Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-28

inside and wash your face and tell me-"
She slipped in her latch key, pulled
on the light and they went to the
kitchen. Ronny splashed at the sink
gratefully. while Helen, on her knees
by the refrigerator, pulled out eggs and
butter and fruit and cold vegetables.
He buried his face In Tacy's immacu-
late roller-towel and watched Helen
hungry-eyed, as she heated peas and
cauliaower in two small saucepans, set
eggs in third pan to scramble, and got
out china and silver and rolls and but
ter He dropped down at the enameled
white kitchen table waiting till she
should have everything ready. She
poured out two glasses of milk and sat
down across from him with her own.
He dived into his food with hungry
boys avidity.
Finally he looked up, having eaten
every scrap Of food on the table.
81 am in trouble. Helen" he admitted.
"You're being awfully decent"
well, dear, can't register surprise
at this hour Of the night Something
limited as much to me. What's wrong?"
well, you know I was conditioned,
and old Powell argued me into making
It UP at Summer school"
"You had to make 1t up"
Nina could perfectly well have let
me have a tutor. But no, anything to
keep me of the grass"
But anyway she didn't. And you
know Mr.. Powell agreed with her about
the Summer school And anyway
Ronny. last time you had a tutor here
you would not"
He was an ass" said Ronny.. "A
little meek worm with ideas 200 years
old"
.r Io..,A L..z,,, oho,,t x,o,, b,,i
nv system requires sleep at night Dc
hurry up and tell me"
Ronny pushed back his kitchen chair
rose and began to patrol the blu'
checked linoleum.
do you know what education is TO-
day? system of cliches, taught by
set of cowed pedants, a stah Of mar
row stupid yes-men."
But you have to graduate salt
Helen being Of the frankly expedien
sex Wouldn't you study at Summe
school either?"
"Certainly-some Of the subjects
But there was one professor"
The old story. Ronny in confic
with constituted authority. Ronny
with enough right on his side, of
lofty and theoretic sort, TO make hir
stubborn, to gain him a following I
convince him that he simply couldn
and wouldn't give up,
And so you quarreled with the pro
fessor?"
Il merely told him what I though
Of his crawling attitude TO capital"
Il take it back. That was an insul
not a quarrel"
u hope he was insulted. I hope h
knows now what he seems in the ey'
Of thinking people"
"Ronny! You'll wake up the who
houser'
Helen, can't you see"
81 think I do They've expelled yc
from the Summer school for tnsubord
nation"
And / am proud OF itl'
But why haven't you any money
"Oh, I spent it." said Ronny largel
cas- a matter of fact, was the edit
Of poetry magazine"
"A radical one, of course"
Naturally
Helen said no more. He had be-
supporting his little magazine tnstei
of buying himself clothes-or, by e
look of him. SUFFICIENT food.
1.-THE thing feel the worst about
that Flame Is discontinued" SO
Ronny sadly. 1T was Wonoerl
aoh. never mind that-can you
back to college?"
won't" said Ronny Nina ought
Give me enough money TO live on
I'm a and Il comes 20 me.
He M knew II would only stait
long Argument TO say anything ADJ
the fact that this was capitalism.