Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
Saturday Night Beans.

/ ~ HESTER TRENTON III If Bos-
ton put more time on that
weekly letter to lis mother
~ than usual It was an impcr-
tant letter He closed his ears
to the sound of revelry on the campus
below as the boys prepared to so to the
field for football practice. He did not
answer the repeated raps at his door
as his classmates went by. He did not
even stop 10 fill his fountain pen when
1t went dry, but dipped it into the ink
bottle on his desk. 1t was long letter
that letter TO Mrs. Chester Archibald
! Trenton II and when he finished he
reread parts Of it aloud, changing a
! word here and there and adding several
underscorings to bring out important
points.
Il certainly am glad that you are
going to meet Virginia at last, mother,
She wrote home and asked her mother,
after told her you wanted her TO come
/ to Boston for the weekend, and it is
all right with her folks. Cecile Man
| ming is coming with us.
| She is sure peach and you will all
/ like her. She said she had heard of
/ our house through the Murrays in De-
| troit. . you remember the Murrays-
well, they live next to Virginia's folks
in Detroit-Virginia's dad is an auto
mobile manufacturer, but she isn't
| one Of those newly rich not by a
! long shot . she is the real stuff.
IN leave all the fixings to you,
| mother. because you know how to do 1t.
Well leave here after lunch and will be
/ at the house around $50. / suppose
| Benjamin will meet us. 1t might be a
| good idea to have two or three in
how about Dave Laidlaw for Cecile?
/ I'll leave that to Sis. and We can
run out to the club to dance.
Il know everything will be all fine
! you know how to do it. mother.
/ and know you will like Virginia. u. -
/ Benjamin, the Trenton chauffeur.
I austere In his green livery. was at the
station to meet Chester and the two
/ Young ladies. Chester and Benjamin
had been very close friends for years.
| ever sinpe the days when Chester III
! sat on the front seat with Benjamin
! when he was driven to and from gram
/ mar school Benjamin was on the
alert for the usual ELUSIVE greeting, but
/ Chester. in a most dignified manner,
i much the same as that used by Chester
| II. said: How do you do, Benjamin.
| BENJAMIN smiled broadly over the wheel
as the car left the station. Young Mr..
| Trenton was certainly grown up nova
/ DAYS. but just wait until the young
/ ladies were not around. The big
car rolled through the massive stone
/ gateway of the Trenton estate and fol-
lowed a winding boulevard through
well kept lawns and sflrubbery. Back
/ On a terraced elevation stood the Tren-
/ ton house, as 1t had stood for more
( efxN ~rAA 1T
| New York and England had built 1t
| there. Massive. imposing an architec-
/ ture of an American past and rTlagnifi-
cent In It's simplicity, the Trenton house
was one Of the show places of New
! England.
obi it is beautiful" exclaimed Vir-
ginia Butler of Detroit Just beauti-
/ full 1t looks like an old painting
We have beautiful houses in Detroit,
/ too, but they are all so new and so ex-
! travagantiy done. L have never seen
one like this :"
Chester III was very happy So hap
/ by that when Benjamin stood at the
| car door and assisted the young Ia
dies to aiight he wirked at him. which
the chauffeur knew meant conf1den-
/ tial chat later in the garage, over cigar
] cites. Benjamin unsmilingly winked
| back
How do you do. James" said Chester
III to the dignified butler who opened
/ the door rs my mother down."
No, Mr. Chester that Ia she
/ Is coming now. Mr.. Chester / viii
send the luggage up, sir
/ Mrs. Chester Archibald Trenton II
was very charming. She kissed her
sons two pretty guests and took them,
!, herself to their rooms Chester's de-
| butante sister met them on the stairs,
very lovely In her peach-colored dress
her sunny hair bound with band OF
silver.
You have met all the family but
grandmother, said Alice as she went
| with them. Grandmother never comes
down until dinner-time. We will have
four guests. Betsy Ann Lee and
Dick Travers. David Laidlaw and fob.
ert Burnham my fiance. We are going
10 the country club after dinner foi
dancing. We would have gone for din
ner but grandmother is 80 old-fashion.
ed. .. A creature Of habit. and she in.
sists on the family being together on
Saturday night An old New England
custom Of hers and you can't change
grandmother. ...
Cecile and Virginia whispered over
h'lFEt hStE3ntS5
Il am positively afraid 10 meet the
grandmother said Virginia. "Th.
Murrays say she is a regular doWaper
rules the whole family With AT
iron hand. Fearfilly proud Of hel
family. traces her ancestry back IN si
Walter Raleigh. In fact. her name wa
Caroline Raleigh before she married
Chester Trenton /
Chester III %as waiting for them a
The bottom Of the stairs and led them Il
the drawing room, where before the FIRE
place sat little, old gray-haired lady
IN black silk and cream lace Sh
looked like a Sargent portrait JUS
stepped from its frame.
Grandmother this ix Miss Viruinl;
Butler from Detroit, Mich, and mis-
Cecile Manning from New Haven M,
grandmother, Mrs. Caroline Raleigh
Trenton
The Sargent portrait looked at then
carefully through her gold lorgnette
= Then she nodded Is though In an
prevail
, Il am pleased 10 welcome you. yolin
, ladies, into our home. she said In
voice that was modulated, formal fg
/ acting, and trust your sOioirn unde
! It's roof will be pleasant Dinner VII
/ be announced In seven minutes"
!. Il claim Miss Virginia as my Dime
> partner" said Chester Trenton r
/ handsome and distinguished in his din