-DAILY SHORT STORY
ALWAYS WELCOME
By Mira L. Blake.
‘VOW, ain’t ih«t
* the limit!”
Susie held the let
ter up in one hand
and vigorously
scratched her head.
“Bill—oh, Bill.” she
nailed out, "Your
Aunt Louise is com
ing—t omorrow
night—you'd better
be getting up.”
It took but a
few minutes for
Bill, face unwashed
and head tousled,
to appear for con
firmation of the
hrid news. He
grinned and yatwn
ed and threw him
self sleepily on the
sofa. "Gash darn
—that old bird—
always hanging
• round!”
'Well, no need
laving on that sofa!
"/ see any one telling me where to
head in."
push shut the gap
ing top drawer
that disclosed a
disgusting array of
soiled linen,
“Yes, I heard you
come in late last
night,” she smiled
wanly at Daisy the
next morning. *‘I
shall be so glad to
meet your friend.
Iam sure congratu
lations are In
order."
Bill couldn’t hold
back a anort and
Susie giggled nerv
ously, but Daisy
wa* ready, "Oh,
yeah?” she said,
lighting a cigarette.
Aunt Louise low
ered her eyes and
spoke with quiet
deliberation, "My
brother was very
dear to me and
> You know what we gotta do before
tomorrow night.”
Bill struggled to his feet, rubbed
his eyes, collapsed on a chair.
"Now, quick with the rugs. They
• I) gotta come out and be shook
* Gosh darn the old girl.” Bill again
pulled himself to his feet. "Why
can't she stay at home?"
Well, it ain't often, and it ain’t
for long.” consoled his mother. Then
she added, hoping to put a little pep
and warmth into Bill's movements,
"She says two days, and if we can
give your papa's sister a little hap
piness now and then, we should
be glad of the chance—glad, I
sav.”
* * * *
|N THE midst of another prolonged
yawn. Bill stopped short, chuckled
until he was actually wide awake
"What'll Daisy say?" he asked.
Susie sat qowti in a rocking chair
to share Bills mirth. "Slip's got to
take it and like it," she giggled
"Her and I he boss," chortled
Bill
Susie nodded gleefully. Sudden
ly she sprang to her feet "Here we
set and the rugs ain's been out in
months!”
One day for cleaning, one day for
cooking Of necessity they compro
mised on the former. A mop and a
dust cloth did astonishing things to
the bedrooms, but the living room
had to be turned out into the back
yard, rugs and all. Bill was taking
a final swing at the rugs when Daisy
appeared at the door. She had clat
tered through the empty room and now
surveyed Bill in wonder.
* * * *
‘\\ THAT'S the big idea ’”
Bill, glad of a diversion and
anxious to see how Daisy would “take
it." crowded his information into
hasty ejaculations, "Aunt Louise—
tomorrow night—stay two days.”
"Well—that old cat!"
"Yep! Mopped upstairs—mom's
fixing the curtains now. Says you
gotta cut out the frills while Aunt
Louise is here.”
"I see any one telling me where to |
head in.” Daisy stamped back through i
the house, her heels clicking defiance
to the world. She was fully as mad
as Bill thought she'd be.
"All I'm asking,” pleaded Susie
a little later, "is that you lay off the
lipstick and cigarettes, and get in by
midnight. That ain't asking much
and it's only for two nights.”
"It's asking plenty. Midnight! |
Things are just started by mid- |
night,”
"Mebbe you could bring him in. j
We re all slicked up, and it'd be kind j
of Tony to let him see you got a rich j
aunt that balks like you read out of 1
* book and dresses so refined."
There was a subtle shrewdness to
Susie's suggestion that appealed to
Daisy. Things weren't going so w»ell
with her and the boss and she'd like
to show him Unfortunately the
train w»as late and Daisy and the boss
wera miles away when Bill chugged
up to the house with Aunt Louise.
