The Washington times., 1931-05-12

Metro -GOldWyn.Mayer with Ma
riOn Davies in the leading rOle.)
Racing home from a charity
bazaar, where she had raffled
off character dolls with con-
spicuouS success, to change her
clothes for a tea dance at the
st. Regence, a surprise awaited
Jenny.
Avery was home.
An envelope addressed in his
large free hand was handed her
by the maid in the Breton cap.
Dear Moth:
Hullo! Surprise, eh what?
I'll wait in my bedroom until
you pop in on me. Av.
Avery home!
A lump of modification was
in Jenny's very soul as she sped
to her son. Was Avery i'll?
Crazy thought, but this was the
first time she had seen Avery
in the two months since-Ra-
mon. Would he-could he
sense anything different? No.
N. N. She need not reproach
herself where her children were
concerned. She had been plug
ging harder than ever for
Avery's speedboat. Would Avery
being homemade differ
ence to Ramon? He had never
seen her with her boy. With
Jennifer, now, it was different.
How annoyed Rarick would
be if something only casual were
bringing Avery home in the
midst of his semester. He had
come down so flat-footedly
against it.
He Kisses Her
He was standing in a striped
flannel dressing-gown, tamping
tobacco into his short-stemmed
pipe, when his mother entered.
The contents of a large pigSkin
bag. good accoutrements, Uttered
the room. A portable phono-
graph was on the table, with a
disk on, and a needle in posi-
ton.
Good for you, mother! l was
afraid it might not be you.
Peacock tells me father often
gets home nowadays around f."
avery, you're ill?"
Nothing SO pleasantly ex-
planatory of my sudden return
to the magnificent fold Of the
family" he said. giving his par
ent lift off the floor as he
kissed her.
avery, you're not in trouble
Of any Sort?"
mot the kind you think"
what other kinds are there%
fo-fum ones"
avery, don't tell me you've
started to be foolish about a
girl-or anything like that" she
cried, flashing glance, even In
the suspense of her sudden SuS-
picion, to her wrist watch.
mo, I'm off women" he said,
with elaborate grandeur and in
nocence of them, that made
her take his long pale cheeks
between her hands and kiss him
Only a Moment
Darling, tell me what has
brought you home in this sud-
den fashion. You know how
set your father is against it,
since all those supper dances
we used to drag you in for.
Tell me. son, I've only a mo
ment between appointments"
Mother. be a brick and can
Gel. How can I talk to you if
you've only a moment? I must
see you before father cones in.
please manage"
She stood fluttering between
her indecisions. After all, the
important thing was that
Avery was well. Some school.
soy predicament no doubt, that
seemed enormous enough TO the
schoolboy living it. Ramon
hated to wait. Waiting acted
as an actual physical depressant
upon him, from which he was
slow to recover. Jenny had
learned that.
Mental Conflict
Their most violent quarrel
had resulted from her arrival
20 minutes late at a small tea
room in West Seventy-sixth
Street which they were begin
ming to frequent for its obScur-
ity. ~
Women who took tango les
sons of Ramon learned quickly.
too, that to keep him waiting
was to receive only deSultory
and sullen attention, instead Of