The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 101, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 30, 1922 Page: 31 of 64
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The Married Life of Helen and Warren
A DAY OF POLITE EFFUSIONS OVER A COUNTRY. HOME
LEAVES THEM BOTH EXHAUSTED.
“Now just lean back and relax —
we're going to bare a restful day in the
country. You don't know how .much
good it'll do you" enthused Mrs.
Richards.
"Yes it’s an ideal day for it” mur-
mured Helen as they whirled by
groups of farm cottages basking with
Sunday languor in the radiant morn-
ing.
"By Jingo we forgot to bring that
padlock for the duck house!” Mr.
Richards steered sharply to avoid a
speeding roadster.
“Ducks?" Got any water on your
place?” asked Warren.
“We've got everything on that place!
A pond two springs and a strip of
woods that beats any park. Been of-
fered five thousand profit since we
bought it. But I wouldn't sell it at
any price.”
“Sell it? I should think we
WOULDN'T sell it” exulted Mrs.
Richards. “It's exactly what we've
always wanted. The most wonderful-
ly built bouse! And the floors and
..woodwork—you never SAW such
woodwork!”
For the rest of the forty-mile drive
both Mr. and Mrs. Richards kept up
a stream of eulogies over the surpass-
ing advantages of their new country
home. •
“There right through those trees!
That's it!”
“That does look attractive" Helen
forced an enthusiastic note at the
glimpse of a red-tiled roof.
“This is our ground. It begins at
this fence goes way back beyond those
woods —and four hundred feet on the
road. Now you.can see the house!” As
they turned in al the drive. Helen
began her murmured "How attrac-
tive ! What a wonderful place! You
WERE fortunate!”
“Wait till you see Inside! You've
never seen such a well-built house
Isn't that a lovely big porch? No
Frank drive around front —I want
them to see that doorway first. There
don’t you love those Colonial col-
umns?”
When Mr. Richards unlocked the
front door and ushered them in Hel-
en’s first impressions were not pro-
pitious. The ceilings were low and
the rooms rather small yet she kept
up an effusive stream of laudatory
comments.
“How attrar^ive! I always like a
centre hall! Ob what wonderful
rooms!”
“Look at this woodwork —and the
floors! They’re like this all over the
house. He spent over five thousand on
floors alone!" vaunted Mr. Rich-
ards.
The place littered with paint and oil
cans was in the throes of repairs. A
carpenter's table and some kegs of
plaster were the only furnishings.
In the drawing-room and library
the view the sunlight the mantels
the windows the doorways even the
glass door-knobs had to be fulsome-
ly admired.
“Isn't this an ideal dining-room?”
glowed Mrs. Richards. “See how the
sun streams in! It's sunny all the year
round. And look at these china
closets!”
“Yes I like them built in” approved
Helen. “You"” won't need much fur-
niture in this room” pleased at vary-
ing her adulation by this discerning re-
mark.
"That's what I tell Frank. Did you
notice this expensive beamed ceiling?”
“Yes. and what a nice big fireplace"
Helen felt she was doing better.
“Er-er yes.” with evident embar-
rassment. “But that's not a real fire-
place—there isn't any chimney. I sup-
pose they didn’t want the dirt.”
“It does make a lot of dirt." hastily
to retrieve her unfortunate observation.
“Now here's my butler's pantry. Lots
of shelf room. We're putting in a re-
frigerator that’ll make our own ice
And isn't this a big beautiful kitchen?
It's to be painted white—with blue
and white linoleum. We've ordered an
Zji .IIIIIIIIIIIUIIf
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guarantee this
kf’Cjl wonderful phono-
graph to play all
e ’ makes of records—
L . Edison Victor Co-
lumbia and all oth-
ers. It is the great-
The Brvnsuick
ovai Ton Ampun^r e st invention of the
times. All we ask you to do is to come
in and hear it—then you use your own
judgment. Terms can be convenient-
ly arranged. Ask the
greatest musicians about
this instrument.
Prices
$65 to $750
The
Brunswick Phonograph Shop
(San Antonio’s Brunswick Headquarters.)
325 E. Houston St. Tr. 5923
Phone us for demonstration in your home. No
obligation.
SUNDAY.
electric range—and one of those white
enameled cabinets.”
“You'll have a wonderful kitchen!”
Helen was exhausting her variations
of praise.
“Now let's go down in the cellar
opening a door on a narrow stairway.
Helen forced a rapt admiration over
the furnace the hot water heater and
the bewildering ramifications of pipe
that webbed the low ceiling.
While Mr. Richards was proudly ex-
plaining to Warren the intricacies of
the new heating plant Helen was en-
thusing over the ''laundry"—a cor-
ner of the basement fitted up with the
porcelain tubs brought down from tbe
kitchen.
"And we can dry tbe clothes down
here when it rains. That's the beauty
of a big basement. Be careful don’t
get against that paint!”
