The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-07-02
LOVE IN
THE CLUBS
COMMITTEE
BY JANE OSBORN
20. 1924. Mcclure Newspaper syndIcate.)

There were thirty-one members of
the lakewood Players club and only
eight parts in the play they decided to
perform for the benefit of the Oak
wood Day Nursery. The remaining
twenty-three, not wishing to be entire
Iy out of the activities that furnished
lakewood with such a pleasant deal Of
amusement every spring, were as
signed to all sorts of duties. In fact,
everything that could possibly be done
in connection with the giving of an
amateur performance was spun out to
provide occupation for the various
members not given a part in the cast
of eight. Young Doctor Walker and
Tom Yates, promising lawyer. were
ushers, digniied professor was as
signed the duty of passing glasses of
cold water during the performance, the
rich and rotInd Mrs. Elaslett was
given supervision of the lights behind
the stage-a good sedentary job for
one of her proportions.
And | think you and Tom Ben
ham," the president of the little club
the genial Ian MasOn-infOrmed
Maud Fay at the country club one
afternoon your job is to provide the
furnishings for the different scenes
The first is 4 garden scene. OF course,
the only furniture that we'll need
aside from the actual scenery-will be
bench or so, chair. or something of
that sort. Then there is a scene on a
desert island-likewise merely mat
ter of the scenery; and then the last
act, which represents homelike liv-
Ing room-Open fireplace, easy chairs,
books, cheerful hangings, etc. That's
your job. You will have ten dollars
to buy things for that scene. The
rest you will have to beg, borrow, or
steal"
But aren't we to have any definite
instructions-opinion differs so as to
what constitutes a cheerful living |
room My own taste is rather decid- |
ed" Maud told him.
st wouldn't be any good if it |
wasn't" said Len. go ahead with |
your own ideas as far as Tom Benham
will let you. You'll make a good pair |
on a job like that. You're awfully |
artistic and all that-and Tom is just |
an average A lot depends on the eff
feet of that living room, so do your
durndest"
Tom Benham and Maud Fay met
shortly thereafter in the frigidly cor
rect Fay drawing room. Although
Maud Fay and Tom Benham had
played around" with the same crowd
there in lakewood and regarded them
selves as quite well acquainted, this
was the first time that Tom had ever
called on Maud.
"Of course we don't want to have
anything like this" Tom said. waving
his hand to indicate the Fay drawing
room. This is much too 'magnolious'
you know what l mean?"
"Oh, of course" agreed Maud, eyes
sparkling with eagerness. you know
I've quite set my heart on having
cream walls with hand-blocked, flow
cred chintz at the windows-and a
window-box of geraniums, and
Hold on" warned Tom, wondering
why he had never noticed the mellow
sweetness of Maud's voice. "We've
only got ten dollars to spend Hand
blocked chintz costs dollars a yard
and it isn't likely we can borrow any
curtains that will just fit" &
The discussion continued. At the t
end of thirty minutes Tom Benham {
had come to several conclusions. One I
was that Maud Fay was a much more 8
attractive girl in her own home than V
she had ever appeared to be else a
where. Likewise she had wonderfully v
good taste with regard to homelke liv-
ing rooms. 1t was a great shame that C
she had to langush there in the Fay h
drawing room, obviously the work of il
an interior decorator. when she had Il
such excellent ideas on the subject. II
Moreover, Tom concluded, her taste a
was very much like his own. They II
had agreed that in order to get the G.
various needfuls for the scene they W
ought to go shopping. The following
had been planned for the Ell
line to squander the ten dollars APP b.
,ropriated by the club. 1t must be nj
spent very carefully, much more ty
than if the sum were nj
heir own. Maud had agreed to come
o town and, little hesitatingly. to
lave luncheon with Tom before going
N their shopping tour. 1--WE can talk re
hings over at luncheon and so save NJ
ime," she assured herself and Tom. eli
So on the following afternoon they Or
hoped. They looked at several shops st
or hand-blocked. lowered chintz, and
ettled on one that filed both Tom and ha
Iaud with delight. 1t was, however ev
our dollars a yard. At least sixteen to
ards would be needed. tic
Hang it all" said Tom, we've got pr
D have it. 1t will make all the differ I'd
nee in the world" He took out his fat
-allet and extracted therefrom sew
raj ten-dollar bils-until he had COW no
red the price of siXty-four dollars that tho
lie chintz would cost. 81 can use 1t tb;
forwards in my room," he excused. a
In passing down the street Maud's by
.tention was attracted to lamp with ch,
charmingly colored shade in shop pla