The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-23

Cullough who had worked in the
Every Home Office until, gayly and
irresponsible, she had married-and
been divorced six months later.
She knew Mrs. Frisbie, whose hus-
band was an invalid and whose little
girl couldn't see. She had known
Joe Platz, too, well enough to grow
little faint when she read how
they found his body in the river
Joe Junior had been buried the
week before. Joe Platz had lost his
job and couldn't face being a burden
to his wife.
IVES, Janet knew enough of pow
Il erty so that all Rolls pleading
couldn't win her from her insist
ence that they must work and save
before they could be married. Five
hundred dollars was the lowest pos
sible figure.
At first they had assured each
other the $500 could be saved easily
In six months at the most Rolf had
made a budget of his $35 and
showed Janet how to make one.
Somehow at the end of the month
the budget was there, but the money
wasn't.
They had had wonderful times to-
gether, but theater tickets and din
ners and gardenias for Janets coat
collar had more than taken the sum
Rolf had set down under the head
ing, Savings"
So there were more sessions with
pencil and paper, more adding and
subtracting. Out of all this had
come further arguments and then
gradually, the savings accounts had
begun to swell.
Instead of theater parties and
fresh flowers and dancing at the
Crystal Slipper, there we're long
walks now and cafeteria meals ano
visits to the neighbcThood movie
house where tickets cost only Is
cents.
Rolf chafed at all this-but always
came around to agree the object was
worth it. He wasn't nearly as
versed in economy as Janet. Some
Of the other girls in the Every Home
Office thought Janet had been grow
ing just a little shabby.
They nodded significantly and
agreed that girl had to keep UP
her looks; even if she was pretty
she was a fool to neglect herself
and anybody could tell that old black
hat was last winters. Fresh COL
lar and cuff sets didn't conceal the
fact that Janet wore the same
black frock almost every day.
If Janet Hill had heard these
comments she would have laughed
How could any one compare old hats
and worn frockS with the glory of
knowing that Rolf loved her?
The special reason she had want
ed to leave the Office at 1890 that
Saturday was because it was Rolls
birthday. He didn't know she was
aware of this, but what celebra-
ton she had planned
Dinner, cooked on the two-burner
gas stove by Janet herself. There
would be a thick steak, mushrooms,
creamed asparagus and salad with
Roquefort dressing. The dessert had
been made early that morning and
was waiting in the ice chest.
There would be flowers for the
table and tall white candles. Janet
would have to buy them at the dime
store on her way home
CHE had to shop, too, for the
~ fountain pen and pencil set that
was to be her birthday gift to Rolf.
Janet had decided that was what
the gift should be three weeks ago,
when he had complained about
losing his last pen.
There was the shopping to do at
the grocery store, too, the tidying
up of the single room that, with the
couch cover properly disgusting the
day bed, became a suitable place to
receive callers.
There were really a dozen de-
mands on Janet's time that after
noon and there she was tipping
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