"Hello many birds-of-prey around
here?” Warren poked bis cane at a
stack of rusty window screens.
“Mosquitos? They say we may
have a few.” Mr. Richards admitted
reluctantly "but not until tbe end of
the summer. Now. we'll go upstairs.”
Up two flights of back stairs to the
second floor where Helen knew she
must again marshal all her laudatory
adjectives for the bed rooms and
baths.
“Isn’t this a lovely big hall? I’m go-
ing to have an antique settee here.
Now this is my room—over the din-
ing-room. And I get all this sun!”
"This is a charming room” gushed
Helen.
“And here's Frank's room. We've
the bath between us—and be has these
two great big closets!"
“Yes you have so much closet room.
I envy you that.”
“There's seventeen closets in this
house” exultantly. “I must show you
my linen closet —here in the hall”
opening a cupboard of shelves.
The guests's suite came next. When
that had been sufficiently admired
they were taken up to the third floor.
Helen felt unequal to any more lau-
dations. but she managed n few mum-
bled tributes to the maids’ rooms and
bath the store-room in the rear and
the proposed den and billiard room in
front.
“Don't you think it’s an exception-
ally well-planned house?" demanded
Mrs. Richards of Warren as he and
her husband now joined them.
“It’s all right” clirtly rebellious at
this forced adulation.
“Dear what IS that on your sleeve?”
dismayed Helen. “It’s paint!”
"Turpentine'll take it off” Mrs.
Richards exasperatingly unconcerned
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continued to expatiate. “The whole
arrangement is so good—the way all
the rooms connect. We spent a year
looking for thia. Motored to every
place for sale on Long Island—and
didn’t see a thing that could touch it.”
“You ought to get away from the
city Cards. 1 tell Jou it wears on
your nerves in time. The place next
door's for sale.”
"Most places next door are for sale”
grinned Warren. “My nerves are
pretty fair—and I’m not keen on com-
muting.”
“We've the best train service around
New York. Just 10 minutes from the
station. I'm at my office in an hour
from the time 1 leave tbe breakfast
table. Now we'll show you the barn
and garage—and our chicken house!"
Trailing down the front stairs they
duly admired the curved balustrade.
tbe stained glass window and every-
thing else along the way.
Out in the yard for a moment Helen
walked ahead with Warren.
“Dear I don’t think it's such a won-
derful house” in a cautious whisper.
“The rooms are so small —and why
are they so crazy about tbe wood-
work?”
“Hui; he's been handing out a lot
of bunk about it being so well-built —
all by day's work. Looks like cheap
speculative building to me.”
“Did you notice those bathrooms?
The cheapest kind of fixtures.”
“And he wants to land me with the
nlace next door. 'Wouldn't live in this
God-forsaken neck of the woods if
they'd give me the whole county.”
“Sh-sh!” Then as Mrs. Richards
approached “Such an attractive gar-
den.”
“Yes. isn't that a perfect box hedge?
Those lilac’sll soon be a mass of bloom.
And these Japanese maples are very
valuable. A landscape gardener said
we couldn't put in the shrubbery on
this place for $5000.”
“And look at that grape arbor—Con-
cords!” contributed Mr. Richards.
“Going to make any booze?" de-
manded Warren bis first real show of
interest.
"Oodles of it” gloatingly. "I've or-
dered a wine-press.”
The barn the garage and the
’"BOBBIE'
Sandalelie/
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A Combination of “SWAGGER” and “NOUVEAU" that
again exemplifies the TRUE LEADERSHIP OF “GUAR-
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very latest Practice in the Art of Sports Shoe Crafts-
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POSITIVELY THE SMARTEST AND MOST BECOM-
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BROUGHT FORTH.
NOW READY EXCLUSIVELY HERE IN THE
FOLLOWING SUPER-STYLISH COMBINATIONS.
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—SMOKED ELKSKIN—With Band and Heel of BROWN CALFSKIN—-
SI2.SO.
—PEARL ELKSKIN—With Band and Heel of PATENT LEATHER—-
SI2.SO.
ORDERS
BY MAIL
GIVEN
IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
chicken house insiiected and unctuously
lauded they were next takeu through
tbe orchard. Here Mr. Richards ex-
patiated on his Winesap apples. Bart-
lett pears anil Freestone peaches.
"Now we'll g<> on up through the
woods. We've got ten acres oi the
finest woods anywhere around. The
timber alone is worth over eight thous-
and.”
For the next hour they trudged
through marshy thickets. Helen now
tired hot and flush thought longingly
of a cool restful Sunday at home.
The ground still wet from yester-
day's rain the mud in I places was
ankle deep. She almost ruined her
new tan oxfords tore her skirt and
snagged her best silk stockings. Rut
there was no turning back. The Rich-
ards were intent on encircling the en-
tire woods.
