbsn there's always lot Of shelves full
NJ antique best sellers, such as ITO
I.ya and to Hold and Mrs. VICES
Of the Cabbage Patch" and most ilkeiy
y howlful of Baldwin apples set out
handy so you can take the SGge b 0s. n'ess
=
enough to fall for the trick.
Ion. Torchy." whispers Wee. ut Is
all simply perfect. Such a refined rest
| full atmosphere"
almost too good to pc true, says !.
| ..rlot Greater New Yorker in sight,
MAYBE you can guess what we had
~ luncheon, too. Uh-huh. Dreamed
finnan haddie with pork scraps. paKeo
notatoes, tea biscuits and pumpkin pie;
l DO OF no a
vas a "Certing-ly" from the gold
toothed waitress when asked II there
WAS any chance OF seconds on the pie:
Then at the desk we picked up loca!
man. found Trail No. l. and followed
the arrows to the Lookout. oo.ort Vol,
| rnow'" says Wee, land it's quite as
much YOUR duty to climb to 1t as 1t Ia
To nav your bill. But this is an easy
one. isn't it gorgeous up here. though
and SO peaceful! .r A..
ch;nmunks are trained not to chatter
while guests are around. Here's where
! Won recover from that ear strain of
yours. I'm going to soak up some Sep
TENDER sunshine, and maybe snooze
All Of which lasted fully forty-five min
utes- Then Urania and Aletta arrived.
Course, we didn't know them was their
names. Not at first. We looks up to
see these two queer. old mald 1i io1ki n,
females putin up the trail hand IN
hand with their knittin' bags hung from
their arms. can't say just what was
the matter with their faces except that
somehow they seemed out Of drawing.
like the kind I produce when | try to
sketch with pencil. Sort OF caricatures.
with noses that didn't At. and bulgy.
starin' eyes. When they discovers that
the Lookout is occupied they goes
through panicky motions and hesitates
bashful.
"Oh!" says one. suckin' in her breath.
..Ex-excuse u.s." says the other. BLUSH
please don't mind u.s." says Wee.