J^OW nobody can be expected to
A do everything in two days—clean
ing. and mending, and cooking. Dis
aster met poor Aunt Louise at the very
threshold. Her heel caught in a hole
in the rug and she was hurled head
long into Susie's plump welcoming
arms.
Wouldn't you know' it! Wouldn’t
you know It!’’ moaned Susie t<o
Bill.
'Oh. help me to stand it. Just two
days—help me to stand it,” prayed
Aunt Louise as she surveyed the fly
specked dresser mirror and tried to
f _ ■ -. ■!
Prize Won by Youngest.
Aspiring to become a great sculp
tress. a girl of 19 walked into the
Royal Academy. London, recently with
three pieces of sculpture which she
modestly entered for the Feodora
Gleichen Memorial prize. She did not
give her address. Back again she went
just to see whether any luck had
come her way and was told that she
had been awarded the prize. The girl
is Miss Rosemary Julian Harris,
daughter or Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Harris
of Ringwood, Hampshire.
nothing could bring me greater satis
faction than to see his children happy
and successful.”
' Don’t turn on the water work*
No sob stuff!" Daisy look out her
lipstick and carefully repaired the
damage done by a cup of coffee.
* * * *
y^UNT LOUISES lips closed tightly.
Nothing could be done for Daisy—
that was evident—but there were still
two full days ahead of her. Perhaps
Susie and Bill could be helped.
“Daisy hadn't ought to a'talked
that, way," said Susie to Bill when he
joined her in the kitchen. ' But what
ails you—giggling like a sap?”
j "What do you suppose she’s do
ing0” Bill snickered. "Sewing up the
rug! Go and see for yourself.’’ he
added, as If visual proof were neces
i sary to supplement his statement.
There she was—poor Aunt Louise
; —all hunched up on the floor mend
i ing the torn place in the hall rug.
Susie had to rush back to the kitch
en. where she had her laugh out be
fore she dared return
"There ain’t much mending to do."
she said in response to Aunt Louise's
i request. Any time she turned her
stocking bag over to Aunt Louise!
"I'm glad you don't let work of
I that sort accumulate. Let me see—
I there are two or three other places."
Aunt Louise spent the entire morn
j ing mending rugs. When she snapped
the final thread she murmured,
"That's ended They'll last until
next time. Now for soap and water."
Lunch intervened and Susie sug
gested an afternoon movie but Aunt
Louise held to her point, "You know'
how I love to do things for you and
the children. The windows—no
trouble at all—Bill can help me.”
Bill dragged in a step ladder and as
the two of them washed windows Aunt
Louise made double use of her time.
* * * *
"YOU have a good disposition. Bill,
but don't let It degenerate into
mere weakness. Please, my dear boy,
try to be serious. Learn to work—not
spasmodically and aimlessly, but with
a definite end in view. You are entire
ly too fine a boy to be lost forever.”
Bill mopped his face. What was
the old girl driving at, anyway?
Hadn’t he been on the run now for
three days?
Should she say anything to Busie?
It was so perfectly hopeless—noth
ing ever came of it—but perhaps ahe
should make one more effort.
“If you were just systematic, Busie.
Bill is such a dear about helping, the
two of you could keep things in beauti
ful condition."
Well, for the crying out loud!
Sweating in every pore and this is
your thanks. Oh, well! All you gotta
do is humor the old lady. You can
stand most anything for two days.
As Bill carried out her bags, Aunt
Louise cast a final glance about her.
Everything visible was clean and
mended. A new rug—purchased by
herself—graced the narrow hallway.
The chairs were all standing on four
legs. She end Bill had spent some
hours with hammer and nails and
the results were highly satisfactory.
A new cover for the sofa—she shud
dered at thoughts of the old one.
The picture* straight; clean ourtain*
at every window. Two days! She had
nearly died during those two daj’*,
Night Coughs
Relieved
You can have rest tonight. Coughs
caused from colds need not disturb
you and member* of your family.
Hall's Expeotorant, a pleasant, sooth
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membranes and tickling, helps expel
mucus, and warms throat and che*t.