“Cost eighty dollars to have this sur-
veyed—but I wanted the boundaries
exact. There. Molly there's the next
stake—glad we take in that big bircb.”
“Now. you can get n good view of
the house from here—grounds and all.”
“You've a wonderful place.” Hflcn
no longer tried to vary her applause.
“And isn't that a good-looking gar-
age? We’re going to put two rooms
and a bath over that for the chauffeur.
And right there at the end of the gar-
den I want a little summer-house.
Won't that be an ideal spot for it?"
“Ideal!” repeated Helen wiping her
mud-caked shoes on a clump of grass.
When n moment later. Mr. Rich-
ards paused to help his wife detach her
veil from a thorny bush Helen managed
u whispered:
“Dear if I have to praise anything
else—l'll scream ' Do we have to keep
this up nil day?”
“You het wo do!” grunted W»rren.
grimly. “And nil the way back. That's
what they brought us out for. We've
got to praise everything from the
chinn egg in the ch#-kcn-eoop to the
knocker on tbs front door.”
“But I HAVE! I've snid evervtlong
was wonderful wonderful —until I'm
sick of the word.”
“Anil they expect you to keep on.
Restful day!” with a snort. “My
throat's sore trying to lay it on thick
enough to suit 'em. They're all alike
—once they buy a shark in the coun-
try. they think it's tbe only—”
"Sh-sh they'll hear you!” Then
with simulated interest aa the Rich-
ards joined them. "Where did you say
you're going to build that summer-
house?''
"At the end of the grape arbor”
eagerlv. “We'll have rustic benches
along ’ that walk—and later just be-
yond there we're going to put in a
-sunken pool. Won’t that be attrac-
tive?"
And ohce more Helen wearily forced
her adulatory effusive overtaxed
"WONDERFUL!”
Copyright 1923. byMabel Herbert Harper
Missionary Pageant Given.
Rockdale Tex. April 29.—The Bren
ham district meeting of the Methodist
Missionary Societies held here Wednes-
day and Tbtfrsday. concluded with a bril
limit paceant "The Spirit of Missions’
presented at tbe city hall auditorium
under the direction of Mrs H. M. Callo-
way president of the Parent-Teacher As-
sociation. More than 75 young people
were in the cast with appropriate cos-
tuming and scenery and the theme rep-
resented tbe different periods of mis-
sionary work i nthe history of the
church. A large crowd saw and en-
joyed the presentation.
Parent-Teachers Elect.
Mercedes. Tex. April 29.—The Inst
business session of the Parent-Teacher
Association was held Thursday after-
noon nt tbe Harrett Claycomb school.
The following officer were elected for
the coming year: President. Mr«. I. S.
Chadwick: first vice-president Mrs. <».
E. Van Berg: second vice-president
Mrs. J. H. Anderson: third vice-presi-
dent Mrs. W. F. ManfieH: secretary
Mrs. J. Haughawout; treasurer Miss
Meta Nutt.
Plan School Play.
Seguin. Tex April 29.—-Mother
Goose Island.” a musical play will be
staged by the intermediate nnd primary
Sades of the Kingsbury high school on
uirsday evening. May 4.
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SUES ON INSURANCE
Bill of Interpleader Granted Woodmen
of World in Federal Court.
The filing of a bill of interpleader
by the Woodmen of the World fraternal
association in the federal court at
Waco in the case of William A. Sher-
wood of Temple deceased payee of an
insurance policy held under the W. O.
W. insurance by-laws was granted here
Saturday morning by Judge Dural
West on application of Charles A.
Boynton of Waco attorney for the W.
O. W. nnd formerly United States dis-
trict attorney. The case involves five
children of the payee by a former mar-
riage and the second wife now living
nt Temple nnd is one of the few eases
filed in Texas under the 1917 insur-
ance act Mr. Boynton said.
Part of the children live in Okla-
homa Mr. Boynton said and under the
1017 insurance ret insurance com-
panies or fraternal organizations with
insurance provisions can file inter
picador suits in federal courts and par
to the court the full amount of th" pol-
icy and let contenders in cases of litiga-
tion settle their disputes in that court.
The policy involved amounts to
$1547.71. claimed by the five children
on the grounds of n will made several
days before the payee's death. Mrs
Sherwood widow of the deceased holds
a second will made the day after the
will held by the children she claims.
Judge West also issued an injunc-
tion restraining any of the litigants
from bringing suit against the W. O.
W. in any state eonrt.
Rockdale Girl Weds.
Rockdale. Tex.. April 29.—News was
received this week of the marriage at
Clayton N. M.. on Tuesday of this week
of Miss Tommie Johnson to Robert
Potter. Miss Johnson is the daughter
of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. L. Johnson of
Rookdale and n high school graduate
nnd former teacher in the Rockdale pub-
lic schools hut more recently teaching
in Kcuton Okla.
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