Evening star., 1932-03-27

was where Stevie and you lived when you were
married, wasn't it? Do you mind If lay of
my coat? This hats tight it's giving
headache. I think I'll take it on, too"
As Miss Kilgore shook out her dark ringlets
and made herself comfortable, Jessica noted
brown satin. beads, and bracelets. Mechani-
caly she took the coat and hat and laid them
across the couch.
MY, you're cozy up here" Misc Kilgore went
on. TITS long climb, though. don't see
how you stand it without elevators. These
old made-new houses are nice, aren't they?
like them better than regular apartments.
They're more honey"
Jessica had finally taken the other chair and
was regarding her visitor calmly
You know you're really pretty" Miss Kill
gore said leaning toward her enthusiastically
IT don't blame Stevie for having been crazy
about you"
She subsidized for a moment after that. and
then said in a confidential tone:
What I really came to see you about was
Stevie. You see, we're thinking about getting
married and thought II saw you, If knew
the sort of girl he hadn't suited, I'd know more
about myself"
II must correct that" Jessica put in swiftly
Stephen suited me. 1t was q long and in
volved question concerning his future"
But he said
Naturally. He would He would shoulder
to do otherwise
u NOTICE you call him Stephen" Maurine
said smiling IT call him Steve or stevie;
Stevie mostly.
I'VE really live in Winnetka,' she went on
trelevantly Its practically the same as
Chicago. Papa has his Office in La Sale street.
He's a real estate man. We have q Summer
place up in Wisconsin, Lake Geneva and we
usually 60 to Florida in the Winter
"Stevie has been at Summer place. He
likes the power boats. Daddy says wen have
to get a faster one just for Stevie to play with
when he comes up."
Stephen was always fond Of the water"
Jessica said heiplessly. "Of course, living the
way I do forget there are such things as
power boats and Summer places"
That's what I say!" Maurine trilled. He
has told me how people live here. Out home
we play more. Daddy says q man has got TO
relax lot to do his best work. Summertime
he often leaves the Office on Thursday and
stays at the lake till Monday"
II dare say it is lovely"
Maurine settled back Jessica indicated the
box OF cigarettes on the table between them, but
the visitor shook her curls. IT never learned"
she explained. Il guess I'm a little old-fash-
ioned
What wanted to ask you about is what
Stevie is doing now she continued. 1T seems
to mean so much travelling. And we'd really
have to live in New York
Funny how nearly all the publishing COM
panies are In New York, ISN'T it? Now lot
Of other businesses New York and Chicago both
have and 1t doesn't matter much which you
live in But If boys working for book
publisher, like Stevie, he's practically got to
i've in New York
1T seems a shame. We could live right In
Winnetka with papa and mama, or papa
would build us a house we could take one
Of his apartments
"You have no idea what marvellous apart
ments they are building now. Papa has some
on the North Side and some on the South Side.
It's hard to tell which I'd like better, but
we've always lived out North, so suppose we'd &
take an apartment there.