Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23

- and made the first
down payment, be-
cause there was rumpus room and triCked-
up. little bar most inConveniently placed in
what ought to have been a utility closet for
old coats and skates and golf clubs and tennis
racquets and fishing tackle and so on.
Mary had already fallen in love with the
house because there was the ''CuteSt' little
dog door that swung back and forth in the
lower part of door opening out on side
porch, and because there was another door
cleverly cut into the shingles of the same side
porch, especially made for baby carriage to
be wheeled into parking space under the
stairs.
They had neither dog nor baby but she was
glad to be forehanded about both. Further
more, there were many assets: big living
room with a real fireplace dining room with
bay window to breakfast in; on the second
floor good sized master bedroom with dress
ing room and bath of its own, also two smaller
rooms and a bath. One of the rooms had to be
given to the cook as we'll as use of the bath.
But on the third floor was room with low,
slanting walls broken into by three sweet
gable windows. 1t was the sort of room that
at once makes any imaginative house buyer
think Of the word picture book. This" eX-
GAINED Mary, will be our guest ROOM" And
at once she saw it, furnished in organdy
ruftles yards and yards of them -- orchid
color, and chartreuse walls.
60 it was no wonder that as soon as the last
piece Of furniture had been put in place and
the last curtain hung, the very first thing that
tempted Mary was to invite MIR. and Mrs.
John Gliding Eminent to spend week end,
Her impulse in inviting them was partly
affectionate esteem, and partly appreciation
for their check, which had entirely furnished
the spare room. She wanted to show them how
beautifully it had been spent. Also she had
meant Just what she said in her note. that
the spare room was too divine to have any
one less important than the Eminents be the
first to occupy it.
To Mary delight Mrs Eminent wrote that
nothing could give them greater pleasure
than being the first to see the new house
and stay in the divine spare room. So, al
though the one leftover bedroom on the
second floor was not yet furnished Mary, with
youths superiority over merely material de-
tails, telephoned Mr.. Clubwn Doe, who said
tfet he, too, would be delighted to act as
godfather at.the housewarming.
To Mary everything seemed perfectly ar
ranged. They were all motoring out from
town, arriving in time for lunch on Saturday
- the last day of the horse show. After this
Mary would ask few people to tea at the
Horse and Harness Club, and give small
dinner at home that evening.
On Sunday they would sit about until
church. And then her own mother and father,
the Eminent's best friends were coming to
lunch, and after that she could easily think of
something interesting on Sunday afternoon,
and in the evening she thought it would be
ni,a to cheer the Eminents and Mr.. Doe by
taking them over to the Black Cat Cabaret
that the Gaddy Garbes raved about.
So now we come to Saturday. Jim stayed
home to hang pictures and to furnish the
bar and set up the games he had bought
Mary rented a cot from a secondhand place
in the village for Mr.. Clubwin Doe, and
moved in her own desk and chair. 1t was too
bad to have to take the fireplace rug from the
living room but she had to make Mr. Does
room little comfortable