Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

They had exclaimed over all the wrong
things and wondered how Laurence and
Irene were so satisfied, cooped up in
an apartment. They didn't get any
sort of a thrill when celebrities were
pointed out to them. On the whole, the
Turner's. were glad when the Harrisons
returned home.
Laurence was lucky fellow He
realized that. During the next two
years his salary and commissions were
more than doubled. There was no use
for them to live, well-so simply. Irene
was quite sick of East End avenue.
Such funny people were moving there.
Newly rich. Why. she and Laurence
had college Quotations They consid-
cred the suburbs, spoke to a dozen real
estate agents, and inspected so houses
1t might be nice-a little garden, a
garage. country club. But they didn' t
want the country. They had had
enough Of that in Camden. They
hated the idea of a furnace to look
after, of trains to catch, of living on a
schedule. OF course. you do meet peo-
pie in the suburbs. but what of it? In
time they'd know the people they want
ed to know right in town.
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A FTER some elaboration, they picked
n out rather elaborate apartment in
one of the brand-new apartment build
lngs just off Lake avenue. Expensive
! OF course. Why not? They could af-
| ford it.
, They bought a car, too, rather good
| looking limousine, and, because Irene
was afraid to drive in traffic, they hired
a chauffeur; otherwise. she knew she
wouldn't get any use out of the car at
| all. The new apartment was most at
| tractive. Irene went to an expensive
| looking shop, where a sleek and good
looking young decorator helped her
make the proper purchases. These
were bought ION time" in a way,
though you didn't call it that. They
were so expensive that no one-unless
| you really had an awful lot of money
could pay for them all at once. The
bills we're sent in. and you paid part
every month until the things were
paid for.
The apartment was done in Georgian
English to correspond with the house
itself. 1t had many French doors and
rather good hardware. The mahogany
had good lines, and the stufts used for
draperies were of rich material and
color.
This was something like it. Irene
was enthusiastic from the first. Lau-
renee thought it all bit formal, but
he got used to it.
Now they we're ready at last. They
told themselves that they would have
been premature, if they had tried to
make friends when they could not re-
ceive them in proper surroundings.
Now they had the proper surroundings.
Before this, they had made little active
effort to get acquainted, feeling that
| friends would come to them In time.
No& their search became real part
Of their lives.
Laurence tried the experiment Of
bringing home some business friends
| to dinner. The friends would come,
prove rather boring, and then go away,
offering no entertainment in return.
Irene smiled and spoke to several
neighbors and found that they were
not visibly eager to be friends.
They entertained the DreweyS from
Camden and felt that the Dreweys were
properly impressed by their manner of
living-far above the way the Dreweys
or any one else they knew had ever
lived Well. they had shown them!
Their parents came to visit them
occasionally and they dutifully took
hem to theaterS and restaurants. They
were always a little glad after they
had gone back home. Laurence's
father was a plain, good man, but not
the kind you like to be seen with.
Victor Moffett was still oratorical and
conceited, full of long quotations. Mrs.
Moffett was still bright-eyed and
dowdv. Grace and Emily came upon
occasional visits, too, bit envious of
Irene and Laurence, but complacent as
they had always been. telling of Cam
den parties and Camden events. The
Riggses are putting up great big home
on the old Seaton place, and all around
here is being built up. You won't know
the place when you come out for
visit"
LAS II we'd ever go out to Camden
for visit" Irene would say to Lau-
renee, after the guests had gone. They
must think we're as bug rubes as they
are. Metropolis is good enough for me.
I'm perfectly satisfied with things just
the way they are
$50 am l." said Laurence. We've
got things fixed up pretty nearly the
way we want them. I'd like to be able
to save little money, if make more,
next year. And, after we meet nice
crowd, get in with nice people"
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ON New Year eve they decided to
~ attend supper club that was just
coming into prominence. 1t was one
of the smartest and most expensive
places in town. They engaged a table |
You never can tell what parties like |
that can develop into" Laurence told
Irene.
They went to the theater first and |
got to the supper club just a little |
before IL. At each table was a party |
of happy people. If they ONLY knew |
some of them! Why. at the next table |
to them-the very kind of people they
wanted to meet! There was a man of |
about so. two younger men, three girls.
The girls were all young and pretty
and beautifully gowned. Irene wished
something would happen so that these |
people would invite Laurence and her I
to join them. She looked at them and
caught the eye of the oldest man, who
held his glass up and seemed to be
making an invisible toast with his lips.
She returned it. Some body called
across the table to them, and. in 10
minutes, Irene and Laurence found
themselves at the other table.
What nice evening 1t was! The
party broke up at 5 o'clock and they
all went to breakfast. The men ex-
changed cards and telephone numbers,
and the women told Irene that they
would telephone in day or two.
The men telephoned Laurence, and
the women telephoned Irene. as they i,
had promised. Within week Laurence
and Irene found out that their new
friends had decided that the Turner'S I