Makes you feel better promptly. If
cough bothers tonight, take Hall's
Expectorant. There’s nothing like it.
Sold by all druggists. Three sixes: 35s
—60c—11.
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but she wouldn’t have to come back
for another year.
“George’s sister Is always welcome,"
Susie waa solemnly tearful at the door.
"G06h—that’s over,” said Bill as
the train pulled out of the station.
“Thank goodness—that’s over!” said
Aunt Louise as she sank back in her
seat in the Pullman and wearily closed
her eyes.
'Copyright, 1837.)
MARRIAGE SHOALS TOLD
Third Year Most Crucial, Divorce
Proctor Ueports.
SEATTLE, March 15 l/P).—The first
10 years of married life are the most
difficult—and the third year is the
worst of all—Divorce Proctor Evan
geline Starr stated in her annual re
port to Prosecutor B. Gray Warner
yesterday.
She said her statistics indicated
husbands’ fondness for liquor is the
principal cause of divorce.
5,400 YOUTHS JOIN
VOCATIONAL PLAN
Registered in Nation-Wide
i
Drive for Supervised
Trade Training.
Bj the Associated Press.
The Federal Committee on Ap
prenticeship said yesterday that more
than 5,400 youths between the ages
of 16 and 24 have been registered in
its Nation-wide program to provide
supervised vocational training in
skilled trades.
Officials expressed belief that many
thousands more would be brought
within the Apprenticeship Committee s
scope through negotiations and field
work now in progress.
The program Is designed to provide
youths with Jobs in which they may
learn a skilled trade, be protected
from exploitation and at the same
time not overcrowd the craft.
400,000 Hunt Jobs Each Year.
The committee estimates 400,000
youth* start looking for Jok». each
year.
National plana designed to be made
effective by State and municipal unite
through the country have been ap
proved in two industries, officials said,
and negotiations are now under wav
for a similar national plan In the
highly skilled dle-ca«ting and die
sinking craTt.
National agreements signed and In
effect are between the International
Society of Master Painters and Dec
orators and the Brotherhood of Paint
ers, Decorators and Paperhangers, and
between the National Association of
Master Plumbers and employes rep
resented by the Journeymen Plumbers
and Steamfltters of the United States
and Canada.
Pa; Seale Is Specified.
The national plans for each craft
and industry embody model Inden
ture forms, stipulations of time of
training, schedule of processes to be
learned and scale of compensation,
i The committee said that in addition
to the national plans 117 local plans
have been put Into operation in
States ind communities which meet
the standards set by the Federal or
ganization.
The American Federation of labor,
composed of craft unions, is actively
co-operating with the committee
through John P. Frey, president of its
metal trades department. The Oran -
I mittee for Industrial Organize tion,
headed by John L. Lewis, has taken
no official action yet concerning the
apprenticeship program.
One of three commonest causes of
discord in family life and marriage
failures is disagreement over recrea
tion.
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10T» 1|™ r and G Streets Phone DIsijiict 53 00
THE MEN'S STORE—SECOND FLOOR
••• '
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For Easter and Spring
With Two Pairs
of Trousers
Step into The Men’s Store . . . then step out in
one of these fresh new Woodshire suits for Spring
with the invigorating feeling that it matches your
own ideas of what a suit should be.
The Men’s Store has racks upon racks of these
brisk new suits ready for your inspection, just to
be sure you will find what you want. Now, bear
in mind that Woodshire suits have been piling up
sales year after year. Rather definite proof, we
feel, that they are the kind of suits Washington
men like to wear.
Choose from this wide variety:
STRIPES PLAIDS SOLID TONES
TWISTS WORSTED-CHEVIOTS
WORSTEDS TWEEDS
SHARKSKINS FLANNELS
EASTER NECKTIES for MEN
*1 to *5
Easter and Spring—time for some new neckties
to get you away from the darker, more sombre
colors of a passing Winter. The Men’s Store has
them in an array that makes choosing easy and
inexpensive—everything from brisk, bright colors
to more conservative shades and patterns. The
neckties illustrated are but a small part of the
hundreds we carry. Naturally the ones shown are
limited in quantity because of our policy of trying
to make sure that you will not see your necktie
bn someone else. These will give you a good idea
of the variety of patterns and colors.
