The Washington times., 1922-11-02
BY CARlL FRlNk.
A Flapper.
Copyright. 1879, by Cosmopolitan
News S"rvice.)


NORTH CARVER, Mass, Nov. ..
Charles Garland did not return for
luncheon.
Hes probably stopping at North
Carver to eat" said Doris Benson,
dishing up the onion and potato mess,
$50 let's not wait"
Doris put her head out of the
window and hollered loudly for Alice,
who had gone to feed the calf. The
rest of us sat down and seized upon
the black bread and cranberries. 1t
had been a long morning, with lots
OF work. and everybody was starved.
The talk drifted to Alice Edger.
tons Quaker family.
They're the quaintest folks i'm
aginable," Anna said. They've got
about a million kids in the family,
but it's the most quiet and orderly
household I've ever been in.
just Like Rest Cure.
Last winter when | was so upset
trying to decide whether to get mar.
ried or not, l went to Alice's house
to figure it out. You'd have thought
! would have wanted to be alone
instead of in the midst OF such a
large family, but they're all so
tranquil, even down to the last baby,
that it's a positive rest cure to be
around them"
At this point Alice came in to
luncheon.
Il was talking about your family"
said Anna. IL was saying they're
the rowdiest bunch Of rOughnecks
I've ever been around"
(Which one does thee like the
best?" laughed Alice.
THE baby, | think" said Anna.
THAT reminds me, | must write
to mother" said Alice. IT'S got
to be terribly large letter this time.
And | think I'll send them some
cranberries in box for Thanks
giving"
when did you see them all last?''
asked Anna.
"I was home this summer re-
piled Alice. II had a lovely visit
with them"
Food for Thought.
was wondering what AliCe's
Quaker family thought about her
unconventional experiment on the
Garland farm. but nothing was said
about that.
"I haven't had time yet to ask YOU
what you've been doing in New
York" Alice said to Anna. Does
thee like being married."
ITO tell you the truth, Al, hardly
know" responded Anna, looking
very much like a child over her por.
ridge. 1--WE been working days and
the honorable husband has been
working nights. which is a bedstly
ARRANGEMENT. We don't get to see
q great deal Of each other.
But that's to be changed in time.
We've been thinking OF taking a
large apartment with some New
York friends of ours. and keeping n
sort of open forum where all our
friends may drop in at any time OF
the day or night to discuss politics.
art. letters, love and life. Don't you
Ike the idea?"
"Rut isn't that making thy home
life rather public?" asked Alice.
Changes Subject.
"No-at least it's better than being
cooped up in one room. We can lock
off a room to ourselves. you know. "
1T sounds interesting. at any
rate" conceded Alice. won't thee
have some more potatoes?"
After luncheon, while Doris and
were doing the dishes, Doris told
me few things about her benefac.
tress, Barley's mother.
She told me that Mrs. Garland-
Mrs. Marie Tudor Garland-frs-
quently came out on the farm to lie
quiet and alone.
"She writes, you know said
Doris. "And she's found that she
can write better in this atmosphere
than in any other. She wrote some
of her poems out here"
what poems?" | asked.
Doris ran into the other room TO
fetch book of poems called THE
Marriage Feast"
Reads Mothers Poetry.
In reading these thought he.
gan to understand a little better the
young man. her son, who had flung
aside all the restrictions OF conven-
tion in order to lead his own life In
the way his heart dictated. One