New Britain herald., 1926-06-08

Fanny laughed and answered with q l"a of slang that always puzzled Sylvia: sos your old man."
 ''Sows your wild oats." lay cuIuG back at him, looking up and giglng cozily, as If the two of them were the closest friends in the world and had all sorts of jokes between thenl. As she watched them sylvia couldn't help feeling the familiar stab of jealousy that she always felt when Fay and Ranny were together For Fay gave him the thing That Sylvia knew she never could give him-amusemcn;. Eamy always said she 'tickled him to Gcath"- and was more fun than barred Of monkeys" and when she W.ta around he never noticed anyone else.
 Sylvia forced herself to looa away from them and To tnik 10 Peter W9" was still holding his bundhs.
 "I don't k..ow what's in your packages, Santa Claus she said. smiling at him with her lovely ayrs. but | can guess All her life she had seen pack ages like the ones that Peter was holding now. They were wrapped in shiny white paper and were hound with tra green cord that Peters sister Sarah Wilk always used Wh she tied up cifis. I-rI711I,- 1rr, t@st1 rt,.r. i,,s.. .,,.t- she had haked-ptcs and cakes and crullerS, For sbc was not only wonderful cook, but very proud ot her baking, and generous with it. This time she had sent a hun drcd tiny sandwichos-dainty, airy things made with jelly. or chicken or caviar-and 6 hundred sugarcd cookies.
 "I told Sarah you were having q party and she thought it might help you out if she made these little things for you." Peter said in Lis awkward, embarrassed way. i He began to pull off the brown paper wrappings from third i bundle. Sylvia knew from inc size and the shape of it that there were i flowers in it.
 And there Wcre-tNo dozen great yellow chrysaulhomums that filled Ithc little kitchen with that unfor- gettahle autumn smell of theirs. l "I remember you used to lik, |these,' he was saying as he put them into Sylvia's hands, l She held them tight in her arms and looked up at him. "Petcr.' she said to him, you and Sarah are the two best people { in inc world. You always have been i so good to me-and do you know something ?-if ever were in trouble, think you two people would be the people I'd come to-"
 She broke off suddenly. realizing what she was saying, and walked into the dining room for a vase for th" flowers.
 ! Whom sh. came back Peter Was sitting at the kitchen table beating a bowl of salad dressing with all his might. He had tied an apron ever his suit and he seemed 10 hs !thorouchly at home.
 Mover did this before in my litc!" he said stirring wildly, but I d. if well. don't I?"
 X half hour later everything was ready for the supper. Sylvia was washing some olive oil from hor hanus when Fanny and Fay opened .thn door and came into the kitchen. They were laughing uproariously.
 "Wen. we shd worry now
 whether it's dry party or moi.
 Sylyia!" Fay gurgled, leaning
 against the sink for support. ''Nc'rc four drinks ahead of inc
 world aren't We, Fanny" She
 held up q silver whiskey flask and
 shook if 10 show sylvia how sh,
 ard Ranny had cmptied it of every
 drop.
 Kenny had stopped laughing sud
 denly. He was standing perfectly
 still in the center of inc kitchen. ,with his eyes fixed on the table
 where Peters chrysanthcmum
 hloomcd like yellow suns in the'5 tall vase.
 From them he looked srimly or iPetor.
 Who told you you could bring my wife floNrrs"' ho asked thick .ly. walking toward the table,
 His face was flushed and his
 eyes bl zcd with his anger Sylvia
 laid her hand on his arm. but hc shook ii off and leaned down into Pucrs face.
 II repeat" he said again, "Who
 told you you could bring flowers 10 my perfectly good Vifc??'
 Peters level gaze never shifted
 from his face, as he answered him Phelps, you're just a plain fool aren't you?" he asked, and he got up. united his apron and handed ii to Sylvia. Before any of them guess ed what he was ahout, he had walked cooley out of the flat. A
 second later came the sound of The Nests front door closing quietly behind him.
 (TO BE CONTINUED Fanny and Fay, who are always : making someone else jealous. oN. , perience the feeling themselves. Eddie Carter arrives at Sylvia :, , party with Fuss" March, a young | napper. As result, Fay suddenly announces her engagement tc Eddie.
 There is more of the "doin~s' ot the flappcrs in tomorrow install ment,
 old Wives Taics A prominent doctor Nhaeks som II "old wives notions Of tood.' To