Show THE SIMPLE SIl THINGS OF LIFE I I 4 I By Dy MABLE MADL I. I CLAPP McClure S Service I I ITS ITS a love of a dress said Susie twisting around to get I Ithe I the effect In jn the back And isn't It marvelous that I got that exact shade of at blue in the hose hose queried Susie ecstatically I should say sighed Aunt Ella that for 2 anyone should be able to get anything she wanted in the way of hose When I was your age I paid 2 for three pair of stockings And it was that th t very evening that I Sam told Aunt Ella En shed she'd better stay for the rest of the winter Susie had been delighted to ask Sams Sam's Aunt Ella for a week two-week visit Sam said Aunt Ella had had bad hada bada a hard life lite and never had had any fun and Susie resolved to give her herthe herthe herthe I the time of her life lite Well go go- goto to some good shows she planned and Ill I'll take her around to the shops and well we'll have havethe havethe havethe the best little dinners dinners you'll you'll see But somehow the plan hadn't clicked The good shows had left Aunt Ella cold She said she couldn't understand how so many people could spend money merely for pleasure when thousands were starving She ate the good little dinners with the simple comment that that standard of living was all allright allrIght allright right If It people could afford it ft Well Susie had said to herself its only for two weeks and I can stand it that long all aU right And I wont won't say anything to Sam about it either But when the two weeks had stretched to four and then Sam had suggested she stay the rest of the winter she laid the situation before him She says people have got to get back to the simple things of life lite Such as what encouraged Sam Oh books vaguely and not going to shows and bread pudding and thick soled shoes Now Honey began Sam de de- determinedly de- de determinedly the thing for tor you to todo todo todo do is to pay no attention to all aU this Hark from the Tombs' Tombs hooey Im I'm sorry I asked Aunt Ella to stay the rest of at the winter but I dont don't see how I can very well tell her Ive I've changed my mind But I wont won't press it and Im I'm inclined to think Aunt Ella wont won't want to stay much longer anyway And that was that Another week went by and still another Susies Susie's mother dropping In one afternoon found her daugh daugh- daughter ter alone and wrapped In gloom Aunt Ella it developed presently being out for the afternoon What in the world is the matter with ith you asked Mrs Jarvis Its Aunt Ella said Susie with witha a little quaver in her voice v ice Well what's she done inquired her mother cheerfully She thinks everything's wrong wailed Susie and all an she talks about is the good old days She thinks that ice cream is a luxury and that you shouldn't have chicken more than once a month Mrs Jarvis stretched out one hand and studied critically a perfect manicure She eats the chicken and ice cream doesn't she she asked Why yes was Susies Susie's answer And goes to the shows Yes but but but- But she still wants the plain and simple things of life lite Why yes but but but- butWell butWell Well said Mrs Jarvis rising and drawing on her gloves why dont don't you give them to her Susie opened her mouth to speak speak and and closed it without a sound The week that followed went down downin in the Thornton history as the Week of the Pot Roast Roast- It the pot roast had not been so bad the first night rich and brown with fluffy Buffy dumplings dum dum- dumplings dumplings and lots of nice brown gravy It had even gone over fairly big the second night a n la la casserole But its successive appearances were received with less and less enthusiasm enthusiasm by the head of the house the big idea he said gazing darkly at the piece de resist resist- resistance resistance resistance ance when it had reached the state of hash Weve been whittling I away on that cow now for a week Dont you worry young man I said Susie blithely Ive saved 3 25 out of the housekeeping allow allow- allowance allowance allowance ance this week But the pursuit of the plain and simple life didn't stop at the Thorn Thorn- Thornton Thornton Thornton ton table Sams Sam's suggestion that they run around the corner and call callon callon callon on their friend Gary Cooper was instantly vetoed by his better half hall We go the movies too much she said decidedly And besides I want to get caught up with my mending And Sam subsided behind his paper grumbling After a while he fell asleep and snored Susie darned away placidly Aunt Ella darned too She had really fallen rather hard for Gary Cooper It was less than a week later that the Thorntons accompanied Aunt Ella to the train for her return home She had received word she said that necessitated her leaving immediately tely Well said Sam after the train had puffed its way out of at the station we do now Were going on a spree an an- announced announced announced his wife Were going to take all that money I saved eating hash and bread pudding and doing my own work and go on a regular bust Ho shouted Sam I thought that money was being saved for a cause It was said Susie triumphantly |