Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-07
Warren's Dominant Egotism Con-
siders Only His Own
Selfish Comfort.


With Hurried solicitude, she was
looking over Warren's dress shirts.
Which one was it that always
bulged? He must not wear that to-
night.
Selecting one with narrow side
plaits, she put in the studs and cuff
buttons.
mo, you can't curl UP on that!"
as Pussy Purr-Mew, on the bed,
shifted at Warren's dinner coat.
His clothes laid out, Helen hurried
into her own room TO dress.
All week, she had been looking
forward to this big benefit dinner at
the Astor-Ritz. The speakers were
to be literary, stage and screen stars
of sufficient prominence to justify
the s. q plate.
The Stevens were going, and
though. Warren loathed public din
ners, Helen had persuaded him to
take her.
He should be home by now. Anx-
iously watching the clock, she slipped
into her alluring chameleon silk.
They must leave by z-for the
dinner was at 7:30. But he could
dress in 10, minutes if he did not
have to shave.
She was running his bath, towel
held up to protect her gown, when
suddenly he loomed in the bathroom
door.
"Oh, dear, you're latel" above the
deafening ow. you've hardly 10
minutes-but I've laid out your
clothes. Do you have to shave" !.
"Sce here, / feel rotten--I can't
ro--that's all there's to it."
"Can't go?" dropping the shielding
towel :.
"I'm all in-had ripping head
ache all day. And that Osborn case
comes up tomorrow-l've got to De
In shape 10 handle that"
"Why, Warren, we've the tickets
and everything. You can't back out
now! Hurry, dear, your bath'll rest
you"
into the library. "I'm not up to it."
"Warren, you can't mean thatP'
running alter him. why those
tickets were $12l You can't !.
"Don't care If they were 50! !
feel too rocky to listen to any long
winded speeches tonight. Going to
turn in about s-just want some
thing light to eat"
"There's not thing in The house!
And Anna's out gave her the aft
ernoon."
"Got eggs. Won't hurt you to
beat me up an omelet, will it,"
"But Warren, I've been looking
forward to this for days!' tremu-
lously. "I'm all dressed and every
thing-and T."
"Now, I'm not going-that's final!
II you can't get me something to eat
iii 60 out and get it."
"Then why can't you 60 there!
We needn't stay for the dance
only for the dinner and just few
of the speeches"
Nothing doing! That We Have
With Us This Evening bunk always
bores me stiff. Need more pep
than I've got to stand for it tonight.
What's the matter with you going
with the Stevens? Call 'em up now
They've gone by this time-and
I wouldn't 60 without you. Come,
dear, I'll order the taxi while you
dress. You needn't even shave. Oh,
that tub"
Darling back to the bathroom,
she was confronted by the overflow
ing tub. Her satin slippers were
soaked before she could mop up the
floor with the bath mat and towels
Flushed and slightly disheveled,
she rushed back to the library where
Warren was now comfortably
settled with his evening paper.
| "Dear, we can leave earlv-1
promise. I won't beg to stay. Mary
Grant Moore's to be there--she's tc
tell how she wrote The Lure Eter.
nal.' I've always wanted to see her
And Robert Hilman is to read from
his own poems"
"That settles It'll I'm not going
to listen to any slushy poetry to-
might"
"Dear, don't be selfish! just think
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