Show 40 4 ta 4 4 4 ADVICE I 1 FOR JOAN by H LOUIS im I 0 O Q by mcclur newspaper New paper syndicate I 1 I 1 service H it problem was as new to joan ns 3 it 1 no other girl had ever tried to solve it a similar one which to marry the poor beloved young man or the rich young oung man whom she respected and liked and might in time come coma to love there had come luto into her ufa life two men one young milton arnold son of the president 0 of the local cotton c 0 aton mills the other barry mason principal of the school where she taught milt would inherit thousands barry had an invalid mother dependent on oa him and are seldom stepping stones to a fortune in a burst bura ot confidence she told her mother all about it both asked to marry me she confessed buta but I 1 dont don t know 1 dont know JI her mother watching joans lovely downcast face did not wonder that she was desired of two men joan she said suddenly why dont you ou spend your vacation with aunt carol go away from both these estimable young men and think things out for yourself im afraid said joan that it if I 1 do that ill surely want milt just a glimpse of that sort of life As you like said her mother indifferently in the end joan went to boston she was met at the by her aunts brown limousine and brown suited chauffeur slie she was driven I 1 to 0 the solemn brow brownstone astone fronted house in back bay then shown to her roo room in and told by a precise white capped maid that her aunt would be home at five fire at five promptly aunt carol maent fluently furred and gowned came hurrying into the room and took joan in her arms your mother wrote me she said archly that youve jouve run away from two ardent admirers and meanwhile we must see that you have the finest time not lot even silly sally arnold milts debutante sister could have whirled through more gaiety than did joan in the following days dinners lances dances luncheons shopping tours opera it was a wonder it if either barry or milt were w ere ever spared a thought and tt ct lying ling in the exquisitely draped four poster joans thoughts nightly n traveled home this sort of life would be hers forever if she married ma milt it if she married barry well of course it was absurd to think she would know abject poverty or anything remotely approaching it what she would know would be doing her own household tasks careful economy doing without this to obtain that and it there should be a family a constant speculation as to where dentist bills music lessons and college educations were coming from joan see a great deal of her aunt once introduced to the bevy of young people that were daughters daug daugh liters teis and sons son of her aunts friends she was swept along without effort on liei her part on the surge of various social activities it was the last night of her stay sta that aunt carol came into her room as she was undressing before the cozy little fire that burned in the grate billave you sou settled that momentous question lon of yours sours she asked with a smile sow joan shook her head 1 I take it for granted went vv ent on her aunt that both are fine young men and that their incomes being equal joan do you love one of them A rosy flush suffused the sweet contours of joans face III 1 I I 1 think so she confessed ifer her aunt came over and laid a hand heavy beav with shining rings on joans slender shoulder take the one you ion love joan if its the rich one well and good it if the poor one take him life brings hardships and disappointments that only love will withstand you see I 1 know she paused parsed then w went e n t on gravely im going to tell you a little secret joan I 1 once had the same decision to make that you have I 1 loved a poor young oung man and I 1 married the rich one I 1 been altogether unhappy but I 1 stepped into somebody alses life and have nev er hid had time to live my own id swap my limousine house and position in society for a sweet young soung thing like allie yourself our belt and all the joys you are going to bring your mother a good sonin inlaw law grandchildren grandc hidren and she leaned down and kissed her pretty niece alece and departed joans father met her at the station in the old car that had to be cranked before it would go hope life with the plutocrats spoiled your taste for home joannie Jo annle lie he grinned between you lou and me I 1 owe your aunt carol a lot I 1 was once quite sweet on her but she turned me down for a young man with a million it if she I 1 should never have got your mother joan said yes to barry that very cry evening its love loe that counts slip ilie told him gravely gravel life brings many hardships that only love can withstand better marry a poor young man but barry who did not realize ft what hat it was all about shook her gently by bv her slender shoulders im not so darn poor joan lie he said and im due for a raise next yearl earl anil and he be won dered as lie he took lier ber in ills his am Q at the funny little smile that lingered on oil joans boans cupid bow lips tw |