Evening star., 1930-12-14


front Of cafe. Vienna tVas a fine tosOn,
hate ereT heard Of "tCienerOurst."
Well, 1t was all part of the philosophy Of
"'live and learn" There was the whole thing
in a nutshell. Live and learn. Dora
living this trip To see her eyes shine over
the blue crepe dress from Paris testified to that.
Boys were too young to realize it, but every
single day was storing up in those young minds
impressions Of lifetime. Days might drag q
bit for Pop, Monroe and his ill equipment for
running the business might weigh more heavily
than Pop would have liked, but just the same
the means justified the end.
1T was at the conclusion of the third month
that Pop came to what, for him. was q
heroic conclusion. After all, trip of life
time; boys at the formative period Dora hav-
ing the time tf her life-the thing to do
if he had to wire his brother in Wichita for
loan of 1000 en- collateral of his building
loan association stock, was to stick it out an
other month!
Two weeks in Paris was mighty little for a
woman who had looked forward to it all her
life. Why, as the guide he had engaged to
do the galleries with them had remarked "the
Louvre itself was worth two weeks of intensive
study" to say nothing of the fact that the
EifTel Tower and places like that were worthy
of Steve'S careful consideration. And history!
To stand at the top of the Champs EIysees and
look down that fine street was to live all over
the days of Napoleon who had planned out that
street Yes, sir, it might mean long hours
of sitting around the street cafes Of the town.
and Pop certainly did not care for the strupy
drinks or TIE inky coffee that seemed the order
Of those terraces, but again on the principle
only come to Europe once, Pop, his sur
prise of the voyage, sprang his news to the
famhy-after the money had been wired for
from Wichita, the original return passage cam
celed and the new passage for six weeks later
purchased.
1t seemed to Dora that if ever her influence
over her three sons had reached its triumphant
peak it was during Pops release of his tidingS
one evening in their narrow hotel sitting room
in the Hotel Griffon in Paris.
Leonard, whose nostalgia for his swimming
hole at Cracks Greek back home had been
something which which his mother had
secretly struggled the Summer through, began
frankly to cry, but then Lennie was the baby
and Pop never even noticed. But Steve who
should have known better actually started to
be rude to Father and explain that the ten
don in his heel had all been hoax to escape
one more day Of the agony Of traipsing Europe
and except for the heel of Dora's shoe dug
into his instep, would have wounded his father
for life. The same way with Bobbie. There
was dreadful moment when it seemed that
talgia with which Dora had been coping
all these months had she not jumped quick
ly into the breach, tiding over the disaster of
letting Pop know the horrible truth
why Dad, that's mighty darling generous
of you. But declare, honey think me and
the boys have had about enough -"
There yo1 go again. sacrificing your own
desires to wpat 5ou imagine are mine This
time Though, I've foreSeen all that. This trip
amt over, honey-it's just about to begin for
you and the boys-you're not going to say when
you get home that you didn't see Europe See
that package there That's guide boogs!"
As Dora afterward explained tearfulIy.
prayerfully. to her three insurgent sons, stick
1T out, darlings-fcr my sake! If 1 can make
the best of it. surely you young ones can Wen
be home again in eight weeks, darlings
know 1t seems awful lorlg now-but Mother
will do her best to let you out Of the traipsing
Stick it out, darlings, for Pops sake Pop is
enjoying it sol"
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