The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-26
THE NEW
GENERATION
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HANNAH. LIKE HER MISTRESS.
WAKES ENTHUSIASTIC.
By JANE PHELPS
Chapter 81.

II
WAKES ENTHUSIASTIC
Chapter 81.
The next few days were busy ones.
Margaret and Janet spent them at
the fashionable modiste's from whom
Janet had bought the gowns Margaret
SO much admired Sometimes Mar
garet's heart sank, and she felt terri
bly, guilty because of the prices she
paid for frocks and hats; and her eco
nomical soul, inherent in her, was alb
solutely shocked when she bought the
accessories, silk stockings, slippers,
fans, and so on. Yet she was as
pleased as a child with each new pur-
chase, and made herself all sorts of
excuses to dissipate that guilty feeling.
This feeling of guilt reached its
height when they visited a beauty
parlor, where, under Janet's tutelage,
Margaret purchased supply of
rouge powders perfumes and tonics
As she emptied her purse to pay for
them she wondered what Joan would
say could she see her mother investing
in such things, and worse, planning
to use them.
The whole thing will seem too alb
surd to her." Margaret said to her
self as finally she and Janet drove
home tired almost to exhaustion with
Ply in spite of her far that Joan would
disapprove; happy in her new, her
delightful freedom.
Margaret found that she loved lux
ury-once she had tried it. She loved
the feel of soft silks and laces downv
cushionsA and thick rugs. She liked
the dainty food at the hotel restaur-
ants, the service. Perhaps she was
the more intrigued because all her life
had lacked these things; but 1 am in
clined to believe it was vastly more
owing to the fact that she was living
of fr-an ,5,-.k
never before exercised and, therefore,
enthralling.
Il am getting perfectly, abominabIy
reckless she declared to Janet Wal
tiers. And the worst of it is. I don't
care 1 glory in~it!''
Hannah duly arrived, Margaret babe
her hostess adieu and took possession
OF her studio apartment. Mrs. Wal
ters was frankly sorry to have her
visit so shortened, yet delighted that
she was to live permanently near her.
And Margaret also expressed regret;
at the same time she could scarcely
| conceal her Impotence to occupy the
apartment she had rented Mrs wal
tiers had been the closest woman
friend she ever had had: in fact the
only one with whom she had been at
all intimate But she longed for the
1ufI freedom her own home would
give her-a home for short time
minus Joan, the child she loved so
~ Il
cred her old.
Hannah was nearly as enthusiastic
as her mistress when she saw the
apartment
There amt no work here at ALL"
she she, declared when She inspected the
uny Kitchen. Aft no scrubbing to
speak OF in the whole place. / could
do the work of two such places and
then only play I was working. And
me with my own bath tub and all. I
guess these New York folks has coun-
try folks all beat when it comes to
fixing things up
You must not Judge all country
/ houses by ours, Hannah" Margaret re-
turned. "Our house was oId-fa5.l-
| Toned, built when one bath IN an en-
| tire house was considered sufficient"
| We'll, 1 never expected to have
| bath room all to myself, nor a tiled
kitchen. And that gas stove! No ashes
| to empty, or coal to fetch upstairs. 1
| expect ! shall get awful lazy, shan't
want to cook nor anything" Hannah
chuckled at the idea. She loved to
| cook, and delighted in surprising her
| mistress with unusual dishes.
I'm not afraid of your either get
ting lazy or forgetting to cook. I shall
entertain a good deal, and you will
find plenty to do
| AS she spoke Margaret, felt herself
| flushing. She had said she would en-
tertain-but whom? She knew only
Janet Walters and a few of her friends
whom she had met on her visits to
Janet
''But I will entertain, I will get
acquainted" she said aloud when
Hannah had left her. st shant sit
back and wait for people to make
| advances. I will make a few myself
In pursuance of this determination
| she asked Janet Walters to help her.
They were sitting oyer the dinner
table. the first dinner served in Mar
| garet's new home.
| "Of course 1 willi'' Janet said in
reply to Margaret's request. Some of
my friends you already know. I will
| give a dinner next week and invite
| others you have not met. One or two
| single men. 1t is too bad for you to
know only married people. But you
wait until Craig Forester gets back
Wen make him bring some of his
| friends around-
Once more Margaret wondered at
| the tone of intimacy Janet used when
speaking of Forester and, as before,
slightly resented it
(Tomorrow-Margar sees Joan atop
the bQs.)
Uncle Rernus!' roared Colonel
White, who had been aroused in the