Neckties sketched, t»f H bettemt ft, S3.S0, S3.30, $1 JO, S2, ft.
MEAT makes
the MEAL
A delicious steak or roost brings
the entire family to the table
with a smile. Buy your meats at
asco markets where satisfaction |
is assured,
44Wherm Quality Counts and
Your Money Goes Furthest”
TENDER STEAKS
ROUND - -b 35c
SIRLOIN - - 41c
Freshly Ground Beef lb 19c
Lean Bolar Roost lb 25c
Fresh Philo. Scropple lb 1 2 V2 c
Armour's Star Minced
Luncheon Meat ih. 29c
SUGAR CURED
Smoked
HAMS
All Exe*9* Skin and Fat
Rmmovcd
10 1© 12 lb.
average
Milk-Fed VEAL
Cutlets -lb 39c
Loin Chops »• 35c
Rib Chops •» 32c
Shoulder Chops »•■ 23c
Breast (to fill) »> 14c
r cm p
In your cup is the only wov to test the remark -
able improvement in flavor resulting from ' heat
flo" roosting. Take advantoge of these spe' il
prices.
WIN-CREST COFFEE
F3L 2,bs- 35c
R?«r^n 7 lb*- 39c
Flavored Mtm ^
MOTHER'S JOY
Wioey ^ 1 |b. /\"t
*"d Z tin. *T/C
Different
ACME COFFEE
Enrich with |b. ^ ^ f"
Mocha ond Java. can f ~
Vocuum packed
Choice, Red Ripe r«-g ^
Tomatoes S 10
SpI fHnntr Rf* A C
GARDEN rCAj
2 can* 25C
FLOUR
12 £ 55c
Granulated SUGAR 10 50c
Sri fflontr or 4SCO Calif.
PEACHES
2 bi‘ 27c
^ cans *
Dole's Howaiion
PINEAPPLE
uh 1 Of Ge ms, Soeors
can I or Crushed
5- PRESERVES
mbh Strawberry
reg. ^ Rospberry
15c Blockberry
jars - M Pineopple
!■ H^F Cherry or Peoch
Majestic Dill or Sour Pickles 2 qt. |ars 23c
/<WC0 Fancy Shoepeg Corn 2 Me cans 25c
Sunrise Brand Ketchup 13c pint bot 10c
Kellogg's Rice or Wheat Krispies pkg 10c
ASCO Toasted Bread Crumbs pkg 5c
asco
Slowly
Cooked
BEANS ”"'sir’°
3 7c 16 07. ^ TF C
C*n* | /
2 big 28 oz cans 1 7c
Seeded California Raisins 2 pkgs 17c
Green Whole or Split Peas lb 5c
Pillsbury's Sno-Sheen Coke Flour pkg. 23c
Glenwood Apple Sauce 3 cans 25c
ftSCO Extra Strength Ammonia quart bot. 10c
Phillips' "Delicious"
Vegetable
SOUP
£ 10e
Qo£d $ea£ Quality
Macaroni
OR
Spaghetti
reg. 7c *
8 or. V
pkg' ^0
HEINZ SOUPS
2 25c
Consomme. Clsm Chowder A Oamb*
2 17c cans 29c
It’* made with plenty of
milk and Louella Butter—
Rich Milk 16 o*.
BREAD io«f V
Bread
Supreme __2*«* 'oaf l Qc
BEST MAINE
POTATOES
10 35c
FIRM YELLOW
ONIONS
3 »>• 14c
FRESH TEXAS
SPINACH
3 it.. 20c
LARGE FLORIDA VALENCIA A A
ORANGES 33°
Uee Louella Butter to improve the Ravor of vegetable*.
M Bffeetiee Until Wed. Oleeint. WedhiMtlMi end VlettHU