The Washington times., 1934-07-26
Girl in the Family
CHAPTER XVIII

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down beside her and put one
arm around her shoulders.
You'll be married to Wallace
IN such a. short time that it's
silly for you to worry about
things in this house. And there
isn't so much to worry about,
anyhow. Your father will soon
be home, and in the meantime
1t isn't going to ruin Johns
career to pay us little money
every week.
"And until then the Broder.
lex men will look after the
women Of the family as they
always have" Lutte said, lifting
her chin that was beginning to
look like crepe where it curved
down into her neck.
II don't see why it isn't all
right for a girl to do office
work, or something like that,
that requires much more brain
than household drudgery. I
wish you could see Connie
Sayre and the Cullen girls,
Lutte. They work-at clean in
tereSting work-and they're paid
for it, but they're cultured and
Just as refined as you or me or
Jessie Bunts!
I'm sure they must be cul-
tured, giving parties where the
guests soak their cake in their
coffee before they eat i'll" re-
marked Aunt Edna acidly.
why, that was just fun,
Aunt Edna!" Susan spoke with
indignation in every syllable.
Nobody really dipped their
doughnuts in their coffee and
then ate it at that party of
theirs. They Just called it a
'dunking' party because they
thought it was funny. Their
manners are just as good as
anyone'S mannerS-and they're
kind besides. Just think how
nice they've been to Mr.. Sholes,
because he's lonely and"
She broke off abruptly realizing
how useless it would be to try
to explain the CullenS to Aunt
Edna and Lutte.
She carried the breakfast coat
upstairs and laid it out on the
bed in her cold room, thinking
over what Lutte had said about
1t-that it would be just the
thing to slip into when she and
Wallace ate breakfast in their
hotel sitting room.
Until now she had never
thought very much about the
intimate side of her marriage
and her life afterward with
Wallace. She had thought of
getting into Wallace'S automo-
bile and starting off on her
honeymoon, and she had looked
forward with a sense of adven-
ture to the new places and
people they would see.
But her mind, like the vir-
ginal minds of most mice" girls,
had never gone beyond that
point.
She put the breakfast coat
back into its glazed cardboard
box and shut it away in the bot
tom drawer Of her chiffonier.
Perhaps everything would be
all right again when she saw
Wallace in two or three weeks,
she thought, staring at the re-
Election of her troubled face in
the looking glass above the chif-
tonier. It was only since
he had gone away that this
change in her feeling toward
him had occurred.
Anna's Romance
Thursday was Anna Oberg'S
afternoon off duty each week,
but she had asked Aunt Edna
for the Friday following New
Years day because the Scandi-
navian Social Center was hold
ing its New Years ball on Fri
day night.
I'VE would like to have it on
New Years night, like it should
be, but we cannot" Anna had
explained to Aunt Edna.
The ball was the high point
Of Anna'S entire year. For weeks
she had been getting ready for
it. She had made q dress for
it, a satin dress of great gloss
and pinkneSS. She had dyed a
pair of stockings to match it,
and she had bought lace mitts
and q pair Of gray satin Slip
pers.
Dressed in these things she
tapped on the panels of SuSan'S
bedroom door on Friday after
noon.
How do you think I look?"
she asked Susan, but her whole
face showed that she knew,
without asking, that she was
magnificent.
Susan told her that she was
beautiful. "Herbst will never
bring you back here tonight
after he sees you. Anna" she
assured her solemnly. He'll
take you straight to Mr..
Bjorne's house to be married"
She sheek her smooth blond
head now. "No, be not marry
HerbSt for a long time. I stay
here until you get married and
John get married. It will not
be very long, I think, and
save up a little more money
for my wedding. Herbst is poor
and he has his old mother to
take care Of"
She Smoothed down the front
of her dress placidly while
Susan looked at her and won
dar,ad HnnHu she would take her