Show i t 1 2 r o fit HOME k PERFECT 4 L HOME 4 ti tJ t. r C c by D D. J J. J Walsh It beautiful Just just marvelous marvel mane ous Jim And AmI to think of ot Mary Mury 1 Im 1 having nil all these lovely love Ime Iy ly things Im I'm so gln glad for ll tier her r n you ou Sure am nn and she's the h 1 that ran 10 step Into nil all this thIs' class carry It Jt oft off nil all right rIght but but say tills this bathroom bathroom bath hath room with all these se mirrors makes malas me mc Jumpy dont don't know how many peo people pie there are In lu here hele with me mc iJ Pretty Keen I lion Ion on Isn't It for you II to get a look look-In at nt the tile back bael of your our bob 1 while jou are nie are patting the front Some Sonae class Won Wonder er If ii Alary Iary uary lifts inu any UA S goodness to-goodness towels around heip hel feel feel like Jike I t touch any of ot these T- T Doris from the dressing alcove of the Immaculately appointed hath bathroom room where whore she was luxuriously dipping into nil II IJ the tilO foreign foren powders and creams cream of Marys Mary's powder table tahle pointed ponteil out nut the place where she felt he be might find plainer towels and sighed as Sin she he saw tV the thc piles plies of fine tine linen disclosed there Oh n my sainted aunt exclaimed Jim s swinging out the shaving shavIng- mirror and light what do 10 YOU jou ou think of this What wouldn't I give to have this outfit out out- fit fit- to shave C by Lw hack back home home oh oh boy f I What do you OU say Doris to our saving vIng L and getting a room like this his his- sunken tub tuh anti and all And Doris sighed again as she thought how little Tim Jim i realized the cost of ol that room with Us lIs' lIs alabaster tub nn and pearl of fittings Lets she lie exclaimed gayly gayl might as aswell we well let lt him think he ho could buy huy It It male make him him feel more prosper prosper- ous ous nut Hut she thought anxiously of how dissatisfied he would be Je with the their r little ol old fashioned bathroom at nt home And Jim glancing over at Doris sitting sitting sit sit- ting at nt the little pow powder er table she she bad I exclaimed over as IS n adorable caught the wistful look Jook with which she was re regarding regarding re- re garding gardin him un and misinterpreted It Jt Well WeI l 1 Kiddo o well we'll do 10 over over our lil WI ol ni bathroom next year yem sure sur he said sall andt and t felt Celt himself a piker th that she hadn't such a house houses s s Mar Marys s Doris disappeared Into the orchid- orchid hung be bedroom loom an and lal laid out nut Jims Jim's other suit on the the- satin co d bed n iI its 18 myriad little II pillows tIn took tool It up a again nin and looked aho about t for some other spot for It It looked so 80 incongruous Incongruous in- in In in- congruous In all nil that glow of satin Even her own little best frock looked ed out of place and as assle she slipped it over her head she thou thought ht regretfully of the gown own she had been planning all winter she would buy huy for this trip nn and then had bought Instead new chintz chint forthe forthe for forthe the living room Jim Tim put his his' his bead head In lii at the door and gazed around Are we expected to sleep In that cream ream Must l have lune taken tak-en Mary all nil the time since she left leftus us tin to buy all alt this stuff Well Welt youve you've got her beat bent a niile mile for looks an anyway way sweetheart But hi his eyes eye's eyes wandered from her over 1 the satiny room an and Ills smile le faded Mary and her husband awaited them at the foot of f tIle tie stairs Mr 11 Haven Immaculate In dinner clot clothes hes One glance at Jim and he said casually F excuse me I Know but hut aft after r dinner I 1 have to look In In for a n half hour at nt an affair where I Id I'd get thrown out out If I appeared 1 In a n husin business ss suit Awful bore hore Meeting Jim's Jims embarrassment embarrass embarrass- f ment with an nn apparent frankness that J. J set him bini at ease at least whether he lie i believed It quite or not Marys Mary's gown ow was as simple as Doris Doris' 1 own and anti she knew quite well welt that seeing the tile modest little froc frock Doris I planned to wear t M Mary ry ha had chosen her lIeI own accor accordingly The Time faultlessly served dinner the china such as Doris had dreamed of but never seen the cr crystal anti and silver er and exquisite linen caused Doris to look anxiously across at Jim talking animatedly with his hOt host but with a worried worrIe pucker r between his e eyes es Was r 7 he hc thinking too of of their own silver slIer worn thin with much polishing and the the- darned In spots the linen Jim looked up and call caught ht the glance she quickly I averted Poor kid he lie Inwardly In In- groan groaned d. d She ought to have Just such things and Im I'm such a poor nut mit I T cant can't even e keep a decent roof over o neV ner head Thick Back In the drawing room Doris wandered about exclaiming over all alt the choice furnishings s an and Oh said Mary I feel KO so selfish my to be 10 he living in such luxury and you jou hack back