Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-10-19

~ Bah" Prof Augustus
Penhallow looked up from
the glass of ginger ale
and lemon which he had been shak-
ing and endeavored to detect for him
self the cause of her eNclama ton.
lie did detect it at once, and sighed
ever so slightly.
Prof. Penhallow and Mrs. Penhal-
low were sitting on the veranda OF
the Southmead Country Club. quite
as if they were accustomed to II.
They Were. Some years before. Pen
hallow'S plane Geometry had APP
pcared, and then his Solid CieoT-
ctry." and both had been, and still
We're, best sellers in the textbook
world. Nobody is compelled to buy
4 novel if he doesn't want to. but
thousands of young men and naidens
are annually compelled to buy PEN
hallows geometries. Hence. the Pen
hallows had Summer place in
Southmcad and belonged to the
country club and the professor play ed
golf Today, however. il was very
warm and he had deserted the link :
for the shaded Veranda and the tinkle
Of ice in a glass. plus the occa sional
conversation of his wife.
Mrs. Penhallow was We'll adapted
20 be the wife Of Il matherna tiCian
She was Il most excellent manager
and saw to all the royalty payments
as we'll as to the disposition OF The
money thereafter. Her character vas
firm. Her knowledge of academic
matters tand many othersl was en-
t"nSiNe
Yet she was now reduced TO the
Elementary, if expressive. monosylla-
BILE. Bah
The cause of this ejaculation was
a female. Furthermore. this female
vas in close conjunction with Au.
gustus Penhallow, jr He had beer
christened the Emperor in pref
school because the first Augustus
was an emperor. and Penhallow, jr.
carried himself even then with a Ger.
tain superior aloofness. He was now
: -. with brand-new Phi. d. and ar
instructorship in romance languages
awaiting him in the autumn.
The Emperor wasn't naturally hap.
ny AS mixer. At the present mo.
nent. however. he appeared to BE-
getting on very we'll. indeed, witt
one of his fellow-creaturcS. This fel
low-creature evidently played gol
rather badly, for how else shall W.
account for the fact that the En-
u"rur had to take her hands and place
her fingers carefully around the han,
grip:
1t was just at this point that Mrs
f"nhallow said, Bah" and again
Bah"
t'rof. Penhallow tinkled the ice il
his glass once more and remarked:
"A slight prolongation of the vowc
sound, my dear, effected by a trcmolc
Of the palate. viii produce more
realistic imitation of the characters.
- III oil I. l.
Mrs. Penhallow did not deign &c
look at her husband
The scheminG little-little flap
per-" she said. Think of Gussie al.
lowing himself TO be subjected to the
wiles of that bold little mink"
But. my dear" said the professor
'Gusse seems to be enjoying it, Is
there any harm in enjoying yourself
with a pretty girl9 She is pretty, you
know"
so is a French doll" said his wife
What does she want him for? Why
can't she pick up some Of her OWL
vapid kind"
The desire Of the moth for thu
STAR" smiled the professor.
u shall speak to Gussie tonight"
why, yes, 7 would" her husband
commented, eff 1 wanted him to &c
right on playing with Peggy"
You think L have no influence with
my SOM
Il think perhaps you overestimate
your knowledge of young men," the
professor replied. But do as you
please. Perhaps Peggy will take me
over as a partner
Is eyes followed the retreating fig
ures of his son and Miss Peggy
Price, his glance oddly wistful. Mrs
ienhallow's eyes. too, were following
the retreating figures.
They were so far away. however,
that she could not see the large,
roguish eyes Of Peggy looking up into
the face of Augustus. junior, and or
tainly she could not hear the Acft,
caressing voice of Peggy exclainA Il
don't see how you can play goU SO
well when YOU know SO much"
This appeared to amuSe the I'm
pcror. lis education a drawback to
golf?' he inquired.
Why, of course" said the girl.
Did you ever see Phi Beta Kappa
key in a first sixteen-e1cept on
your own watchchain?
The Emperor reflected seriously.
No. i don't believe l ever did. 1t is
rather odd that high bodily co-ordi-
nation doesn't seem to go with high
mental coordination. 1 must talk it
over with father
Miss Peggy tried brassie shot, and
sliced fearfully: 1T sometimes doesn't
20 with low mental coordination.
either" she laughed. Il haven't
brains enough TO read timetable;
Yet 1 can't play golf"
"A great many extremely intelli-
gent people find timetables very per-
picking" said the Emperor. reassur-
nrtu
The grip | showed you. and YOU look
YOUR club too far back
''Oh, dear, I'm such d bother.
Ioun have to show me all over