Show t- t 7 f. f L Alice the Color Colo Blender By Ey DOROTHY PIPER I. I a t Copyright Invariably In after every ALMOST AI A meal Alice Allee Day would take toke her basket workbasket to the In Ih-In living room where her clever cr fin fingers finders ers would ply n a nc needle in an and out of some sheer bit of material ma ma- mat t and Just now she was fashioning fashionIng fashioning fashion fashion- i ing a beautiful ul spread for her brothers brother's bed 1 Humph exclaimed her brother Danny one ne evening c Do I 1 have haye to sl sleep cp under those lumps Alice Allce preten pretended e to he greatly piqued These are arc not lumps silly she he said the they are arc I French rench knots and you will not sleep under them you ou will fold back the spread carefully each night before retiring Again Danny voiced his disapproval al i ma may be all right Alice he de declared lared but why dont don't you you use your our time i to b better mJ an advantage tage age what what Id I'd called caned an on I sa say i elder slater sister Marion lal on from the kitchen Every E day lay I have c ct t to scrub these greasy reasy reas kettles s. s while Alice sits in the living ing room and blends colors dont don't Alice Now ch children dren quarrel has had an artistic temperament you ou Ilm w observed their mother Applesauce 1 scoffed Danny Dann In In- 1 elegantly Well Vell I hope alwa always s 's be able to hold down his job I I 1 dont don't know what Alice could do if forced to Lo support herself t t t No one seemed to notice the look of extreme worry and anxiety y upon the face of Mr Da Day as he lie returned from the office each ench evening At last he was I obliged to speak of at his trouble and Alice overheard him telling mother made madean Mary Mur he said brokenly I an unsuccessful business deal last month and lost 1000 I am afraid Danny Dann will have ho to sacrifice his college college college col col- col- col lege year ear I 1 Alice Allee an nn Innocent eavesdropper r turned pal pale How selfish she had b been en to sit and blend silken threads while her father slaved to give glye them the luxuries of life She scanned the Help Wanted I columns and found that Danny spoke th the truth when he said there was nothing she could do Possibly she could be a waitress so unknown to the time iamB family she donned a plain blac dress and appeared before the man 1 who had advertised for a girl Had any previous experience asked the resta restaurateur doubting j jAlice's Alices Alice's ability t I I Yes sir she fibbed thinking of Dann Danny I 1 worked at Wildes Wilde's for six months Good said the man map You mn may start immediately begin with that customer In the corner Alice knew that a diner must have havea haven a n glass gloss of water and a pat of butter hutter hut hut- tel ter so she procured those two articles snit nd stood beside the gentleman awaiting his order Ill have ha acup a cup of coffee and filet mignon he said in guttural tones Alice Allee understood the word coffee but the others sounded like Jargon jaron Flee sho n sho passed the order ordel I I on to the chef What is i's Flee h the cook I wanted to o know meat or fish I dont don't know mow just Flee faltered Alice But the chef was unable unable unable un un- un- un able to grasp her meaning and mid gave attention to the other waitresses Alices Alice's customer sat before an on empty plate plat for nearly 45 minutes then he tie stalked stalled from the time cafe In disgust dis dis- dis- dis gust The proprietor upbraided Alice and threatened to fire ire her Her nest next customer was a lady who wanted a pot of ten tea and a ch chicken sandwich h. h This was easy and Alice we west went t to time the Kitchen with a smile on her lips but on her return she slipped and spilled the time entire contents of her hot tr tray y over the woman she was serving Luckily Lucidly the the lady lady wore a heavy y coat and was not scalded but her garments were saturated with milk and tea Poor POOl Alice She sat down and wept I She scarcely heard her irate employer as sis he ordered older her to leave ot of once The woman was a n kindly sort and assured Alice that no harm had been done She displayed more int interest rest In n Alices Alice's towel than she did in her soiled cloak I What hat an exquisite bit of embroidery j t ery cry she remarked the de design design de- de sign the time Mending blending of colors is real I de-I artistry May I 1 ask asle who worked It I did replied Alice between sobs Why ray my m dear deal girl exclaimed the time lad lady you yeti shouldn't be working in a cafe Your life work worl is cut out ont for you ou For weeks week's I t have been searching searching search search- ing for an expert needlewoman to embroider a trousseau for my daugh daugh- I ter If It Itou you ou will accept m my offer I Ican Ican Ican can give you ou work for six months After that my loy friends will be glad to employ you ou I know ow T The i lil lady was 5 i so so anxious to secure Alices Alice's services that she paid l her cr in advance ance and Alice forwarded the money to her parents Danny was able return to too colle college hut but it to to e. e was sev several eral we weeks ls before he knew how much he owed to his sister Then hen one day he went to her lice and find sh shyly ly expressed his G i Gf t tAI AI Al he said Im awfully sorry for far nl the wa way I have hn talked to you o Ill I'll do au anything thin thins if you'll only onh-i r me tue e. e Will you vim wear pink butterflies on OR your football suit asked Alice l teas teas- as- as Jn lr Yep hep Ill I'll e cn even do that that Jau laughed lc l Dnn Danny un and he kissed her lel on the nape of the neck |