there struggling along along It if only Jim would woul move here nn and get into somethIng something some some- thing with Henry to h help 1 him I could coul share all nil this with you Doris' Doris fingers wandered over the I IH keyn yn of the grand piano and when MR Marys Mary's YS Y'S husband j returned t from frim m his al nl- nl en engagement they were vere all alt three singing t the hp old songs great he applauded led Ii Sounds better to me than f grand gran opera Doris Doris' voice olce l ought to be cull cul cul- cul- cul What do you do-you o yo you z say Jim lim to letting Jetting her stay here with us m the rest of ot the winter an and give that I voice a n tryout L I Up to Doris DorIs whatever she Rhe goes said Jim an and Doris ln r loving 10 says eyes on his face saw the i little crooked crook 1001 11 wrinkle between his brows nail anil the I smile he was resolutely keeping keeling set Ret tied Into set lines 1 Back lu lb the home town Jim put ui i I fice lice Doris Dorl Dont Into a bother hother taxi and sped tp his otI of ot- 1 said about dinner lie he well weli go co out aUf I 4 ner ner the the hotel somewhere to din or some place dont don't don't dont want to come down own to earth too fast fas you know Dot Doris put iut the key In n the the lock nn and p i d Into the lie little lu ll living i i room couin her tier y havy with the thought of the Jo k k i Lh oi beauty nn and of Marys Mary's horn home Poor Jim she sJ sighed hed he hl will never ne be satisfied with our home again She ean leaned d against fhe door as she closed It arid and i gazed ze the tile room room loom I where Iele they they had ha been so so happy happ The bits of or furniture their furniture their very cry own own own- bought one at lit a 0 time as os they could afford It Jt after much nuch planning The fhe sag In the time sofa they sofa they lm had planned to have that reupholstered next thing they could coul afford The worn spot In their old sIlo she must turn that place to the other side of oC the time room where it woul wouldn't ut come to so much wear sear nn and the burned place on the desk where Jim hn had lai laid his cl cigar the thc very cry first day and forgotten It and It had lInI burned the desk esk while he lie wandered cre 1 over the th house with her their very ery own house that they were so 50 proud of their very cry own dear ear homo that she still loved lote every cry spot Slot and place of why of-why why It t was home home j antI and perfect I I She flew new across the room ran uptime up the time shades anti and drew the thc bright t folds of chintz Into place shook up the sofa pillows 1 gave n e a lovIn loving pat to tp Jims Jim's lil big hig comfy chair threw off fl her hat and coat cont and began dusting furiously all nIl allover allover over Ofer the thc place Out to dinner nothing she fhe told her iier reflection In In Inthe the bathroom mirror as sh she s scrubbed the housework gin ginoff grime off her hands Ill fly th down to the time market marI an and get a n big bib fat chicken en anti and well we'll have a a fricassee and dumplings dumplings dum dum- um- um and Ill I'll make an apple appie pie and and anti and maybe be Jim wont won't miss all I the he fine show show not not this tills first fast evening anyway wa It was a very sober Jim nm who put his Ills his ke key In Jn the door but hut the tho moment it opened h he broke Into an exaggerated exaggerated at cd whistle Must 1 make her think In Vm feeling he lie told himself lt un and then lien time the o odor or of ot chicken chick ken and apple pie assailed his senses Why arent aren't we going out out to dinner he tie e began when Doris broke in with I Is s should say not Im I'm fed up tip on eat at eating eating ing food foo I dont don't recognize half the time time and and Jim Im sorry for you but I wouldn't exchange all this this all all this wI with i a a. a sweeping gesture gestur around the time ro room m for tor anything in In the time world An And oh JImmIe boy doesn't everything every every- thing tiling look fine and homey here Why its it's all nil ours I Are Arent Aren't t. t you glad were we're back where we can do as we please an and wear what we lia have and anti anti- And wipe oh 1 h nest t honest goodness goodness goodness' towels darling You rou bet I am nm It suits stilts me mc down to the look- look Ing appreciatively ly over at his old black hiack pipe 1 lying Ing besl beside e a freshly fi filled tobacco Jar but I was afraid that y you u were were would would Oh Olm Jim I That was w-as what I was thinking about you It spoiled my visit almost But truly dont don't ont you like our living Ing room better than Marys Mary's tiers Hers was ns done by a decorator decora decora- tor nn and ours ours weve weve we've bought It ourselves our our- selves one bit at a n time and I love Jo every inch of it And youre you're the time best bit of furni furni- ture In the place Ilace hone honey Like It better than Marys Mary's Ill I'll Ill say I do Why this Is the real stuff stuff rill all pro pre war and nr an and no no dinner coats expected expected- and nd oh the time chicken dumpling Lead Lend me to It J |